SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/25/2013
8:00 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Immanuel: A Message of Hope PT-2
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Isaiah
7:10-16
Message of the
verses: We will look at the second
sub-point in today’s SD.
A Sign to the house of David (Isaiah 7:10-16): “10 ¶ Then the LORD spoke again to Ahaz,
saying, 11 “Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as
Sheol or high as heaven." 12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will
I test the LORD!" 13 Then he said, "Listen now, O house of David! Is
it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the
patience of my God as well? 14 “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a
sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His
name Immanuel. 15 “He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to
refuse evil and choose good. 16
"For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose
good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.”
I suppose that many people have received a Christmas card
with the words of Isaiah 7:14 on it as this prophecy we are studying about was
fulfilled in the Lord Jesus Christ’s virgin birth. Let’s first look at why the king did not want
a sign from the Lord. We mentioned in
yesterday’s SD that he had made a secret deal with the Assyrians and therefore
showing that he trusted in them instead of trusting in the Lord, and so he acted
piously when given the opportunity to receive a sign from the Lord.
The virgin birth of Jesus Christ shows that He was before
the woman who gave birth to her. Dr.
Wiersbe writes “Jesus had to be born of a virgin apart from human generation,
because He existed before His mother. He
was not just born into the world; He came down from heaven into the world (John
3:13; 6:33, 38, 41-42, 50-51). Jesus was
sent by the Father and therefore came into the world having a human mother but
not a human father (4:34; 5:23-24, 30; 9:4).”
Way back in the garden of Eden after Adam and Eve sinned God promised
that the Seed would come from the woman, and therefore would not have a human
father, for the sin nature is passed on by the father, thus the great
importance of the virgin birth.
Now the immediate fulfillment of this prophecy happened
in Isaiah’s day as there was a virgin who was married and gave birth to a son
who was named Immanuel. Dr. Wiersbe writes “The son would be a reminder that God
was with His people and would care fro them.
It is likely that this virgin was Isaiah’s second wife—his first wife
having died after Shear-jasub was born—and that Isaiah’s second son was named
both ‘Immanuel’ and ‘Maher-shalal-hash-baz’ (8:1-4; note vv. 8 and 10).
“Orthodox Jewish boys become ‘sons of the Law’ at the age
of twelve. This special son was a
reminder that Syria and Ephraim would be out of the picture within the next
twelve years. Isaiah delivered his
prophecy in 734 B. C. In 732 B. C.
Assyria defeated Syria, and in 722 B. C. Assyria invaded the Northern Kingdom. The prophecy was fulfilled.”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: God not only told
us in the book of Genesis that the Messiah would be from the Seed of a woman,
but now in Isaiah He tells us that the Seed would be born from a virgin. This prophecy is also stated in the NT. God wanted us to realize that what He was
saying about His Messiah would be clearly understood and that has great meaning
to me.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Proverbs 3:5-6.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 46:1-7
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear
though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of
the sea; 3 though the waters roar and foam, thought the mountains quake at its
swelling pride. Selah. 4 There is a river whose streams make glade
the city of God, the holy dwelling place of the most high. 5 God is in the midst of her, she will not be
moved, God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations make an uproar, the kingdoms tottered; He
raised His voice, the earth melted. 7
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Candace” (Acts 8:27).
Today’s Bible
Question: “Which book takes its name
from the double numbering of the Israelites?”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
7/25/2013 8:31 AM
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