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Exodus 26 Mar. Exodus ,33 27 Mar. Exodus 28 Mar. Exodus 29 Mar. When they came to the word " almah ", they translated it with the Greek word " parthenos " which is at the root of the word " parthenogenesis " that means "development of an egg without fertilization". These translators understood the word to mean virgin in the technical sense of the word. In the New Testament, Dr. Luke, describes the miraculous conception of the Lord Jesus in the virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit in Luke , Matthew also records the conception by the Holy Spirit in Matthew In verse 23, Matthew follows the Septuagint when he quotes Isaiah and uses the Greek word " parthenos ".
Some evangelical expositors have sought a dual fulfillment of this passage and try to identify Immanuel with either Hezekiah or the child of the prophetess who was Isaiah's wife , and then also Jesus. These two suggested identifications collapse on historical and theological grounds. First, Hezekiah was already born and was one of those in the royal court hearing this prophecy. Second, Immanuel could not be the son of the prophetess because she had already given birth to Shear-Yashub , thus she was not a virgin.
The name Immanuel, "God with us" indicates that the Child will be God manifested in human flesh. There was One, and only one Person, who could fulfill this passage and that was the Lord Jesus Christ. There are actually three aspects to the nature of this Child. First, He would be virgin born.
Second, He would have a humble beginning. And third, He would have a sinless nature, thus divine. The first part of verse 15 states: "Curds and honey He shall eat. The sign to shepherds was that He would be born in poor circumstances Luke , not royal surroundings. When Mary dedicated her first-born in the Temple, she offered two turtle doves, the offering of the poor Luke ; cf.
The wise men did not arrive until a year, to a year and a half after the birth of the Lord Jesus, before they presented Jesus with gold, frankincense and myrrh. Verse 15 goes on to say, "that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. Unlike us and Hezekiah and Isaiah's children , who by nature are sinful human beings that choose evil and refuse the good Rom.
Isaiah takes this prophecy and applies the time frame of the Child to the present situation. He continues: "For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good" [that is, before He was born], "the land that you dread [Samaria] will be forsaken by both her kings" To put it another way, after the defeat of Pekah and Rezin, Immanuel would be born. How much time after, Isaiah did not know cf. I Pet. He did not have a prophecy chart in front of him with an arrow pointing to May 14, 6 BC to mark the birth of Immanuel.
Yet he believed Immanuel would one day be born. It would be helpful to tell "the rest of the story. The king of Assyria and Babylon wanted to "sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north" Isa.
His intentions were to conquer Jerusalem! Ahaz would not believe this. In apparently what was the "straw that broke the camel's back", Ahaz made a plan of the altar that he saw in Damascus and sent it back to Jerusalem to be constructed.
When he got back to Jerusalem, he offered sacrifices on this unbiblical altar II Kings God's patience and long-suffering ran out and Ahaz dies soon after in BC Isa. Prince Hezekiah had apparently paid attention to Isaiah's warnings as he saw what transpired in his father's life because in the first year of King Hezekiah's reign, there is a great revival. Judah had been heading for destruction because of Ahaz's idolatry, but Hezekiah brought the people back to the Lord and the Lord, in mercy, intervened.
The prophet Micah also predicted the impending judgment on Jerusalem but because Hezekiah brought the people back to the Lord, the Lord did not carry out His planned judgment Micah ; cf. For the first time in the book of Isaiah, the Assyrians are mentioned by name as an instrument of God's judgment ; cf. Judgment was stayed in the first year of Hezekiah's reign, but they would come back at least two more times during Hezekiah's lifetime Franz The most devastating invasion would be in the year BC.
In graphic poetic language, verses predict the Assyrian invasion of Judah in the year BC. The focus of this prophecy is the land of Judah , and not Jerusalem and the House of David , Elsewhere, Isaiah predicted Jerusalem and the House of David would be spared. In this section, Isaiah begins by describing an infestation of insects to the land of Judah: flies from the "farthest part of the river of Egypt" and bees from Assyria. Some have taken this to be a literal infestation; others have suggested this is figurative language to describe the armies of the Ethiopians under Tirhakah II Kings ; Isa.
Most likely, Isaiah is using the insects in a figurative sense. In the year BC, Sennacherib recounts his invasion of Judah and says he destroyed 48 cities and took a number of Judeans captive.
Verse 20 describes the humiliation of these Judeans by the Assyrians when they shaved their heads and beards. The Assyrians wrecked havoc on the Land of Judah. They had taken most of the livestock as booty and left only a few people , 22, Isaiah describes the remnant as having one young cow and two sheep that thrived in the uncultivated land so they could eat "curds and honey. It is a positive and alluring description to the Israelites while they were still shepherds. Isaiah goes on to describe the vineyards as reverting back to briars and thorns because they were uncultivated and now dangerous because they were inhabited by wild animals Hezekiah remembers these remarks from when he was a teenager.
In order to avoid the impending destruction, in the first year of his reign, he was prompted to trust the Lord only. There ar e two important theological truths being presented in this passage: first, the importance of the virgin birth for the Incarnation, and second, God's dealing with wayward believers.
The Incarnation is at the heart of the Christian message. The only way the Second Person of the triune God could take on human flesh without being tainted by Adam's sin was to be conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin. He possessed two natures, perfect humanity and absolute Deity. As God manifest in human flesh, He could not sin, He would not sin, and did not sin.
As the perfect, spotless, sinless Lamb of God, He could die in our place and pay for all our sins. As a result of that sacrifice, He could offer any and all who would trust Him, the free gift of eternal life, the forgiveness of sins and a home in Heaven. The Bible says that salvation is by faith alone in Christ alone and not by any works that we do, or merits of our own John ; Rom.
The second issue this passage addresses is how God deals with His wayward children. Sometimes, I might dare say many times, our distressing problems are self-inflicted and caused by sins in our lives and not being obedient to the Word of God. If that is the case, we need to examine our lives and confess our sins to the Lord and forsake those sins I John ; James He concluded that section by saying: "Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry" I Cor. If the Apostle Paul had expanded his list of examples of God's chastening of His children, he could have included King Ahaz and the messages by Isaiah and Micah about the way of escape.
The idolatrous King Ahaz had the attitude that God needed him more than he needed God. His idolatry and arrogant attitude was inconsistent with a close walk with the Lord. He should have heeded the words of the prophet Micah who stated, "He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Ahaz did not, and God "disqualified" him and his kingdom was not established. Interestingly, the Apostle Paul identifies covetousness as idolatry Col.
On the other hand, we can learn some lessons from young Prince Hezekiah. He had observed what was going on in the kingdom and saw the consequences of his father's sin of idolatry. After his father died, Hezekiah was crowned king and instituted one of the greatest revivals in the history of the nation of Israel. Hezekiah saw the consequences of his father's sin and applied and practiced the principles revealed in the Word of God. Thus his kingdom was established. We have the assurance of eternal life, but not the assurance of reigning with Christ.
The apostle Paul includes one of the hymns of the early church in his epistle to Timothy. He returned from the visit and made a new altar after the pattern of what he saw in Damascus and he took their forms, their style, and their gods. Sadly, he even received the help of Urijah the priest. Yet at least Azariah falsely worshipped the true God.
Ahaz falsely worshipped a false god of his own creation. Cut in pieces the articles of the house of God, shut up the doors of the house of the LORD : Ahaz could not bring in his pagan, corrupt innovations without also removing what had stood before at the temple.
This was an ungodly exchange, taking away the good and putting in the bad. Collectively, all these things served to discourage the worship of the true God at the temple of God. Perhaps he planned to reuse them in some other decorative way. At any rate death overtook him before his attention could be turned to them.
They are mentioned among the several items that were carried away in the later Babylonian despoiling of Jerusalem 2 Kings ; Jeremiah ; The mere location did not make it true worship.
Sometimes idols are worshipped at a house that was once dedicated to the true God. And in every single city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods : During these changes, Ahaz shut down the operation of the temple and established small pagan altars all around Judah. It was not so, however, for it is likely that throughout the whole reigns of Jotham and Ahaz, Isaiah was uttering his message, and that during the reign of Ahaz Micah also was delivering the word of God.
Now the rest of his acts and all his ways : So ended the reign of perhaps the worst king of Judah. Micah — who prophesied during the reign of Ahaz — describes the man who works to successfully do evil with both hands Micah The idea is that the man pursues evil with all his effort, with both hands.
He may very well have had King Ahaz in mind. God putteth off the punishment of many wicked wretches till the other world. This attitude of the king made the darkness all the denser. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details.
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