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In the gospel according to Matthew, there is a story about a virgin called Mary who becomes pregnant and conceives a child by the Holy Spirit. To prove this the writer quotes scripture from the Old Testament as if it were a fulfillment of bible prophecy.

Now, “God is with us” is significant in the context of the situation since the whole idea is God trying to encourage King Ahaz that he is on their side and that they will win if he only trusts in God.

(Opinion: I say “purposely” mistranslated because if it were just a simple error, it would have very little effect on the religious theology aspect. But this mistranslation has resulted in the creation of a very different kind of religion than the early Jewish believers ever even dreamed of.)

(The reason I believe this is that the followers of Jesus didn’t believe Mary was a virgin; Joseph, to them was the flesh and blood father of Jesus; they were very against the idea that Jesus was God; and that Jesus became the Son of God at his baptism and not from eternity. See: What the Early Christians Really Believed

(Moreover, this the mistranslation has been known about and has persisted for hundreds of years, and was never corrected, but in fact, has turned into an enormous world-wide religion — based on a mistranslation.)

(Continuing with the story:) He goes on to tell Ahaz that before the boy is old enough to know the difference between good and evil, both kings of the enemy nations that are at war with Judah will be forsaken. It goes on to describe how the Lord will defeat all of king Ahaz’s enemies. (Isa 7:15-25)

As it turns out, it seems that (in the very next chapter) the young woman who gives birth to the boy is conceived by the prophet himself, and the young woman is a prophetess. If this is not the same woman and the boy, it is certainly a continuation of the same sign God was giving to the king since it sounds very similar and is an obvious continuation of the sign in the previous chapter. (Isa 8:1- 10)

And exactly as in chapter 7 the prophecy has the phrase, “God is with us”. Which gives credence to the idea that the prophetess and the young woman (virgin) from chapter 7 are one and the same woman. What’s more is it’s the prophet himself who impregnates the young woman and not the Holy Spirit.

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