JBF Bible Study Questionnaire                                                                              SWS 12/21/2008

 The Sign of Immanuel

Isaiah 7:1-14

Key Verse 7:14

    Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. 

    

1. Read verse 1. What came to pass to the King of Judah? Can you think of anything similar [challenge(s)] coming to pass in your life (or your family, society, or nation)?

2. Read verse 2. How did Ahaz and his people respond to the news? Verse 1 talks about the challenge hitting "the king of Judah", but verse 2 refers to "the house of David". Why? 

3. In verse 3 the Lord asked his servant Isaiah to go out and help Ahaz. In so doing the Lord also asked Isaiah to take his son. What does this passage tell us about the way the Lord helps his people? 

4. Read verses 4-9. Verse 4 reads, "Say to him..." This passage also describes not only what Judah's opponents say, but also what the Lord had to say. What does this passage show us about the way the Lord helps his children? 

5. Read verses 10-12. What did the Lord ask Ahaz to do? How did Ahaz respond to the Lord's request? What does his response tell us about Ahaz? (cf. 2Ki 16:7-9)

6. Read verse 13-14. What does this passage tell us about God? 

7. Read verse 14 again. What is the function of a "sign"? Which child (or son) in the New Testament Scriptures is also Immanuel? (Matthew 1:23) What does the name "Immanuel" tell us about the way the Lord helps his children?

JBF Bible Study Questionnaire                                                                              SWS 12/21/2008

 The Sign of Immanuel

Isaiah 7:1-14

Key Verse 7:14

    Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. 

#Question-1

Isaiah 7:1 

    When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it. 

    

Read verse 1. What came to pass to the King of Judah? 

Can you think of anything similar [challenge(s)] coming to pass in your life (or your family, society, or nation)?

#Question-2

Isaiah 7:2 

    Now the house of David was told, "Aram has allied itself with Ephraim"; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind. 

    

Read verse 2. How did Ahaz and his people respond to the news? 

Verse 1 talks about the challenge hitting "the king of Judah", but verse 2 refers to "the house of David". Why? 

#Question-3

Isaiah 7:3 

    Then the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman's Field. 

    

In verse 3 the Lord asked his servant Isaiah to go out and help Ahaz. In so doing the Lord also asked Isaiah to take his son. What does this passage tell us about the way the Lord helps his people? 

#Question-4

Isaiah 7:4-9 

    Say to him, 'Be careful, keep calm and don't be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood--because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. [5] Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah's son have plotted your ruin, saying, [6] "Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it." [7] Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

    " 'It will not take place,

        it will not happen, 

    [8] for the head of Aram is Damascus,

        and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.

    Within sixty-five years

        Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people. 

    [9] The head of Ephraim is Samaria,

        and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah's son.

    If you do not stand firm in your faith,

        you will not stand at all.' "

 

Read verses 4-9. Verse 4 reads, "Say to him..." This passage also describes not only what Judah's opponents say, but also what the Lord had to say. What does this passage show us about the way the Lord helps his children? 

#Question-5

Isaiah 7:10-12 

    Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, [11] "Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights." 

    [12] But Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test." 

    

Read verses 10-12. What did the Lord ask Ahaz to do? 

How did Ahaz respond to the Lord's request? 

What does his response tell us about Ahaz? (cf. 2Ki 16:7-9)

#Question-6

Isaiah 7:13-14 

    Then Isaiah said, "Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God also? [14] Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. 

    

Read verse 13-14. What does this passage tell us about God? 

#Question-7

Isaiah 7:14 

    Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. 

    

Read verse 14 again. What is the function of a "sign"? 

Which child (or son) in the New Testament Scriptures is also Immanuel? (Matthew 1:23) 

What does the name "Immanuel" tell us about the way the Lord helps his children?

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