The ancient prophet Isaiah was foretold he would be sharing a name with a future coming salvation. The salvation would be in the form of a man with a very similar name to his - his name is Yesha‘yahu in Hebrew and the salvation would come through somebody of whom he was like a sign - the name of Jesus in Hebrew is Yeshua. Isa in Arabic - similar to Isaiah. The similarity of name was pushed home when children born to Isaiah had to be given sign names. And around this time the name Immanuel was prophesied too to show that Jesus would mean that the salvation of God was so close since Immanuel means God with us.
Read more in Isaiah 7 and 8
except (16-18):
"Bind up the testimony; seal up the teaching among my disciples. I will wait for the Lord, who has hidden his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in God. Look! I and the children the Lord gave me are signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of heavenly forces, who lives on Mount Zion..."
Read more in Isaiah 7 and 8
except (16-18):
"Bind up the testimony; seal up the teaching among my disciples. I will wait for the Lord, who has hidden his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in God. Look! I and the children the Lord gave me are signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of heavenly forces, who lives on Mount Zion..."
