-December 2, 2025-
Good morning beloved, happy Tuesday, Merry Christmas,
“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).
Today’s verse is an amazing verse, much like a multifaceted diamond, showing the sign of the virgin birth and His name is Immanuel. The Spirit of God revealed to the people of Israel an unprecedented miracle that the Christ, the Messiah, would be born of the virgin.
How could this be? There was no human father involved, for He was conceived by the Holy Spirit. God Himself gave this sign hundreds of years before it happened. Signs in the Bible were God’s demonstrations and authentications of what is to come.
When the Jews in Jesus’ day asked for a sign, He gave no new sign but the sign of Jonah in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights. This pointed to His, death, burial, and resurrection.
When the angel came to Jacob, he quoted this verse to him as a reminder and a confirmation of the promise. Two of the greatest miracles in the Bible were fulfilled in Jesus: the virgin birth and the resurrection.
There were some occasions in Scripture where people like Jacob, Gideon, Hezekiah asked for one. There were other times when God gave the sign without being asked in the case of the birth of Samson to Manoah and his wife, and to King Ahab prior to a victorious battle over the enemies of Israel and what he should do, which he did only partially, causing his victory to be only partial.
There are so many Messianic prophecies in the OT sprinkled throughout the Psalms and the Prophets. God made sure there could be no doubt or question who Jesus was. We will look at many of these prophecies that pointed to our Savior’s birth into the world as we move forward in this Christmas season.
Have a blessed day rejoicing in His first coming while looking forward to His Second Coming. Stay safe and healthy.
All signs point to Christ the way, the only way to come to the Father.
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 