Saviors of the Nation, Come

The hymn, Saviors of the Nation, Come, mainly talks about Christ being born into our world and his rule over all the nations. Luther's use of diction allows for a better understanding of the theme which is that Christ is Lord and he is to be praised. Luther uses words in each stanza that leads to this theme. For example, in the first stanza, he uses "marvel" to describe how miraculous his birth is. In the second stanza. he says "not by human flesh and blood" which describes how Christ was born holy. The third stanza, "undefiled" and "enthroned" show that he was perfect at birth and was born a king. The fifth stanza uses "boundless" and the whole last line "When shall we its glories see?" shows that his kingdom is forever and not held to just one place and then the last line shows that it is full of 'glories". Following that stanza, Luther uses the word "devine", showing that Christ is devine at all times. In the final stanza, he uses "eternally", showing that Chirst will be here forever, until his second coming. The entire last stanza says that we should praise him eternally.