"Can God make a rock...

...too large for Him to lift?"

Warning: the following post contains a paradox.

One of our pastors was teaching this morning our of Isaiah 7

Isaiah 7:14. NASB95. “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.”

Matthew 1:23 NASB95. “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.”

He noted, and I am paraphrasing, that God had warned His people that He was going to show up as a man, “God with us.” They had 700 years of warning, and they missed it. He was born; was a toddler, a child, a young man, a carpenter, and an itinerant preacher; performed miracles and all the rest.

He became a man, the normal way, but being a baby and child first. And they missed it.

An angel shows up and has to say “be not afraid” before he can deliver a message.

God was born a baby, lived a full life, and no one noticed that He was God. He “made a rock so heavy that He could not lift,” and then lifted it.

An additional point he made: What would God look like if He showed up today? Would we recognize him?