Why is Jesus not mentioned in the Old Testament but Immanuel is?

Answer 1

A:The Old Testament was written long before the time of Jesus, so naturally it contains no mention of Jesus.

The Book of Isaiah contains the name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14, Hebrew Bible): "Therefore, the Lord, of His own, shall give you a sign; behold, the young woman is with child, and she shall bear a son, and she shall call his name Immanuel."

The association of the name Immanuel with Jesus comes via the Septuagint, a flawed early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. This resulted in the important but erroneous replacement of "the young woman" by "a virgin", as in the KJV: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

The author of Matthew's Gospel, a Greek-speaker, noticed the reference to a virgin in the Septuagint and thought it could be used as a prophecy of Jesus. Whether he realised that the correct wording was 'the young woman' may never be known. His usage of Isaiah 7:14 required that the name Immanuel remain in the Old Testament, while the gospels talk of Jesus.

Answer:

When one reads the Bible in its entirety, one understands that the only member of the God Family mankind has had a direct relationship with is the Word of God. The God Family uses many names/titles to describe His awesome authorithy/power/character. The Word or Logos as John 1:1-3 uses for Jesus Christ was the creator off all things. Paul tells us it was He who was the column of fire leading the Israelites and Mechizedek who received tithes from Abraham.

The Old Testament or Covenant points to the new role/title the Word would take on - that of a man becoming the Son of God/Man now known as Jesus Christ, the Messiah. The Psalms speak of and point to this role. All the Prophets, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Daniel, Zechariah, etals note His role and character. Genesis notes His coming sacrifice to re-establish mankind to God after the fall in the Garden. The New Testament or Covenant is just a fulfillment of the Old - a seemless flow of the story of mankind and God's Plan of Salvation via His Son, Jesus for us all.

The title or name Jesus was not given at that time as He did not divest His power allowing His Father's Holy Spirit to beget Him as a man named Jesus (John 3:16). This began the Father and Son relationship - the first of the firstborn of the Father.

Answer:This prophecy is mentioned in Isaiah chapter 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his nameImmanuel". This prophecy was fulfilled in Isaiah chapter 8. As Isaiah makes clear, this prophecy was fulfilled when Isaiah "went unto the prophetess and she conceived and, and bare a son" and called his name "Mahershalahashbaz". In context, Judah "was shaken" as two powerful kingdoms sought the nation's demise. God, however, promised that the birth of Mahershalahashbaz was a sign that Judah would be spared. In the words of Isaiah, "for before the child shall know to refuse evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of bother her kings". Although Isaiah's wife, unlike Mary, was not a virgin when she gave birth, she nonetheless was the near future fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy. "Virgin" (almah) was simply a term used to refer to the prophetess prior to her union with Isaiah, not to indicate she would give birth to a child as a virgin. Finally, while the Holy Spirit may have revealed to Isaiah that his prophecy pointed forward to Jesus (John 12:41), it was not until after the miraculous virginal conception and birth of Jesus more than six hundred years later that it became entirely clear that the near future fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy was a type, the archetype of which Jesus is Messiah (1:22-23). While Mahershalahashbaz signified temporal salvation for Judah, Jesus Christ , the literal Immanuel, embodied eternal salvation for true Israel.

Answer 2

In the Old Testament, the name Immanuel is mentioned in Isaiah 7:14 as a prophecy about the coming of Jesus. The name "Immanuel" means "God is with us" and is used to symbolize Jesus' role as the presence of God among humanity. Jesus is not explicitly named in the Old Testament because his specific identity and role were revealed later in the New Testament.

Answer 3

The Old Testament is a collection of documents composed between the 8th and 3rd centuries BC. According to Christian doctrine, Jesus was born at least 3 centuries later.