In Isaiah 7, God promises to give a sign to a wicked Judean king, Ahaz. King Ahaz is self-righteous and says that he needs no sign, but God insists and gives him a sign of a young maiden (Heb. Almah) who will give birth. Like many biblical prophesies, there are two layers of fulfillment. The nearer fulfillment points towards the coming birth of a son born to Isaiah. The timing of his birth heralds coming judgments against Ahaz’ enemies. This is the sign to Ahaz. But the later fulfillment also is fulfilled by a king and a maiden’s son. Like King Ahaz, King Herod is a wicked and maniacal king – willing to do anything to stay in power. And the young maiden pointed to is Mary, the mother of Jesus. But the Greek word used here, “parthenos” is more than a maiden. It always refers to a virgin and thus, this is a far greater sign – the sign fulfilled by Jesus’ birth. Many today laugh at the preposterous idea that a virgin could give birth. However, if we can believe the irrefutable evidence that God created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1) is it really so hard for us to believe that God could arrange for His Son to be born of a virgin?

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Series Outline
• The Forerunner
• The Virgin
• The Light
• The Son
• The Shepherd

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First Point
What do you do when
there is no good
option?
ReadIsaiah7:1-9

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Ahaz’ Fear- 2 Chronicles 28:6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed
one hundred and twenty thousand
in Judah in one day, all valiant men,
because they had forsaken the LORD
God of their fathers.

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Ahaz’ Fear- 2 Chronicles 28:8
And the children of Israel carried
away captive of their brethren two
hundred thousand women, sons,
and daughters; and they also took
away much spoil from them, and
brought the spoil to Samaria.

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Isaiah 7
3 And the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out
to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-
jashub your son, at the end of the
conduit of the upper pool on the
highway to the Washer's Field.

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4 And say to him, ‘Be careful, be
quiet, do not fear, and do not let
your heart be faint because of these
two smoldering stumps of firebrands,
at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria
and the son of Remaliah. (Isa. 7)

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Isaiah 7:9b
If you are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’”
‫ן‬ ַ‫מ‬ ָ‫א‬ Awman

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Second Point
What does God do
when there is no good
option?
ReadIsa.7:10-16

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What God did for Ahaz!
The birth of the Immanuel
Child as a sign of an
imminent deliverance.

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How Ahaz responded to God’s sign
2 Kings 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to
Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying,
“I am your servant and your son. Come
up and save me from the hand of the
king of Syria and from the hand of the
king of Israel, who rise up against me.”

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How Ahaz responded to God’s sign
8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold
that was found in the house of the
LORD, and in the treasuries of the
king’s house, and sent it as a present
to the king of Assyria.

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What God did for us!
The birth of the Immanuel
Child as the sign and seal
of eternal deliverance.
ReadMt.1:18-25

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Life’s most important question
How will you respond to
God’s Immanuel Child?

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