Difference between revisions of "Emmanuel Immanuel"

Emmanuel Immanuel <ref name="term_66804" />  

<p> [[Names]] of the [[Messiah]] prophetically announced, meaning "God with us." The introduction of this name is remarkable. Ahaz king of Judah, being attacked by [[Rezin]] king of Syria, and [[Pekah]] king of [[Israel]] — and there being also a disposition to form a confederacy to set up the son of Tabeal, and so reject the son of David, which Ahaz was — Isaiah was sent to tell him to be quiet and fear not. [[Jehovah]] then told Ahaz to ask for a sign, either in the deep or in the height above; but Ahaz refused to ask; therefore the Lord gave him this sign, "Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. [[Butter]] and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good." Isaiah 7:14,15 . </p> <p> It has been asked, How could this be a sign to <i> Ahaz, </i> seeing that this event did not take place till centuries after? The prophetic announcement of the birth of such a child was the present evidence to faith that whatever combinations men might make, the remnant could count on God: see Isaiah 8:9,10 , where they say, "God is with us." It should be noticed that there are two prophetic children: the one (Shear-jashub) figurative of the remnant, and Immanuel; so the prophecy continues, "For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken" (as Isaiah 7:16 should be translated). In Isaiah 7:3 of this chapter Isaiah had been told, when he went to meet Ahaz, to take his symbolical child Shear-jashub ('the remnant shall return') with him. And doubtless Isaiah 7:16 refers to Shearjashub; and before <i> this </i> child could have grown to maturity, Pekah had been killed by Hoshea, and [[Damascus]] had been taken and Rezin slain by the king of Assyria. 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 16:9 . </p> <p> It may seem strange that there should be no break between Isaiah 7:15 and Isaiah 7:16 , as the one verse refers to Immanuel, and the other to Shearjashub; but such abrupt transitions are not unusual in prophetic scriptures. When the Lord was in the temple, and speaking of His Father's house, He was asked for a sign, He said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up," referring to His body. And in the prophecies the <i> future </i> is often closely associated with what related to passing events. In Isaiah 8:8 it is foretold that the wing of the king of [[Assyria]] should fill the breadth of the land — the land of [[Immanuel]] — which took place soon after, yet this is a type of the Assyrian's attacks in the last days. </p> <p> In the N.T. we get the fulfilment of the above prophecy: Mary the virgin conceived and brought forth her Son. His name was Jesus, and also Emmanuel, 'God with us,' showing that He was God, and became man. Matthew 1:23 . </p>

==References ==