What Child Is This?

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold the virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, "God with us."

“What kind of sign, then, would that have been—a young woman who was not a virgin giving birth to a child?  And which of the two is more appropriate as the mother of Immanuel, a woman who has had intercourse with a man and has conceived after the manner of women or one who is still a pure and holy virgin?  Surely only the latter could produce a being at whose birth it is said, ‘God with us.’”

In the 8th century BC, the prophet Isaiah described the child Immanuel as follows:

"For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;

And the government will rest on His shoulders;

And His name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God,

Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”

This passage leaves no doubt as to the identity of Jesus.  He is Mighty God and He is co-eternal and co-equal with God the Father.