Prophecies of His Coming
Born of a Virgin
The Sign of Immanuel
Description
Seven hundred years before Christ's birth, Isaiah prophesied that a virgin would conceive and bear a son called Immanuel—'God with us.' This miraculous sign was fulfilled when the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, and she conceived without knowing a man. The virgin birth is essential to Christ's sinless humanity and deity. He was not born of natural generation, inheriting Adam's sin, but was holy from conception. Matthew explicitly cites Isaiah's prophecy as fulfilled in Jesus' birth. God truly became man—Immanuel—dwelling among His people.
Key Verses
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.