Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Here is one of the best known and most astounding prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah. The fact that he would be born, indicates that when the Messiah came he would come as one of us. But that he would be born of a virgin . . . this indicates that even though a member of the human race, he would be more than mere human. Luke tells us in his gospel that the angel Gabriel informed the virgin Mary that the child that she was to conceive would be the work of the Holy Spirit. This indicates that the son born to her would be also divine, which is exactly what is communicated to us by the name Immanuel (which means, "God with us").
Imagine that! A baby born who was fully man and fully God. This is the story of Christmas!
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pj
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