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Isaiah 9:1-7
Excerpted from: The Bride of Christ (Part Two)

Chapter 9 begins under a subsection heading in my Bible, The Government of the Promised Son.

But there is something interesting in Isaiah 9:6 that has puzzled some that I want to address because it is simple to answer when we consider the singular perfect work of the Word under the direction of the Father to accomplish what He and the Father had determined in a very orderly plan.

Isaiah 9:6 gives certain titles of responsibility of the One who would become the promised Messiah.

Jesus Christ, as Jesus Christ of Nazareth, is the promised Son of God, and the government will be on His shoulder. He also fills these titles of Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

Christ is all of these things, including Everlasting Father. This may seem to be contrary to Christ's words that no one knew the Father before He came to reveal Him. But this answer should be simple in knowing that the God of the Old Testament is the Word. He is the One with whom all men have dealt from creation. He is the One who is in the process of bringing the whole creation to the end the Father and the Word planned from the beginning.

It is He who has done all the wondrous works of God to be remembered. He is the One who has given birth to the nation of Israel as His special people and will ultimately bring them back to salvation.

Also, in a minute we are going to see that Jeremiah 31:9 also shows that as far as Israel is concerned, it is He that is called a Father to them as He returns and sets up His government.

Isaiah 9:2
Excerpted from: The Radiance of God's Glory

Flip back to the New Testament to Matthew 4, verse 12. As a symbol for God, light takes the more specific form of representing Messiah. Isaiah's prophecy predicted Christ's coming as light and spiritual illumination in Isaiah 9:2, where he writes, "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined."

Jesus applied this prophecy to Himself in Matthew 4 when He began His Galilean ministry.

The spiritual illumination arrived in Galilee through Jesus Christ, who brought God's truth. Light had dawned on them just as prophesied in Isaiah.

It is a powerful light symbolizing the clarity and evidence of the truth, and this was not like the light of a candle, but the full strength of the sun or greater. It is a bright light because it illuminates important things of great significance, so it will endure for a long time and reach far.

And it is a shining light that is growing. The work of Christ, like a grain of mustard seed or the morning light, was small at first but gradually increased in brightness as His light shone.

Articles
'Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive . . .'
Jerusalem's Fall and Christ's Return
My House or God's?
No Private Interpretation
Recognizing the Second Witness  (2)

Bible Studies
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: The Great Catch of Fish

Essays
Do Not Confuse the Lessons (Part One)
Why 153 Fish? (Part Three)

Sermons
The Lord is My Light and Salvation
Everlasting Light
Matthew (Part Three)
It is Done! The Perfect Peace of God

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