"Therefore, the Lord will give you a sign. The young woman is pregnant and is about to give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel."

When Isaiah wrote those words, who was he talking about? We immediately want to say "Jesus," but (in the words of Lee Corso), not so fast! By digging in to the original context, we can better understand why Matthew chose this text for his birth story of Jesus. Happy Advent!