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Isaiah 9:6 The sign of the Mighty Warrior

3rd September 2010, hej

This Article: (4 Pages)

1. Unto us a child is Born
2. 3. Context – Section from... Isaiah 7
3. 2. The Jewish context in Isaiah's day
4. 1. The title of the king who shall... come to the throne of David

4) 1. The title of the king who shall come to the throne of David

The title of the king who would reign on David's throne from the King James translation is,

'Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.'

In Hebrew this title is word for word

"marvellous/wonderful guide/counsellor mighty (Hebrew el ) warrior (Hebrew gibbor)

father-of -age/until the end captain/prince peace"

There are no commas in Hebrew. There are no words "the". The phrase "father-of -age" is one compound Hebrew word ab-ad

Who is the father of our age of eternal life, or who is the father of our salvation? How are we made sons of God? We may rightly say through Yeshua. This makes him the father of our salvation. As his action in obedience ushers in the future age, he is rightly the father of the age. In such a way we may speak of someone being 'a father of flight', or 'the father of the car'. We are told Yeshua is to be king of kings. Kings were often called "father" meaning 'protector'. Joseph was a father to Pharaoh (Gen. 45:8) Micah called the Levite who he made his priest his father (Judges 17:10). David calls Saul 'my father' (1 Sam.24:11) and Elijah the prophet was called 'father' by Elisha (2 kings 2:12). The servants of Namaan the lord of Syria call him 'my father' (2 kings 5:13), Elisha was called father by the king of Israel (2 Kings 6:21& 13:14). Yeshua will not be called 'the father' but he will be father of the age unto the end (See Luke 22:25-27 and Matthew 23:9).

We can see that in Hebrew the word everlasting is not there, rather 'of the age, to the end'. Remember the context is that Isaiah is rejoicing in the deliverance given in the era of 740's BC and the promise of the continuance of the throne of David until the perpetuity/end of the age. If we want to value the prophecy of the prince of peace, we must accept fully the prophecy of the throne of David continuing.

Now there is no throne of David. Yet the prophecy is as certain as the son born to Isaiah of the prophetess and the deliverance given to Judah in 740BC which showed by its miracle to Israel that 'God is with us'. As there is now no king on the throne of David, yet the promise is sure, therefore, the time to the everlasting, or the vanishing point of the age, did not start from Isaiah's day but from some other day yet in our future. Everlasting has a start point. In Hebrew the world translated 'everlasting' might imply a an age with a very distant end point too. The world Hebrew word "ad" translated "the-age" according to Strongs' means "until the end/terminus".

Of interest is the order of words in the title. First Yeshua shows himself through miracles and the people marvel. He then becomes their guide in life while they wait for him to return. When he returns he is the mighty warrior (el gibbor) and becomes the father, or leader, of those who are granted the life of the everlasting age and then he is to be the captain of a world at peace.

And lastly we may note that Isaiah's son Mahershalalhashbaz was the sign of the covenant of Immanuel (God with us) of Judah. The covenant that one day a king would reign when

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice (Isaiah 9:6)

Before that day when God will again dwell with his people, as he did in the days of Isaiah, he will once again be 'hasting to the booty, swift (to the) prey', in destroying the enemies of his people.

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