When God became man: Day 2

The promises of His coming: The promise of a birth like no other

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel (Is. 7:14).

When God became man, it was through a birth like no other. The prophecy reported by Isaiah said a virgin, a woman who had no natural means of reproducing, would give birth to a son. God had already promised in the garden it would be the seed of the woman, not the man, who would bruise the head of Satan. This miraculous conception and birth were necessary so the sin nature of man would not be passed on to this sinless seed. No mortal man would do as His father. The unblemished life He would live must be without stain from the start. This impossible pregnancy and birth would form a sign that God was fulfilling His promise. In a baby boy, the Promised One would come to earth.

Song: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”