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Lenten Season · Annunciation of the Lord · Year C

Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10

The Sign of Immanuel

The Prophet Isaiah Predicts the Return of the Jews from Exile, Maarten van Heemskerck
The Prophet Isaiah Predicts the Return of the Jews from Exile, Maarten van Heemskerck, 1560-1565Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem · public domain

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"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14).

The Lord offers King Ahaz a sign of deliverance through the prophet Isaiah, promising that a child named Immanuel, God with us, will be born. The church reads this sign as pointing forward to Christ's birth.

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