Our Unbound Savior of the Nations, Come

Throughout “Savior of the Nations, Come,” Luther’s message primarily focuses on Jesus’s entrance into the sinful world He came to save.  Luther discusses how Jesus was born of a “Virgin undefiled,” which shows that it was the Holy Spirit who conceived Him, and therefore made Him both true God and man.  Another prevalent theme throughout this hymn is Jesus’s defeat over sin and the devil and the everlasting Kingdom of God, as described in stanzas five and six of the hymn.  In describing these themes, Luther uses a culmination of two literary devices, description and diction, to help the reader better understand truly how our God is unbound and unlimited.  When Luther describes how “glorious is its light divine,” and goes on to say “Let not sin o’ercloud this light,” he is using this word choice to describe the unlimited power of God, even in the form of a baby in a manger.  Jesus himself states that He is powerful enough to defeat all evil in Matthew 16:18, when He says that “on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”  This statement validates the description and diction used in “Savior of the Nations, Come,” where with the literary devices help the reader to better understand the truth behind our omnipotent God.