“Jesus was foreordained to be the promised Immanuel. Remember Isaiah’s remarkable prophecy: “The Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14). Fulfillment of that prophecy was not just unlikely, it was humanly impossible. Incredible! Everyone knew a virgin could not bear a child. And then for that child to be given such a pretentious name was doubly daring. The Hebrew name—the title of which Isaiah prophesied, Immanuel—literally means “with us is God”! (See Isa. 7:14, footnote e.) That holy name was subsequently given to Jesus in the New Testament, the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine and Covenants (see Matt. 1:23; 2 Ne. 17:14; D&C 128:22). Immanuel could be such only at the will of His Father.” (Nelson, Russell M., “Jesus Christ, Our Master and More”, Ensign, April 2000.)

Russell M. Nelson