Webinar - IMMANUEL "GOD WITH US”
Isaiah 7:10-14 Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11"Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above." 12But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!" 13Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
NT FULFILLMENT-- Matthew 1:23 "Behold, the virgin sh all be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
CHALLENGES:
1. "Immanuel" is merely a name like Daniel or Nathaniel ("El" always means "God" in Hebrew) and not a description of the nature of the person.
2. The Hebrew word "almah," translated as "virgin" in Isaiah 7:14 can possibly be translated "young maiden." Furthermore, if Isaiah had wanted to unequivocally say "virgin," he could have used the unequivocal word, "betulah," in this context. “Betulah” always means “virgin.”
3. The prophecy of 7:14 was given to King Ahaz (ca. 735 BC) as a divine sign of what God had promised him--that the two northern kings, Pekah (Israel) and Rezin (Syria), who were threatening his own nation of Judah, would soon be destroyed (Isaiah 7:1-16). The birth of Jesus, which took place over 700 years later, couldn't possibly have been a sign for Ahaz. It’s therefore faulty reasoning that insists that the first century Jesus fulfills this prophecy.
4. Isaiah's prophecy had already been fulfilled by the birth of Isaiah's son. Isaiah had prophesied to Ahaz that the promised events of the demise of Damascus (Syria) and Samaria (the Northern kingdom of Israel) would precede the “sign”-child’s maturation.
· “Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings,” (Isaiah 7:15-16).
· “Then I (Isaiah) went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, ‘Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz; for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria,’" (8:3-4).
THE CASE FOR MULTIPLE FULFILLMENT:
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“Then
he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right
hand to oppose him. 2And the Lord
said to Satan, ‘The Lord rebuke
you, Satan!... Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?’ 3Now
Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. 4Then
He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, ‘Take away the
filthy garments from him.’ And to him He said, ‘See, I have removed your
iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes.’ 5And
I said, ‘Let them put a clean turban on his head…8Hear, O Joshua, the
high priest, you and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous
sign; for behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH…And I will
remove the iniquity of that land in one day,’” (Zech. 3:1-9).
“Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12Then speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: ‘Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the temple of the Lord. 13Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; so He shall be a priest on His throne,’’” (Zech. 6:11-13; Psalm 110).
Genesis 32:22-30 Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23He took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent across whatever he had. 24Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob's thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 26Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But he said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." 27So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." 28He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed." 29Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there. 30So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."
Genesis 48:15-16 He blessed Joseph, and said,
1. "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
2. The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
3. 16The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;”
Hosea 12:2-4
The Lord also has a dispute with Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds.3In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his maturity he contended with God. Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
Could Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz have been a prefigurement of Messiah as Joshua had been? “Here am I (Isaiah) and the children whom the Lord has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion,” (Isaiah 8:18).
THE CASE FOR A MORE GLORIOUS FULFILLMENT OF “Immanuel”
Three Mentions of Immanuel
· “Inasmuch as these people refused The waters of Shiloah that flow softly, And rejoice in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son; now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty—The king of Assyria and all his glory; He will go up over all his channels And go over all his banks. He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel,” (8:6-8).
· “Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us (“Immanuel” in the Hebrew),” (8:9-10).
Three Mentions of a Divine Son
· “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this,” (9:6-7).
Isaiah 11:1-10 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord…6"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.10"And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse…And His resting place shall be glorious."
Three Mentions of “Yeshua” (“salvation”)
Isaiah 12:1-6 2Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation. 3Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 6Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!"
THE PROPHECY WENT FAR BEYOND AHAZ.
· “Then he said, ‘Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you (plural) a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel,’” (7:13-14).
A natural birth is hardly a “sign” (7:14).
“”Almah” translated as “parthenos” (virgin) in the LXX, 180 BC.
“Immanu—El” “GOD with us”
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