Isaiah 09.06-07
The Book of Isaiah
is often compared to the Bible…
-The Bible has 66 books; Isaiah has 66 chapters
-The Old Testament has 39 books; the first section of Isaiah has 39 chapters
-The New Testament has 27 books; the second section of Isaiah has 27 chapters
-The Old Testament covers the history and sin of Israel; as
does Isaiah
01.01-39.08.
-The New Testament describes the person and ministry of
Jesus the Messiah; as does Isaiah 40.01-66.26.
-The New Testament begins with the ministry of John the
Baptist; the second section of Isaiah
(Isaiah
40.01-66.26) begins by predicting this ministry.
-The New Testament ends by referring to the new heavens and
the new earth (Revelation
21.01-03); Isaiah ends
his book by describing the very same things (Isaiah 66.22).
A copy of this book was found among the famous Dead Sea
scrolls in 1947 in cave 1 at Qumran. It was made up of 17 sheets, and each
sheet was 24 feet long by 10 inches. It was copied in the Second Century and
was amazingly similar to what we have today.
Isaiah himself prophesied during the reigns of five kings of
Judah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah and Manasseh (Isaiah 01.01). Isaiah was
married and had two sons (Isaiah 07.03; Isaiah 08.03), and according to
Jewish tradition it is believed that his father, Amoz, was the brother of King
Amaziah of Judah, which if the Jewish tradition is true, it would mean that
Isaiah was a descendant of David. Isaiah is quoted more times in the New
Testament than any other Old Testament prophet. Isaiah bridges Moses and the
Messiah, for he proclaimed and preached repentance to the lost, to the godless
he preached the coming wrath of the LORD, and to the small group of believers
he preached the comforting message of the coming Messiah.
In Isaiah 06.01-13 we see the vision of Isaiah
and his commission to go and proclaim the message from the LORD even when the
people would not listen. In Isaiah 07.01-02 we see that King Ahaz was in
great danger, for Rezin, the King of Syria and Pekah the king of Israel (the
Northern Kingdom) were united together to come against Jerusalem (2Kings 15.37;
Isaiah 07.01-02).
In Isaiah 07.03-09
God sent Isaiah to King Ahaz to encourage him and let him know that God would
not allow the Syrian-Israel alliance to succeed and that Jerusalem will be
preserved. God said that the confirmation of His Word that He would not allow the
alliance of Syria and Israel to succeed was going to be by a sign that God would
give to Ahaz, but Ahaz refused to ask for one in Isaiah 07.10-13.
So because of the refusal by Ahaz, Isaiah responded under
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit with: “…Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing
for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as
well? “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will
be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. “He will eat
curds and honey at the time He knows enough
to refuse evil and choose good.” (Isaiah 07.13-15).
Isaiah under the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit tells us that the Godly sign to the house of David is going to
be a virgin giving birth to God who is coming in human flesh, thus fulfilling Genesis 03.15.
Isaiah then tells us five things about this coming Immanuel (Isaiah 07.13-15)
who was to be born of a virgin in Isaiah 09.06-07.
01. He Was To Be Born A Child (Isaiah 09.06a)
Isaiah 09.06a “For a child will be born to us,
a son will be given to us…”
This Immanuel will be born into
the nation of Israel (“to us”), which was literally fulfilled in the
First Coming of Jesus. We just studied Luke 02.01-52 and Luke 03.01-38 and saw that Jesus
was indeed born a Jew.
In the original Hebrew, Isaiah 09.06 is written in the Passive Perfect
tense, which means that it is a completed action; it is as good as done! The
King James Version and New King James Version both properly translate this as “…a child is born…”
Not only was He born as a Jew, but also He took on human
flesh to become a man (John 01.14). Jesus brought up His humanity to
Nicodemus in John
03.16. Have you ever noticed that when Jesus spoke these words to
Nicodemus, it was before Jesus went to the cross and that He was speaking as if
it has already happened? The word for “gave” in John 03.16 is written in the Aorist
tense, Active voice, Indicative mood in the original Greek. This describes
action that the subject has done already.
Paul mentions the gift of God in the death of His Son to all
mankind in Romans
06.23. The rest of the descriptions about the coming Immanuel all
will be completely fulfilled in the Second Coming of Jesus (Revelation
19.11-22.21).
02. He Will Rule Over All (Isaiah 09.06b)
Isaiah 09.06b “…And the government will rest
on His shoulders…”
This phrase pictures a robe
being placed on a king. Micah and Jeremiah both proclaimed that the Messiah
will rule over the children of Israel (Micah 05.02; Jeremiah 23.05-06). Zechariah said
that the Messiah will rule over the world after the Second Coming of Jesus (Zechariah 14.09).
When Jesus begins His millennial reign (Revelation 20.01-06), He will be known as the
ruler of all and worshiped as the One true God.
At the time that Isaiah
prophesied this, this message would have brought much comfort to the remnant of
believers, for the leaders of Judah were incompetent, and hearing that they
will be governed by the Messiah one day will be a great comfort to many,
including us with our current incompetent government!
03. His Character (Isaiah 09.06c)
Isaiah 09.06c “…And His name will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah now mentions five characteristics
of the virgin born Immanuel (Isaiah 07.14).
01. “Wonderful”
in Hebrew (H6382 alp pele’) means something marvelous, a miracle,
distinguished. The word “Wonderful” is a noun in Hebrew and not a verb,
and therefore a real name. When the Angel of the LORD came to Manoah and his
wife announcing the coming birth of Samson, Manoah asked for His name and was
told that it was “wonderful” in Judges 13.18.
02. “Counselor”
in Hebrew (H3289. Uey ya‘ats) means to take advice, to advise, give counsel and
guide. What this shows us is that the Messiah would never need an
advisory board, for He knows all things! During His earthly ministry, He never sought
the counsel or advice from men (John 02.24-25; Romans 11.34). If Jesus needed a counselor during His earthly ministry,
then He could not have been the Messiah! God has no counselor, for He is the Counselor!
When Jesus returns to rule and reign on Earth, Isaiah
tells us in Isaiah 02.03 that
the people will be eager to hear the Messiah teach of the ways of God.
03. “Mighty God”
in Hebrew (H410. la ’el H1368. rwbg gibbowr) is El Gibbor. Isaiah
was stating here that the coming Immanuel of Isaiah 07.14 truly is God, our Mighty
God!
04. “Eternal Father”
in Hebrew (H1. ba ’ab H5703. de ‘ad) is Avi-ad. This
trips many people up because they wonder, “How can the Messiah, the Son of God be the “Eternal Father”? The Messiah is the Second Person of the
Trinity, so in His essence He is God. Thus all the attributes of God are His,
which include being eternal. The title “Eternal Father” is a figure of speech that is
used to describe the Messiah’s relationship to time and not His relationship to
the other Members of the Trinity. The Messiah is everlasting, just as God the
Father is called the “Ancient of Days” in Daniel 07.09. This also is a
figure of speech for Him being the Creator of all things (Psalm 33.06; Isaiah 43.07; Acts 17.25; Romans 11.36; John 01.03;
Colossians
01.16; Hebrews 01.02; Revelation 04.11). “Created” in Colossians 01.16
means to manufacture, fabricate
05. “Prince of Peace”
in Hebrew (H8269. rs sar H7965. Mwlv shalowm) is Sar Shalom.
At the time of this prophecy, the nation of Israel has fallen into such great
apostasy, and the only way that the righteous could have peace was through
death. The anger of the LORD was against the nation, but it will not last
forever because of His grace. When they repented He forgave them, but He had to
be harsh with them because of their greed and sin. So when they repent, He
forgives them, heals them, guides them and comforts them (Mashiach
haMenacham=Messiah the Comforter), much the same that He does for us today. The
Messiah is the One who will bring about true and everlasting peace when He
returns (Revelation
19.11-22.21). Those that are forgiven by Him enjoy peace (Isaiah 26.03;
Isaiah 26.12;
Isaiah
57.15-19).
04. He Will Rule Forever (Isaiah 09.07a)
Isaiah 09.07a “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…”
When the Messiah returns and
sits on the throne of David, He will have an eternal rule of peace, justice and
of righteousness (Jeremiah 23.05; Daniel 02.44; Daniel 07.14;
Daniel 07.27;
Micah 04.07;
Luke
01.32-33; 1Corinthians 15.24-28; Revelation 11.15; Revelation
19.16).
05. His Zeal
Accomplishes (Isaiah 09.07b)
Isaiah 09.07b “…The zeal of YHWH of hosts will
accomplish this.”
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