A Sign to be Spoken Against
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Luke 2:34
For His name was Immanuel, and He was God. He was with us. And He was here.
There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be disclosed.
For, it pleased the Father to crush Him, and by His stripes we were healed.
This man, this all bright one, this delight of all our heart, it is He that set the nations, it is He that formed the Earth.
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 16:4
No sign given but the sign of the prophet Jonah, for man demanded a sign, but God gave them his heart. His prize, His first, His possession, His own, He gave, and in giving, gave all.