Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” [KJV]
As Ahaz refused to ask for a sign, God would give one of His own choosing, a sign for the ages far beyond the time of Ahaz. The sign would bring to a culmination the prophecies and promises relating to "the house of David.”
Why a virgin birth? Because God said so, a favorite subject that I have written about before. Isaiah 7:14 is just one of the hundred plus prophecies concerning the coming Messiah.
It is awesome to realize how God works and how interwoven His Word is. In Genesis 3:15 we learn of the coming Messiah. “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” [KJV] A women doesn’t have a “seed”, rather it comes from a man so a prophecy of the virgin birth.
It is amazing to see how God laid the groundwork for the virgin birth. In the time of Moses the daughters of Zelophehad had no brother for their father to leave his goods and property to. The daughters petitioned Moses. Numbers 27: 4, “Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.” [KJV] In turn Moses brought the problem of no male heir before God who said , Numbers 27:8, “And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.” [KJV] When the daughter married her father would adopt his son-in-law as his son.
Later God had all He could tolerate from King Jeconiah, a descendant of King David. Jeremiah 22:30 “Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.” [KJV] The blood curse pronounced on Jeconiah and his sons, the only males in the royal line, meant that the Messiah could not come from a male in the line of David. However, the petition of the daughters of Zelophehad provided a work-around.
Mary had no brother so her father could adopt her husband Joseph. Joseph was in the line of King David via Solomon thus under the blood curse. Mary was in the line of Kind David through his son Nathan. Mary was the biological mother of Jesus born of her “seed” as proclaimed by God thousands of years before in the Garden of Eden. God is awe-inspiring!
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