June 24, 2010
Isaiah 9:6 spoke of the Messiah and predicted that He would some day rule from the throne of David in Jerusalem and would fulfill the covenant that God made with David. The Messiah would come into the world as a human child through the virgin birth.
| Isaiah 9:6 | For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. |
As a child he was born, but as a son he was given. Through the virgin birth He is a child born, with reference to his human nature. But as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world He is a son given, with reference to his divine nature.
| John 3:16 | For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. |
Let’s take a look at the titles given to the Messiah in Isaiah 9:6:
- His name shall be called Wonderful. The Hebrew word for Wonderful, “Pele”, in Isaiah 9:6 is a word that is ONLY used of God.
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wonder, marvel
wonder (extraordinary, hard to understand thing)
wonder (of God’s acts of judgment and redemption)
- His name shall be called “Counsellor”. How is Jesus our Counsellor?
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- Jesus is the mediator between God and man. (I Timothy 2:5)
- Jesus is interceding on behalf of believers. (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:24)
- Jesus Christ is our advocate with the Father and our Comforter. (I John 2:1)
Jesus loves you, and you can turn to Him when you are in time of need. Jesus grants us everlasting comfort and good hope through grace (II Thessalonians 2:16-17). Also Jesus promised his disciples that He would send another (allos = another of the same kind) Comforter to abide with the saints forever. We have a comforter with the Holy Spirit.
| Ephesians 4:30 | And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. |
You can not grieve someone that doesn’t love you. The Arian doctrine teaches that the Holy Spirit is an impersonal force, but God the Holy Spirit loves you, and He is our Comforter and Teacher in His ministry to be our Counsellor.
Counsellor & Comforter: John 14:16; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:7; I John 2:1
| John 14:16 | And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; |
| John 14:17 | Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. |
- His name shall be called The mighty God. The term “The mighty God” is a term that is only used of God.
- His name shall be called The everlasting Father. The term “The everlasting Father” is a term that is only used of God. It means father of eternity.
- His name shall be called The Prince of Peace. The term “The Prince of Peace” is a term that can be used for both God and man, yet it is something that only God can accomplish.
| Isaiah 9:7 | Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. |
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