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Isaiah 9:6 - Christmas from Heavens Perspective.

Isaiah 9:6 (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.  

COMMENTARY PEARL

   In Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet, 
Juliet famously asked, What is in a name? That 
which we call a rose by any other word would smell 
just as sweet. 
   That may be true for flowers. But for 
people, names make a difference. 
   In the Bible, names mean something. 
Parents often named their children in honor of 
events that took place at the time of their birth. 
Or, they named their children for their unique 
physical characteristics. 
   For example, the name of the first man, 
Adam, means earth because God formed him 
from the dust of the earth. Esaus name means 
hairy because he was hairy. His twin brother, who 
hung on to Esaus heel as he was born, was 
named Jacob, which means heel catcher. 
   One woman went into labor when she heard 
that her father-in-law and husband had died and 
the Philistines had captured the ark of the 
covenant. She named her child Ichabod, which means 
Where is the glory? (1 Samuel 4:21). 
   Yet the name that is above all names is 
the name of Jesus. The prophet Isaiah told us 
some important things about the name of the 
Messiah who was to come and also gave us some 
insights into the character of Jesus: For a child 
is born to us, a son is given to us. The 
government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be 
called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting 
Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6 NLT). 
   Each name Isaiah used to describe Jesus 
portrays a different aspect of the work that God 
wants to do in our lives. Wonderful 
Counselor means that we no longer have to look to the 
cheap substitutes this world offers to bring us 
fulfillment because Jesus Christ makes life wonderful. 
The problems we face in life do not need to 
baffle us; we know that God will reveal His will to 
us because Christ is our Counselor. 
   Mighty God takes care of the 
demands of life that can overwhelm us. 
Everlasting Father means that because Christ came to 
Earth to die on the cross, pay for our sins, and 
rise from the dead, we have an everlasting Father 
who will be with us forever. Prince of 
Peace takes care of the disturbances of life. And 
how we need that peace in these frightening 
times. 
   At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of 
Jesus. In one sense, it was that. But in another 
sense, Jesus never was technically born. In one 
sense, He was born as a human and died some 
thirty-three years later on a Roman cross. But in another 
sense, Jesus has neither a beginning nor an end. 
   Jesus is God. He is eternal. He is part 
of the Trinity: the Father, Son, and Holy 
Spirit. 
   To us, Christmas represents the entrance 
of Jesus to Earth. For God, it meant the 
departure of His Son from Heaven. A child is born 
to us. That is Earths perspective. A 
son is given to us. That is Heavens 
perspective. [Greg Laurie from Harvest Ministries; 
https://www.harvestdaily.com] 

COMMENTARY

   Heaven gave to men its best and greatest. 
He who had stood in the councils of the Most 
High, who had dwelt in the innermost sanctuary of 
the Eternal, was the One chosen to reveal in 
person to humanity the knowledge of God. 
   Through Christ had been communicated 
every ray of divine light that had ever reached 
our fallen world. It was He who had spoken 
through everyone that throughout the ages had 
declared Gods word to man. Of Him all the 
excellences manifest in the earths greatest and 
noblest souls were reflections. The purity and 
beneficence of Joseph, the faith and meekness and 
long-suffering of Moses, the steadfastness of Elisha, the 
noble integrity and firmness of Daniel, the ardor 
and self-sacrifice of Paul, the mental and 
spiritual power manifest in all these men, and in all 
others who had ever dwelt on the earth, were but 
gleams from the shining of His glory. In Him was 
found the perfect ideal. 
   To reveal this ideal as the only true 
standard for attainment; to show what every human 
being might become; what, through the indwelling 
of humanity by divinity, all who received Him 
would become"for this, Christ came to the world. 
He came to show how men are to be trained as 
befits the sons of God; how on earth they are to 
practice the principles and to live the life of 
heaven. 
   Gods greatest gift was bestowed to 
meet mans greatest need. The Light appeared 
when the worlds darkness was deepest. Through 
false teaching the minds of men had long been 
turned away from God. In the prevailing systems of 
education, human philosophy had taken the place of 
divine revelation. Instead of the heaven-given 
standard of truth, men had accepted a standard of 
their own devising. From the Light of life they 
had turned aside to walk in the sparks of the 
fire which they had kindled. Ed73-74 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

Isaiah 9:6 - HAVE JESUS; HAVE PEACE.

https://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20221208-0814.html 

Isaiah 9:6 - Gift of All Gifts; For Unto Us 
A Son Is Given. 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20211222-0934.html 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20211221-0911.html 

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