IDENTIFICATION OF IMMANUEL IN THE CONTEXT OF ISAIAH 7:14 (6)

CHAPTER IV

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

  In chapter passage, looking at the text of Isaiah’s message to his Ahaz and Judah, Isaiah gave the sign to Ahaz to give him a sign that God would not leave Israel event though the king did not obey God. In broader text of chapter 7-12 the antecedent of the phrase broadly speaks about the fulfillment of this prophecy, we can see that the Immanuel is refer to Hezekiah than to Isaiah’s son Maher-Shalal-Hash-Bez.

            However the prophecy in Isa 7:14 of a child called Immanuel does not appear to be a simple prophecy in its entirety by the child in 8:3-4. This kind of prophecy is often offered to as typology, which is related to the “near view/far view” phenomenon[1] which mean that this has an eschatological prophecy.

Theological significance

  From the literary context studying and historical context of the Isaiah one must accept that this prophecy has a double meaning. Firstly is the fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah time and secondly the eschatological fulfillment. The text cannot be understood only from Isaiah 7:14 only, but should be explored into broader text in order to be able to interpret this prophecy correctly.

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[1]Daniel J. Hayes, The Message of the Prophets.(Grand rapids Michigan: Zondervan, 2010) p.111