What are the names of the Messiah listed in Isaiah 9:6?
Isaiah 9:6 gives the Messiah’s names as Consular, Wonderful, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. The context calls these the names of the Messiah, connected with the child born and son given, whose government will rest on His shoulder.
Les reads Isaiah 9:6 and identifies the names given there as Consular, Wonderful, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace. He connects the verse with Handel’s Messiah and with the child born and son given. He also ties it to John 3:16, noting that the Son was given, and says Christ in His first coming came to the nation of Israel. He further states that the government shall be upon His shoulder, and then moves into verse 7 about the increase of His government.
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, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
More Questions
Who is the 'us' in Isaiah 9:6?
Isaiah is addressing the nation of Israel in Isaiah 9:6, so the 'us' in 'unto us a child is born' refers to Israel.
Who is the ruler whose shoulder the government rests on in Isaiah 9:6?
The One born and given to the nation of Israel on whose shoulder the government rests is the Messiah.