Shawn Ryan

The word that they chose for that translation, this is before Jesus was born, was virgin.

So they got it.

So this prediction 700 years in advance was that the Messiah would be born of a virgin.

Other people say, no, no, no, that actual passage, that was a prophecy for King Ahaz, who lived back in those days.

And yes, there is stuff in there about King Ahaz.

It's a double fulfillment of that passage.

But it's in a nest of messianic prophecies.

Isaiah chapter 7, the Messiah is going to be born of a virgin.

In Isaiah chapter 9, he is already born, and he is declared mighty God.

In Isaiah chapter 11, he is reigning with the power of the Spirit.

So this is in a cluster of messianic prophecies.

Besides which, this King Ahaz, he was in trouble back then.

There were a couple armies that were trying to kill King Ahaz.

And so God was trying to reassure him, hey, look, I'm going to take care of you.

Don't worry about it.

You're going to come out fine.

But King Ahaz was of the house of David.

If he had been killed as these enemies were trying to kill him back then, that would have ended the line of David.

The Messiah was to come through the line of David.

So the fact that Ahaz needed to survive this challenge to his life was very relevant to the birth ultimately of the Messiah.