RE: Why the Bible is true
October 11, 2013 at 12:55 am
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2013 at 12:55 am by Godscreated.)
(September 25, 2013 at 4:37 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
You should study the Hebrew a little more, the word translated as virgin or young woman, means exactly that a young woman old enough to marry yet sexually mature. So either translation works here, that's why it's been translated both ways. Other verses using this are Gen. 24:43; Exodus 2:8; Psalm 68:25; Proverbs 30:19; Song of Songs 1:3, 6:8;.
Immanuel could not have been the name of Isaiah's new born son, his wife already had a child, thus she is not a virgin and Isaiah never had a son named Immanuel.

God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.