Isa 7:9b
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.'"
How very true! If we have no foundation (Jesus), how can we possibly stand at all?

Interesting in Isaiah 7 how they calculate the passage of time…according to when children are weaned or are able to speak names.   Isaiah 7 also predicts the birth of Immanuel.  "He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right".  This lets us know that Jesus, the human, had to grow into the knowledge of right and wrong, which is about the time of weaning or about two to three years of age.  Isaiah uses this calculation to prophecy the time frame when the land will be laid waste.

Isaiah 9 is a prophecy for the coming of Jesus as a baby in Bethlehem and also a prophecy of the final coming of Jesus. What a great way to announce Jesus - “a light has dawned”.

Isaiah continually warns, "his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised".  
"But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty."

God tells us to seek Him and live (eternally).  The opposite is also true.  If we don't seek Him, we will die (eternally).



Why would people NOT want to seek Him and live eternally???  For us as Believers we need to stand firm in our faith.  If we don't have Jesus, we cannot stand at all.