Special Biblical References
&
Presentation
Of
JESUS CHRIST
Immanuel
Emmanuel
“God is with us.”
Therefore The Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a
virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,
and shall call his name
Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14 KJV
The LORD Himself was to give “a sign” to Israel,
which was to come from ‘the line of David’; and this is the sign: The Messiah
is to be born of a virgin.
The virgin birth of our Savior signifies both the
divine Power and Purity with which He shall be brought into the world,—that He
shall be a extraordinary person, for He shall not be born by ordinary
generation,—and that He shall be “a holy thing”, not stained with the common
pollutions of the human nature, therefore incontestably fit to have the throne
of his father David given him." Now this, though it was to be accomplished
above 500 years after, was a most encouraging sign to the house of David.
The unbelief of man cannot make the Promise of God
of no effect.
Immanuel — God with us [with us is God] (see
Matt.1:23). In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isaiah 7:14 and 8:8.
There are several prophecies in Scriptures which
point directly to The Savior. Let’s look at this one foretold by Prophet Micah;
prophecy of ‘A Ruler to Come from Bethlehem’:
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be
Ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Therefore will He give them up, until the time that she which
travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return
unto the children of Israel.
And He shall stand and feed in the Strength of The Lord, in the
Majesty of The Name of The Lord His God; and they shall abide: for now shall He
be great unto the ends of the earth.
Mic 5:2-4 KJV
This prophecy of our Savior foretells that, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, a small Judean village, was to be the birthplace of Zion’s King and He
will be our Peace.
Why is Judah chosen besides the other tribes of
Israel for the fulfillment of this prophecy?
The answer is found in Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the
people be.
KJV
Bethlehem was a town where David lived.
Isaiah’s prophecy of The Savior says:
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the
government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 KJV
The Child was to bring good tidings to Zion, and
when He is grown up will tend His flock like a shepherd—“The Good Shepherd” Who
gathers the lambs in His arms.
The baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a
manger—Jesus is the fulfillment of this prophecy.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ The Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Luke 2:11-12 KJV
Angel Gabriel said to Mary:
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a
son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Luke 1:31KJV
The name Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua
[Hebrew]-means “Jehovah is Salvation". He is the human-divine Son of God,
born of a virgin; our Savior, our Deliverer and ‘Help of Jehovah’.
Joseph thought to himself that Mary’s pregnancy was
by another man, hence he only knew her to be a virgin, and so in regard to the
Law concerning divorce in Deut 24:1-4 he intended to secretly issue her a
‘certificate of divorce’.
While he thought on these things, an Angel of The
Lord spoke to Joseph in a dream and says to him:
“… Joseph, thou son of
David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in
her is of The Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name
JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins.”
Matt 1:20-21 KJV
The Child is of The Holy Ghost.
Dominion rests on His shoulders.
He came to save His people from their sins.
He is very great, and is called The Son Of The
Highest (Lk.1:32).
He brought unto us justification that brings Life.
And He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of His Kingdom there shall be no end (Luke 1:33 KJV).