Hello again Butterfly, I don't believe that's true, is it (since there seems to be no confusion, by Joseph or by Mary, that their firstborn Son was to be named "Jesus", not Emmanuel). If it is (true Biblically) please point me/us to the NT verse or passage that shows us that it is. Thanks
Immanuel/Emmanuel is a descriptive title that was given to Jesus (prophetically) in the Book of Isaiah. It is not His given Name (Isaiah gives us other descriptive names/titles for Him as well, such as, "Everlasting Father" and "Prince of Peace", but they are just like "Immanuel" is).
Please take note that the prophesy in Isaiah (see Matthew 1:22-23 below) was included in the passage by Matthew (not by the angel) in order to point out its fulfillment to us (I don't believe that the name/title of "Immanuel" was ever mentioned by the angel, at least, not that we know of).
To use an analogy, Wayne Gretsky is considered to be the greatest hockey player of all time and, as a result, was named/is often called or referred to as, "The Great One". Nevertheless, "Wayne" is still his name. "The Great One", on the other hand, is a descriptive title that tells us an important fact about him.
So it is with the Lord Jesus' descriptive title, Emmanuel.
Getting back to the Scriptures, the only three passages in the NT concerning the angel, Mary and Joseph, and the naming of the Messiah (that I can remember anyway) are the ones at the bottom of this post (the Matthew 1 passage concerns the interaction between the angel and Joseph, and the one from Luke 1 is between the angel and Mary). Please tell me if I have forgotten one.
Thanks
~Deuteronomy
Matthew 1
18 The birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
20 But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 “She will bear a Son; ~and you shall call His name Jesus~, for He will save His people from their sins.”
22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
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.”
24 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
25 but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name ~Jesus~.
Luke 1
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,
27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And coming in, he said to her, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”
29 But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.
30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.
31 “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him ~Jesus~.
32 “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”
Luke 2
21 When eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.