ISAIAH'S SON: MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Isaiah’s Son
1. Isaiah’s Son
Isaiah 7:14
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
a) We take a look at the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14. In this, we look at the near future fulfillment, in the person of Isaiah's son. We also look at the fulfillment in the distant future from Isaiah's time, in the Person of God's Son based on the words of Isaiah as quoted by Matthew, "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (Matthew 1:23).
2. Maher-shalal-hash-baz
a) Maher-shalal-hash-baz was Isaiah's second son. The first was Shear-Jashub (Isaiah 7:3).
b) Fortunately remembering their names is not a condition of going to heaven, however their names were meaningful...
i) Shear-Jashub means "a remnant shall return".
ii) Maher-shalal-hash-baz means "Swift to the booty, speedy to the prey" (Isaiah 8:1-3).
iii) These two names were names with a message and were a constant reminder to Isaiah of the burden of his prophetic word: Destruction and exile were coming, yet a remnant would return and be preserved. As Isaiah said, "Then a shoot will spring from the root of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit" (Isaiah 11:1-2). Jesse was David’s father. Although Israel, Judah, and the house of David were to be cut down like a tree, the trunk would shoot and a branch would grow and bear fruit. This of course refers to Jesus Christ. As already mentioned, the prophecy we are looking at (Isaiah 7:14) is also a prophecy about Christ as shown by Matthew (Matthew 1:23) But for now we are looking at its reference to Isaiah's son Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
The End ...
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
a) We take a look at the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14. In this, we look at the near future fulfillment, in the person of Isaiah's son. We also look at the fulfillment in the distant future from Isaiah's time, in the Person of God's Son based on the words of Isaiah as quoted by Matthew, "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (Matthew 1:23).
2. Maher-shalal-hash-baz
a) Maher-shalal-hash-baz was Isaiah's second son. The first was Shear-Jashub (Isaiah 7:3).
b) Fortunately remembering their names is not a condition of going to heaven, however their names were meaningful...
i) Shear-Jashub means "a remnant shall return".
ii) Maher-shalal-hash-baz means "Swift to the booty, speedy to the prey" (Isaiah 8:1-3).
iii) These two names were names with a message and were a constant reminder to Isaiah of the burden of his prophetic word: Destruction and exile were coming, yet a remnant would return and be preserved. As Isaiah said, "Then a shoot will spring from the root of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit" (Isaiah 11:1-2). Jesse was David’s father. Although Israel, Judah, and the house of David were to be cut down like a tree, the trunk would shoot and a branch would grow and bear fruit. This of course refers to Jesus Christ. As already mentioned, the prophecy we are looking at (Isaiah 7:14) is also a prophecy about Christ as shown by Matthew (Matthew 1:23) But for now we are looking at its reference to Isaiah's son Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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