Saturday, December 26, 2009
Emmanuel / Immanuel - God-is-with-us or (God with us) or (with us is God) is a symbolic name from the prophecy of Isaiah applied in the later years to Jesus the Messiah.
In the Old Testament and in the time of prophet Isaiah, Syria and Israel were attacking Judah in an attempt to force king Ahaz of Judah to join a coalition against Assyria. Isaiah called on Ahaz to put his trust in the word of the Lord so that the threat of Syria and Israel would come to nothing. The first warning to Ahaz. - Isaiah 7:1-9 -
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
In the Old Testament and in the time of prophet Isaiah, Syria and Israel were attacking Judah in an attempt to force king Ahaz of Judah to join a coalition against Assyria. Isaiah called on Ahaz to put his trust in the word of the Lord so that the threat of Syria and Israel would come to nothing. The first warning to Ahaz. - Isaiah 7:1-9 -
The second warning to Ahaz. The sign of Immanuel / Emmanuel. Then the prophet announced God's intention to give Ahaz a sign that His word was true. Syria and Israel would lose their capacity to be a threat to Judah. But before this peace and prosperity becomes a reality, Isaiah announced there would be a drastic purging judgment at the hands of the king of Assyria. Only a remnant would experience the good future which God had intended for his people. - Isaiah 7:10-25 -
The sign that God promised to provide to Ahaz was the birth of a child within whose childhood years these events of promise and judgment would take place. The child would be given the name Immanuel, meaning "God-is-with-us", "God with us", as a symbol of Judah's hope in the midst of adversity. God would be with His people. This remarkable prophecy achieved its full meaning with the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The sign that God promised to provide to Ahaz was the birth of a child within whose childhood years these events of promise and judgment would take place. The child would be given the name Immanuel, meaning "God-is-with-us", "God with us", as a symbol of Judah's hope in the midst of adversity. God would be with His people. This remarkable prophecy achieved its full meaning with the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It will inundate Judah, flow over, pour over, flooding it up to the neck, and its wings will be spread over the whole breadth of your country, O Immanuel. Know this, peoples, you will be crushed; listen, far-off nations, arm yourselves, yet you will be crushed. Devise a plan, it is thwarted; put forward an argument, there is no substance in it, for God is with us. - Isaiah 8:8-10 -
"In the New Testament, Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke, rightly recognized that hope for restoration through the house of David reached its ultimate fulfillment only with Jesus."
This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.
She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins'. And in Jesus - God is with us always, even to the end of the age. Now all this took place to fulfill the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
This is how Jesus Christ came to be born........ The virgin will conceived and give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'. - Matthew 1:18-25 -
'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes to the end of time'. - Matthew 28:18-20 -
"In the New Testament, Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke, rightly recognized that hope for restoration through the house of David reached its ultimate fulfillment only with Jesus."
This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.
She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins'. And in Jesus - God is with us always, even to the end of the age. Now all this took place to fulfill the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
This is how Jesus Christ came to be born........ The virgin will conceived and give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'. - Matthew 1:18-25 -
'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes to the end of time'. - Matthew 28:18-20 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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