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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(Matt. 1:23). [
IMMANUEL
.]
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
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” ({vi 17797-17798}Isa. 7:14-15).
It has been asked, How could this be a sign
to Ahaz
, 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 {vi 17817-17818}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 Isa. 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 Shear-jashub; and before
this
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).
It may seem strange that there should be no break between Isaiah 7:15 and Isaiah 7:16, as the one refers to Immanuel, and the other to Shear-jashub; 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
future
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
.
In the
New
Testament
we get the fulfillment 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
(Matt. 1:23).
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
with us is God
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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