Hope Given Through Five Clear Signs

1. Deliverance through believing in God’s mercy: A Sign given in the name of Isaiah’s child Shear-Jeshub (Is. 7:1-9).

2. Deliverance through God’s presence: A sign given in a virgin’s child named Immanuel, God with us (Is. 7:10-24).

3. Deliverance through heeding God’s warning of impending judgment: Symbolized in the name of Isaiah’s child Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (Is. 8:1-10).

4. Deliverance through spiritual separation: Symbolized in the names of Isaiah and his children (Is. 8:11-22).

5. Deliverance through God’s light shining in the darkness of this world: fulfilled in God’s child of redemption, Jesus Christ (Is. 9:1-7).