“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, Counselor, the might God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6)
There are more than one-hundred descriptive names given to Jesus in the Bible. Our text gives us five of these. Those who know Him as their Savior and Lord know Him to be wonderful, and when we are in His presence we experience the wonder of the man, Jesus. The first two, Wonderful and Counselor are just one name in some translations. He truly is a Wonderful Counselor. His counsel is never wrong. He is the Mighty God. He calmed a storm on the Sea of Galilee. He raised three people to life, something only God could do. He healed the sick, blind and lame, all things that the Mighty God could and would do. He is the Everlasting Father. In the New Testament He said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” (John 14:9)
And finally, in this text He is called the Prince of Peace. We do not have peace on earth today because, first of all, not everyone allows Him to rule in their hearts and lives, and second, Satan is alive and well on earth today. When Jesus comes there will be one-thousand years of peace on earth following the tribulation, after Satan is bound in the bottomless pit. You can have perfect peace from this Prince of Peace if you will let Him rule in your life.
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