07-17-2022, 05:21 PM
Interesting article Blue Bird, thanks for your response.
So the writer is basically saying, in his opinion, calling Jesus Immanuel is describing his nature.
There still is a discrepancy though.
The writer seems to say what is written in Isaiah 7:14 is only about Jesus. If I'm not mistaken, that isn't really true because Isaiah specifically says in verse 16 -
"For, when the lad does not yet know to reject bad and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread, shall be abandoned."
From what I understand, there are 2 biblical accounts that show the prophecy to be fulfilled, where the 2 armies from the North were defeated and unsuccessful on their siege of Jerusalem. King Ahaz clearly feared them -
2Kings 15:29-30 and 2Kings 16:9
The Hebrew bible shows the prophecy was fulfilled in King Ahaz's days.
How does that coincide with what Christians believe the passage is saying to be about Jesus, 700 years later?
So the writer is basically saying, in his opinion, calling Jesus Immanuel is describing his nature.
There still is a discrepancy though.
The writer seems to say what is written in Isaiah 7:14 is only about Jesus. If I'm not mistaken, that isn't really true because Isaiah specifically says in verse 16 -
"For, when the lad does not yet know to reject bad and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread, shall be abandoned."
From what I understand, there are 2 biblical accounts that show the prophecy to be fulfilled, where the 2 armies from the North were defeated and unsuccessful on their siege of Jerusalem. King Ahaz clearly feared them -
2Kings 15:29-30 and 2Kings 16:9
The Hebrew bible shows the prophecy was fulfilled in King Ahaz's days.
How does that coincide with what Christians believe the passage is saying to be about Jesus, 700 years later?