The Sign of the Savior

• The Sign of the Savior
• Isaiah 7:1-14
• Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 7 …
• 1-2 Crisis in Judah – fear of invasion …
– 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it.2 And it was told to the house of David, saying, "Syria's forces are deployed in Ephraim." So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
• Isaiah 7 …
• 3-9 Isaiah’s encouragement to the king …
– 3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's Field,4 and say to him:'Take heed, and be quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
• Isaiah 7 …
• 3-9 Isaiah’s encouragement to the king …
– 7 thus says the Lord GOD:"It shall not stand, Nor shall it come to pass. 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, So that it will not be a people.9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, And the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe,Surely you shall not be established."
• Basic truths …
• Great crises in life terrify people …
• Only God can provide security amidst the terrifying circumstances of life …
• The Word of the Lord ensures security if faith is present …
• 1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world -- our faith.

• Isaiah 7 …
• 10-16 The sign of Immanuel …
– 10 Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,11 "Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above." 12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"
• Isaiah 7 …
• 10-16 The sign of Immanuel …
– 13 Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.16 For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.
• Isaiah 7 …
• 10-16 The sign of Immanuel …
– A dual fulfillment …
• Isaiah 7 …
• 17-25 The coming judgment makes belief in the Word of the Lord absolutely essential …
– 17 The LORD will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father's house -- days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah."
– 18 And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will whistle for the fly That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 They will come, and all of them will rest In the desolate valleys and in the clefts of the rocks, And on all thorns and in all pastures.

• Enduring lesson …
• True security from all danger (even judgment) comes by faith in God’s divine provision of Immanuel …
• The Sign of the Savior
• Isaiah 7:1-14