Christmas Prophecy Names

We are in the midst of Christmas and this one verse is filled with references to God.
Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) 6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

"For unto us a Child is born"- First Jesus came to Earth as a child. The Greek myths had stories of their gods coming forth full grown. Jesus was no myth! In some ways he seemed that way to many people. There would be a blessing at every Jewish wedding asking for the children of this marriage to be "the promised one" but they weren’t really expecting there child, or their grandchild to be the one. And in spite of Joseph taking Mary as his wife I imaging people who has seen Mary’s state prior to their living together as man and wife thought some pretty bad things about her. I can only imagine based on how people would look at things today, it was worse back then Mary could have been stoned because she was expecting before the actual wedding.

"Unto us a Son is given" - us could have been Mary and Joseph both were told by angels that a son was coming. Mary accepted to be a most unusual mother haven never been with a man. Joseph accepted being a most unusual father. He had waited a long time to marry, he had possibly been waiting for Mary specifically she would have been barely old enough to have children and Joseph when he became engaged probably wanted children. Even after he took Mary into his home as his wife he had to wait for her son to be born before he could pursue his own son. But he delivered Mary’s child he had no part of and he raised God’s son as his own. God had given his son to both of them and to us as well.

And the government will be upon His shoulder. Jesus is the king, and judge, the leader of armies. Still a lot of this line is still waiting th be fulfilled. One day governments will operate in line with God’s will with Jesus as our leader.

And His name will be called Wonderful. In American Sign Language the same sign is used for wonderful and awesome. In some ways that gives a better understanding of the concept of wonderful. It is something so awe inspiring and full of wonder the words are inadequate to convey the true meaning of who the Lord is.

Counselor. I personally think of the Holy Spirit as more of a counselor than Jesus. The Holy Spirit is always with us as an advocate and counselor.

Mighty God, This is El Gibbor, or God our Hero. This name was used in Jer 50:36 and Ezek 32:21.

Everlasting Father. God himself was the everlasting father. All three persons of the trinity were present when Jesus came to Earth.

Prince of Peace. Prince of Peace was a very significant name for Jesus it identified his as a part of the royal line which was true both through his mother Mary, as shown in Luke’s genealogy, and his foster father Joseph as shown on Matthew. The peacefulness would largely come through the legacy of his death and resurrection. In accepting the Lord you can really experience true peace.

Introduction

For a long time I have been working to understand all the names and titles of God. It started when Tom Wood taught on it in one of his sermons it caught my attention. You heard him called God, Lord, and Jesus but the other things were a hidden treasure. This afternoon I checked out two mysteries. I like searching for clues and figuring things out. To me the various names were a trail of clues leading to a true understanding of God. Not only were there the bits of the puzzle hidden in the Hebrew and the Greek language. But other pieces were hidden in plain view like Jesus being referred to as the stone rejected by the builders which became the cornerstone. I began what Would turn out to be a twenty year quest.

Along the way I found a number of authors and for a long time I wanted to join them with a book on the names of God. For a while in my arrogance I wanted to combine everything I could find into the ultimate reference on the names of God. As if I could surpass Nathan Stone, Herbert Locker, Lester Summerall, Kay Arthur, all the others who had written on a topic. I also considered writing poems with each name, because back when I first started the study I was writing a lot of poetry. I considered writing a series of devotionals about the time I was ready to do this Elmer Towns wrote one. Mine would have been different but I doubt I could do a much better job. Now I don’t know if there will ever be a book. I do know I will be informally discussing what I have discovered over the years, and what I am finding as I go.