The Virgin Is With Child

 "Once again YAHWEH addressed Ahaz, 'Ask for a sign from YAHWEH your GOD, let it come either from the deepest depths or from the heights of heaven.'

But Ahaz answered, 'I will not ask, I will not put YAHWEH to the test.'

Then Isaiah said, 'Now listen, descendants of David.  Have you not been satisfied trying the patience of people, that you also try the patience of my GOD?  Therefore, the LORD HIMSELF will give you a sign:

The Virgin is with child and bears a son and calls HIS name Immanuel. - Isaiah 7:10-14 

(The prophecy about the Virgin giving birth is one of the most important in the Scriptures even though it leaves some questions unanswered.

Isaiah is giving a sign to king Ahaz, to his heirs, David's descendants, and to all who live in a world devastated by sin, and this sign points to CHRIST.  Just as in the earthliest Paradise we have the image of a woman, or of the son of a woman who will crush the serpent's head, here we have another image, that of the virgin with her son, 'GOD-with-us.  Immanuel suffers for HIS brothers' and sisters' sins, and that is why HE can reconcile us with GOD.)

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