Long before His coming the prophet’s foretold of the Messiah, and yet when He did come to them in Bethlehem, many didn’t repent of their sins nor acknowledge His presence as Emanuel… “God with us”. Now, in this modern age, have we returned once again to that same disbelief, and do we refuse to repent and turn back towards the truth as we should? Much like those who waited long ago for the Messiah to come to them, have we grown weary of waiting and turned our backs on Him too; have we refused to repent of our sins, and no longer acknowledge the presence of God, and His Holy Spirit? If so, we are like one who stands on the mountain, hears the voice of God, then turns to gaze into the valley below. We are missing the restoration that is coming when Jesus returns to resurrect us. Our lack of repentance reveals the lost nature of our souls, and by looking longingly at the easy path downhill rather than the climb ahead of us we deny our redemption and the joy that awaits us in it.