14 Therefore the LORD Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His Name Immanuel. 15 He shall eat curds and honey when He knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good ~ Isaiah 7:14-15
That is a pretty bold statement by Isaiah, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son. First, a virgin cannot conceive. Second, we can only hope, but we cannot predict with any kind of accuracy at all what sex a child will be, whether male or female, and especially more than 700 years in advance. Therefore, that is quite a startling statement/prediction to say the least. So startling that many doubt the validity of the interpretation fueled by the presupposed Jewish understanding of Isaiah 7:14 and say that the word translated as “Virgin”… in the Bible… more naturally means “young woman.” And to be sure, it does. But it is not just any young woman that this word refers to. It refers to a young unmarried woman who is believed and expected to be a virgin since she is unmarried.
The Bible would never presuppose that this young, unmarried woman would have been sexually active. You must agree with that! Therefore, it was not just any young woman, because a young woman could be a married woman with children, and while she is indeed young, this word does not refer to her, since she is married with children and is no longer a virgin. So, because of that, it is true to its definition to translate the word “a virgin,” as the young woman is expected and believed to be a virgin due to her unmarried status.
So, in light of that, to say that Isaiah 7:14 is referring to a specific contemporary event and woman, possibly Isaiah’s wife, rather than a future miraculous birth by the virgin Mary, is ridiculous and misleading, a false diversion to throw confusion on the virgin birth of the Messiah and distract from the truth. So, don’t be afraid to embrace what you have been taught about the virgin birth of Jesus. Jesus had an earthly mother, as He was fully human, but He had no earthly father, as He was also fully God. He was there in the beginning, and He will be here in the end. All things where made through Him, and by Him, and without Him, nothing was made that was made. He is Creator God.
The long awaited promise has finally come. Jesus is the true and only Redeemer of the world, because in Him was and is the life, and no one can come to the Father except through Him, and that is what He came for, to save His people from their sins. Yes, it was long in coming, but it came: Joy to the world, the LORD is come…
Father thank You for the wonderful Christmas gift called Jesus. Jesus thank You for the wonderful Easter gift of life. In Jesus’ Name, amen.