The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 106 (October 19, 2026)

Isaiah 7 gave terrified King Ahaz a sign: a child named Immanuel would be born in his own day. So how can Matthew apply that same text to Jesus’ virgin birth? Jimmy walks through the original crisis, the meaning of almah versus parthenos, and the difference between a prophecy’s literal sense and its God-intended spiritual sense. Then he turns to the later prophets—Jeremiah’s righteous Branch, Ezekiel’s everlasting “servant David,” and Zechariah’s humble king on a donkey—and shows why those texts do meet the marks of a clear messianic prophecy.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
00:23 – Intro
00:51 – 1 Messianic Prophecies
02:59 – 2 A Sign for King Ahaz
05:28 – 3 Who Was Immanuel?
07:33 – 4 God with Us
09:49 – 5 A Righteous Branch
11:33 – 6 My Servant David
13:44 – 7 Riding on a Donkey
15:21 – 8 Conclusion
16:32 – Closing/Outro
17:39 – End