“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” – Isaiah 7:14
Pastor W.A. Criswell said the following about Isaiah 7:14: “Well, immediately every liberal and higher critic in the land would say, “That is not literal. That’s fancy. That’s poetry. That’s imagination.” Every infidel and atheist in the land would say that is anything but literal. No child born of a virgin. No child, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father. And of course, all the humanists—these who bow at the shrine of the ableness of mankind—they scoff and sneer and laugh. “That is not literal. That’s not true.
But Matthew said it was. Matthew said all of this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet, saying, “A virgin, parthenos, virgin shall be with child, and the name the Child shall be God is with us” [Matthew 1:22-23].
John says it is literal and true: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God, face to face with God” [John 1:1-2]. “And the Word was made flesh . . . and we saw His glory,” the glory as of God Himself [John 1:14].
Paul said that is literally true. He is the express image of the invisible God, and in Him all things hold together, consist, sunestēken [Colossians 1:15, 17]. And that’s our faith. It is literal.”
The virgin birth is a miraculous event, signally the start of the most extraordinary life on earth – Jesus. Today in prayer, give thanks to the Lord that He became a man.
“Therefore Mary, having a man betrothed and being nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation both to herself and the whole human race.” - Irenaeus
God’s Word: “This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.” – Matthew 1:18
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