The Virgin Shall Conceive and Bear a Son, Immanuel

Isaiah 7:14 says, "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and call his name Immanuel (which means God with Us)." Prophecy can have a near, partial fulfillment and a future, greater fulfillment. In Isaiah's day a young girl was a virgin. She would get married, cease being a virgin, have a child, and name that child, Immanuel. There is nothing miraculous about this birth, other than God predicted it. When Ahaz saw this child named Immanuel, he would think of Isaiah's words and the child would serve as a sign that God would deliver Judah in the future. Seven hundred years later, Mary gave birth to Christ as a virgin and He was literally, "God with Us."