When is a name more than a name?

Isaiah 7 tells about the time Isaiah took his son to meet the king, but it wasn’t a social call. This wasn’t take your child to work day.

His son’s name, Shear Yashub - meaning “A remnant will return”, was already a promise to all of Israel, it was a living letter to continuously remind everyone who spoke it that no matter how evil and faithless Israel would become, nothing would ever make God abandon this people who had already abandoned him. Every time Isaiah spoke his son’s name, it reaffirmed that no matter what, a remnant would return. Nothing and no one on earth could alter that.

But Isaiah chose to bring his son with him on a deadly serious day, in dangerous times to give a solemn warning.

Let me explain…

This episode digs deeper into the prophetic name “Shear Yashub” (meaning ‘A Remnant will Return’) in Isaiah 7:3.

“Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Yashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.” (NIV)

Isaiah 7:3 – ג ויאמר יהוה אל ישעיהו צא נא לקראת אחז אתה ושאר

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• Aaron Woodard for Graphic Design

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• Bible Hub for Greek / Hebrew hypertext links

• Pixabay & floraphonic for sound effects

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