UNTO US IS GIVEN: A CHILD !
King Ahaz of Judah faced the intimidating Syro-Ephramite alliance marching out to defeat him. The sign of deliverance that the Lord gave him through the prophet Isaiah was, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14, NIV). However, to Ahaz, this radical alternative brought no comfort. …