John 1:14 – And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Christmas is God Himself into the story Exodus 33:1;3 – The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’…Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.” God’s proposal is having His without His Psalm 139:7-12 – Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. There’s a difference between the “ ” presence and the “ ” presence of God Exodus 35:10-11a – Let every skillful craftsman among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent and its covering… “Mishkah” The Tabernacle was an earthly with a heavenly “Ohel” Matthew 1:23 – “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” Jesus came to us how to live and to us from our sins Matthew 27:51a – And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two… 1 Corinthians 3:16 – Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? Psalm 34:10 – The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing. We need to fall in with Revelation 21:3 – And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”