Apr 30 2008
MBS – Book of Isaiah – The Sign of Immanuel
- The complete first major section of the book of Isaiah containing historical narrative and prophecies during the rule of Ahaz (King of Judah).
- Ahaz was a cowardly king.
- King Rezin and King Pekah were besieging Jerusalem.
- Ahaz was told not to fear the kings’ plot against him.
- The sign of a the child named Immanuel, conceived from a virgin. It’s referring to Jesus Christ, the coming messiah.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
- During the sign, the land will be forsaken by the king.
- Assyria and Egypt desolated Judah instead.
- Isaiah’s second son’s name was Mahar-Shalal-Hash-Baz meaning “Speed the Spoil, Hasten the Booty”.
- Before the child grew up, the riches and spoils of Damascus and Samaria would be taken away by Assyria.
- The people of Judah refused the “water of Shiloah” which is the flowing and nourishing water of life. It also symbolizes the quiet and unseen flow of the power of Jesus.
- God told Isaiah to fear Him, for God will protect him. Those who does not fear the Lord will stumble and fall.
- People must seek God and His word, not the wizards nor mediums.
I’ve always liked that image of the waters of Shiloah… God begins gently; he desires that. Only much later are they given over to the “floodwaters of Assyria.”