LISTEN
NASB:
“For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on his shoulders; and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”
NIV:
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Observations:
A child was foretold to be born to us.
A son was foretold to be given to us.
The government will be on the child’s shoulders.
The child will be called Wonderful Counselor.
The child will be called Mighty God.
The child will be called Eternal Father.
The child will be called Prince of Peace.
Takeaways:
The prophet Isaiah foretold about the coming of Christ.
Christ was foretold to be a child and a son, like the rest of humanity.
But this child and son was not ordinary, and the government was to be on his shoulders.
He gives four attributes that will be ascribed to the child are Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
