Welcome to part two of Isaiah 1 through 12 with Dr. Jason Cones.

As I'm looking in chapter 7, Jason, it looks to me like I'm going to need to know who

people are and a little bit of history in order to understand this chapter, right?

Yeah.

This is definitely a chapter that helps to know some historical background.

And unfortunately, what we know best about chapter 7 is the gospel of Matthew.

And so already we begin reading chapter 7 with a very different historical context, a

very different framework than the historical time of Isaiah himself.

So I mean, when we think of chapter 7, we think first and foremost of Isaiah chapter 7,

verse 14, where there's a prophecy about a son who will be born, whose name will be called

Emmanuel. And then we immediately think of the gospel Matthew chapter 1 verses 22 and 23

right after the description of the birth of Jesus, where Matthew says, 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.

And so because we are so much more familiar with Matthew than Isaiah, we go into Isaiah chapter

7 looking for Jesus.

And of course, that is one of the beautiful ways that this chapter has echoed through

time.

And yet there is another possible reading of this.

There's an initial meeting, right?

A current day.

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