We trace the rich theology inside What Child Is This, moving from a manger’s question to a cross-shaped answer. William Dix’s illness, the Magi’s search, and Isaiah’s prophecy converge to show Jesus as fully human, fully divine, and the substitute who saves.

• background of William Chatterton Dix and his recovery 
• the carol’s central question of Jesus’ identity 
• Christ’s full humanity and full deity named in the refrain 
• Isaiah 53 and the substitutionary atonement 
• gifts of the Magi and what they signify 
• how worship becomes our fitting response 
• why this carol disciples hearts at Christmas

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