in this three-week Christmas series, we will study the rich prophecy of Immanuel found in Isaiah chapters 7 through 9. In this first installment, we examine the promise of Immanuel given to king Ahaz and to the Jewish people, during a time of impending invasion by the joint forces of Aram and Israel. The king of Judah in this scene stubbornly maintains a disposition of unbelief. Therefore, LORD confronts him of this unbelief with a double sign, one for the immediate deliverance from these two enemies and another for the ultimate deliverance from sin and judgment through the virgin born Immanuel. The God who is able (both omnipotent and omniscient) to deliver us from all our ills calls us to repent and believe in Him. There is a breathtaking deliverance for the soul for all who believe and repent.