CelestialLoveKitty wrote:
when we look at that passage in Isaiah, the original context does not look like a predictive prophecy about the Messiah, but an immediate


It is true that many of the prophecies of the Old Testament have two fulfillments , a far and a near fulfillment.   While some may seem to be near to the prophecy made, and it might be true, there is also a distant or far prophecy that had not yet been accomplished.  So it could refer to someone born earlier and at the same time refer to the Messiah born later. 

This is something that a lot of the writings in the Old Testament have in common. 

 

“It is a necessary basic assumption of biblical interpretation that attention to the plain meaning of the text is the door to healthy understanding of the Bible.” (Paul S.Karleen Ph.D.)