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1 The God-Man Foretold Isaiah 7:14 Picture: Lightstock

2 Context Syria and Israel form an alliance against Assyria. (732 BC)

3 Context Syria and Israel form an alliance against Assyria. (732 BC) King Ahaz of Judah refuses to join the alliance and is attacked.

4 Context Syria and Israel form an alliance against Assyria. (732 BC) King Ahaz of Judah refuses to join the alliance and is attacked. The prophet Isaiah tells King Ahaz to ask God for a sign.

5 Context Syria and Israel form an alliance against Assyria. (732 BC) King Ahaz of Judah refuses to join the alliance and is attacked. The prophet Isaiah tells King Ahaz to ask God for a sign. King Ahaz refuses so Isaiah prophecies a different kind of sign.

6 Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (NIV )

7 Virgin Birth We believe in the miraculous virgin birth. (Isaiah 7:15a) Picture: Lightstock

8 Matthew 1: But after he had considered this, an 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 what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means God with us ). (NIV )

9 Objection The word virgin in Hebrew (almah) really means young woman. Picture: Lightstock

10 Answer #1 Almah is used of young unmarried women who are virgins until proven otherwise. Credit: R. Dick Wilson Picture: Lightstock

11 Answer #2 A normal birth does not count as a supernatural sign. Picture: Lightstock

12 Answer #3 The Jewish translation of the Old Testament into Greek, written at least 200 BC, translates the word as virgin. Picture: Lightstock

13 Westford Bible Church Roof Collapse, 2001

14 Westford Bible Church Roof Collapse, 2001

15 Creeds Apostles I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary

16 Creeds Apostles I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary Nicene We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

17 Immanuel (God With Us) We believe in a baby who is both God and man. (Isaiah 7:15b, 9:6-7) Picture: Lightstock

18 Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (NIV )

19 Matthew 1:20b-23 Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means God with us ). (NIV )

20 The Big Story Creation

21 The Big Story Creation The Fall

22 The Big Story Creation The Fall Redemption

23 The Big Story Creation The Fall Redemption New Creation

24 God entered into our story through the virgin birth of baby Jesus. Pictures: Lightstock

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