There truly was a time when it could be said that God is dead, because whatever it means for a human being to experience the final dissolution of death, God in Christ has fully experienced. When we speak of Incarnation and Immanuel our minds are immediately drawn to Christmas and the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in the manger. But Christ is never more Immanuel than when he is wrapped in grave clothes lying in the tomb. Yes, Jesus Christ is God with us in birth and life, but he is also God with us in sorrow and death.