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Have you read the short Daniel Gruber booklet
"God, the Rabbis and the Virgin Birth".


I have not, Praxean (Steven).

I do know one thing, Isaaih 7:14 does not apply to Jesus, but to King Hezekiah. The prophecy , given around 740 BC, states that the child will be alive when the two kings, from Aram (syria) and The Northern Kingdom of Israel will disappear from the map. Samaria, the Capital of The Northern Kingdom was taken in 723 BC. Ahaz died around 720 BC
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9004115/Ahaz
see this pdf story
http://www.biblehistory.net/Ahaz.pdf
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Old Testament Chapter 19
AHAZ, KING OF JUDAH
Unlike his father, King Jotham, who the Bible
says "Became mighty, and ordered his ways before
the Lord, Ahaz became a wicked ruler. The Bible
records that he even sacrificed his own sons in the
fire, not much unlike the practice of modern day
abortionists who sacrifice the sons and daughters of
many for mere profit.
A mention of Ahaz, found outside of the Bible,
was taken from a clay building inscription of Tiglath-
Pileser III. In accounts from his battles against Israel,
between 744 and 727 B.C., he records the following:
"From these I received tribute . . . Ahaz, the
king of Judah . . . including gold, silver, iron,
fine cloth and many garments made from wool that
was dyed in purple . . . as well as all kinds of lavish
gifts from many nations and from the kings that rule
over them.
This confirms 2Kings 16:8 which states:
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that
was found in the house of the LORD, and in the
treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a
present to the king of Assyria.
The reason God sent Tiglath-Pileser III and his
horde of Assyrians against Ahaz can be found in
2Chronicles 28:19-21:
For the LORD brought Judah low because of
Ahaz king of Israel, for he had encouraged moral
decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful
to the LORD.
Also Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him
and distressed him, and did not assist him. For Ahaz
took part of the treasures from the house of the
LORD, from the house of the king, and from the
leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he
did not help him.
GODS GREATEST STATEMENT TO AHAZ:
Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz,
saying, "Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your
God; ask it either in the depth or in the height
above."
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the
LORD!"
Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is
it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you
weary my God also?
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a
sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear
a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:10-14


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Eventually they found the royal palace of Sargon, and a majestic
one it was at that. How come they knew it was
Sargons palace? Well because the bricks lining the
palace walls were engraved with his name.
Not only was his name found, but his capture
of the city of Ashdod as mentioned in Isaiah 20, was
engraved on the palace walls as well. And not only
that, but digs from the city of Ashdod itself later
turned up fragments from a monument which recorded
this victory.
One of the inscriptions read: Sargon, king of
Assyria, who conquered Samaria and the entire
region of Israel, he who made captives of
Ashdod.
Displayed in the British museum is
this monument which stood at the
entrance of Sargons palace. On
this statue of a winged bull there
is a inscription listing Sargon's
titles and achievements.
Well, It seems like archeology always catches
up to the truth found in the Bible. And the following
truth that Isaiah wrote concerning Sargon came to
pass.
In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod,
when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and
he fought against Ashdod and took it, at the
same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of
Amoz, saying, "Go, and remove the sackcloth from
your body, and take your sandals off your feet." And
he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Then the LORD said, "Just as My servant Isaiah
has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign
and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, "so shall
the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as
prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and
old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks
uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. "Then they shall
be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation
and Egypt their glory. "And the inhabitant of this
territory will say in that day, 'Surely such is our
expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered
from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?'
" Isaiah 20
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There are no dates in the prophecy which state it will come true 740 years later.
Elpidio Gonzalez

The Man of Yahweh