Recently, I have been pondering Isaiah 9:6-7, a couple verses often quoted by Christendom about the Messiah. What has struck me is the seeming incongruity it has with several theological tenets often postulated by those who quote it.
Isaiah 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will [a]rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Read that slowly and carefully a couple times.
It is the verses that we have heard so many times that we can rattle them off without thinking that are hardest to understand mostly because we get set in a particular paradigm and then never see past that lens/filter. Continue reading “And His name shall be called…”
11:3 Restoration 