Emmanuel, "God with us." Maybe Emmanuel is the name on Jesus' stone held by the Father in heaven (Rev 2:17). Jesus means "God saves," and in heaven Jesus' salvific mission has ended, and he is simply with the saved, the angels, the Father and the Holy Spirit.
No one is supposed to know what is written on a person's stone. But isn't it like the Son, in the fervor of his love, to reveal his most hidden self? Emmanuel, "God with us." The truth of this name has begun to unfold, and unfolds in each of our lives as the name "Jesus" is fulfilled. At the end of time, when God is all in all, maybe the Son will be praised as Jesus and rejoiced with as Emmanuel.
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