This is part 2 of a series on the relationship between Yeshua and YHWH Almighty.

IF you have
not read part 1, please click here to do so.
In this part we will examine two massively controversial issues: the preexistence and the virgin
birth. I know that many books have been written that address the "proofs" of both sides. Though
this writing may simply fall among their ranks, I hope it offers some insight and, Yah willing,
some clarity.
To begin, let's recap what we established in part 1. Simply put, we looked at verses that show
that sometimes humans are called "elohim" (gods), which simply means "mighty ones." We also
looked at the places that show Yeshua is called "Elohim" as well. Now just because Yeshua is
referred to as "Elohim" does not necessarily prove He preexisted His earthly, physical birth.
Many may be reading this not even knowing this issue is contested. However, I assure you that it
is. Namely, many people (and anti-missionaries) will point out the comparison between Matthew
1 and Isaiah 7.
23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name
Immanuel," which translated means, "God with us." Mattithyahu / Matthew 1:23 (NASB)
This alone provides more evidence that Yeshua is called "El" or "Elohim." But let's examine
Isaiah 7:14 as well, which is what this verse is actually quoting.
14 Therefore Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the maiden will conceive, and bear a
son, and shall call His Name Immanuel. Yeshayahu / Isaiah 7:14 (SQV)
Right off the bat, we find that Isaiah refers to a "maiden" and not necessarily a "virgin." Now if
you look this verse up in most Bibles, it will read "virgin" instead of "maiden." However, the
Hebrew word in question is ( almah) and not ( bethulah). Alma means "maiden" or
"young woman." It derives from the word ( elem) which means "youthful" and "young."
Thus, defined literally, almah simply means "young woman" or "maiden" and does not
necessarily mean that woman is a virgin, neither does it mean she is unmarried. It merely means
she is youthful. Bethulah however comes from the unused root word ( batal) meaning "to
separate" in the sense of a virgin being separated and not yet "joined" to a man.
All of this to say, Isaiah refers to a "maiden" or "youthful woman" giving birth, not necessarily a
virgin (though she could be). When Matthew quotes this verse, he uses the Greek word
(parthenos) which can mean virgin or maiden, depending on context. This is the equivalent of
almah. For the Aramaic Primacists out there, the word used in the Syriac Aramaic Peshitta is
( b'tulta) which is the Aramaic equivalent to bethulah, and thus it renders it specifically as
"virgin." However, this rendering does not agree with the original Hebrew rendering of almah.
So, this is the basis for the "virgin birth" argument. They say that Isaiah never said the woman
had to be a virgin, whereas the 'New Testament' does. Well, that is only partially true. Isaiah
never said the woman had to be a virgin, but merely youthful. However, it is never stated that she
COULDN'T be a virgin. Thus, we have a statement that she will be youthful, and that's it. We
certainly know that Miryam (Mary) was youthful, and she was engaged but not yet married. We
also know from Matthew 1:25 (and Luke 1:34 for a second witness) that her husband did not

"know her" (have relations with her) until after Yeshua was born. So then we know that Miryam
WAS a virgin after all. She was a bethulah (virgin) as well as an almah (maiden / youthful
woman), thus fulfilling the prophetic requirement.
Anti-Missionaries will then point out the context of Isaiah 7:14, saying that it was about an
actual human child born during the time of Isaiah that it was referring to (probably Ahaz), and
not to Messiah. They will even quote Isaiah 7:15,16:
15 He shall eat butter and honey when He knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 For
before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you
abhor shall be forsaken. Yeshayahu / Isaiah 7:15,16 (SQV)
Here, they say, shows that this cannot refer to a sinless Messiah (which they do not even believe
in), and thus none of this applies to Yeshua. Yet this is a strawman.
They will tell you that since a prophecy cannot apply to more than one situation, then this verse
cannot be applied to Yeshua since it was applied to a child born during the time of Isaiah.
However, the strawman here is the statement that one prophecy cannot apply to more than one
person or event. We know that YHWH works in cycles, and He is not linear. Consider the
promise given to David in 2 Sam. 7.
12 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed
after you, who shall proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall
build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. Shemuel
Bet / 2 Samuel 7:12,13 (SQV)
Who is this prophecy about? Solomon, right? Of course. Yet WAS Solomon's throne established
forever? No. He lived, he reigned, he died. But where else do we find fulfillment of this?
31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call His name .
32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of Elyon . Elohim will give Him the throne
of His father, David, 33 and He will reign over the house of Ya'aqov to the ages. There will
be no end to His Kingdom." Loukas / Luke 1:31-33
Yeshua is the second (and greater) fulfillment of the prophecy given to Solomon. We see this
type of thing throughout Scripture. The physical Passover lamb was a type and shadow of the
eventual Passover Lamb of Yeshua. And so it goes throughout Scripture in many ways.
But consider this: though Miryam was not required (by the Isaiah prophecy) to be a virgin, she
still was. And also, there is a second prophecy to go alongside this that is generally overlooked in
the area of the virgin birth debate, and that goes all the way back to Genesis.
15 "And I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed;
he shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel." Bereshiyt / Genesis 3:15
The phrase here is quite peculiar, "her seed." Biologically speaking, women do not have "seed."
Nor does Scripture, throughout the Bible, refer to them having seed aside form their husband
(because this is not [naturally] physically possible). Children are always referred to as the "seed"

of their father. So here is a very profound statement that the "seed of the woman" would crush
the "seed of the serpent." And what is more, is that it does not refer to the seed of the man, but to
the seed of the woman. Yeshua, having no earthly father, was therefore only the "seed of the
woman" and not man.
So to wrap this bit up, we have established that Isaiah gave a prophecy saying a sign would be
given, and that sign would be a "maiden" giving birth. Now we must ask: how is that
miraculous? Young women give birth all the time. What WOULD be miraculous, however, is if
that woman had not "known" a man. Thus, we can conclude, that the virgin birth DID happen,
and that Yeshua is the "seed of the woman" that was prophesied to "crush the head" of the
serpent.
The rest of this article I will give my explanation and "proof" of what I believe Scripture says
regarding the preexistence of Messiah.
To begin, let's look at the most often quoted verses.
"1 In beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. 2
The same was in the beginning with Elohim. 3 All things were made through it. Without it was
not anything made that has been made. 4 In it was life, and the life was the light of men."
Yochanan / John 1:1-4 (SQV)
12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the set-apart
ones in light; 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the
Kingdom of the Son of His love; 14 in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our
sins; 15 who is the image of the invisible Elohim, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For in Him
all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through
Him, and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things are held together.
Kolosaeis / Colossians 1:12-17 (SQV)
"13 No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man."
Yochanan / John 3:13 (SQV)
Tying these verses together (there are others, but I think these prove the point), we see a few
things. 1) Yeshua descended out of Heaven. 2)