A Sign, A Son, Immanuel (Isa 7:1-25)

When God sent Isaiah and his son with good news to wicked king Ahaz, the king mocked the message and the messenger. Ahaz denied God's goodness and determined to save himself by his own means. There is a judgment coming for all who reject God's gospel. Yet all through the difficult years ahead the Lord's elect were comforted by the fact that sooner or later a remnant will return, Immanuel would be born of a virgin and God's way of salvation fulfilled.