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The Son Born To Us

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KEY THOUGHT: For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given  [Isaiah 9:6a NKJV]

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Isaiah 9 NKJV
The Government of the Promised Son

9 Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
2 The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.

3 You have multiplied the nation
And [a]increased its joy;
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For You have broken the yoke of his burden
And the staff of his shoulder,
The rod of his oppressor,
As in the day of Midian.
5 For every warrior’s [b]sandal from the noisy battle,
And garments rolled in blood,
Will be used for burning and fuel [c]of fire.

6 For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

The Punishment of Samaria

8 The Lord sent a word against Jacob,
And it has fallen on Israel.
9 All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:
10 “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
11 Therefore the Lord shall set up
The adversaries of Rezin against him,
And spur his enemies on,
12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is [d]stretched out still.

13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
14 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
Palm branch and bulrush in one day.
15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.
17 Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men,
Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
And every mouth speaks [e]folly.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
The land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
No man shall spare his brother.
20 And he shall [f]snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
And not be satisfied;
Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
Together they shall be against Judah.

For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

Footnotes

a. Isaiah 9:3 So with Qr., Tg.; Kt., Vg. not increased joy; LXX Most of the people You brought down in Your joy
b. Isaiah 9:5 boot
c. Isaiah 9:5 for the fire
d. Isaiah 9:12 In judgment
e. Isaiah 9:17 foolishness
f. Isaiah 9:20 slice off or tear

New King James Version (NKJV)

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Isaiah 9 Commentary

Pregnancies and births. Chapter 7 presented to us Immanuel – a sign. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son.” God with us.

Chapter 8 has another pregnancy, and another son is born. But by all looks, this son is human, and his name is ‘Quick Loot, Fast Plunder’.

Chapter 9, today’s chapter, has yet another pregnancy. “For unto us a Child is born.”

Look at the names of this child and know He is not human, yet He is born! Wonderful. Counselor. Mighty God. Everlasting Father. Prince of Peace. They are both definitive and descriptive – who He is and what He does.

Chapters 3 and 4 underlined Israel’s leadership problem. Babies in leadership and seven women linked to one man for a name. Lack of government.

The Son born to us provides leadership – the government upon His shoulder. It’s a permanent installation!

The scope of His government is limitless, ever increasing – a river without banks. Or a nation whose borders keep widening. It’s a global situation!

The mention of Midian and David brings the thought of salvation from oppression. Gideon and David were human agents. But the Son from a virgin has the description of the LORD God Almighty. He comes down to save humanity!

Chapter 9 is interesting. The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; Galilee of the nations; land by way to the sea and land beyond the Jordan. The scripture describes territories occupied by Judah’s sister kingdom called Israel or Ephraim.

By the time of this volume, the land beyond the Jordan had already been lost. And the opening chapters of this Book have talked about the scattering of Samaria. Chapter 7 mentioned Immanuel. Because of Immanuel, Judah would be protected, albeit temporarily.

The prophecy of everlasting peace under the Son’s government points to a future event. It doesn’t happen until one virgin called Mary miraculously gives birth to a son. Let the world investigate these claims.

Because of this Son, the people walking in darkness have seen a great light. Interestingly, it is because of the same Son (Immanuel) that the same nations are scattered in the very first place. Isaiah toggles between the justice of God and the compassion of God. Both are represented by the Son.

Verse 6 brings all the pieces together. The opening chapters lamented humanity’s lack of leadership. Of course, it was an important pointer to the loss of the blessing of dominion that humanity suffered in Genesis Chapter 3. Verse 6 is an answer to this problem. The Son is an entire government by Himself.

The desolations associated with the scatterings are cleared by the presence of the Prince of Peace. He has gathered us together under one obedience and under one submission.

For sure, Isaiah is talking about the same son that the LORD said would succeed David in Second Samuel 7. An everlasting dynasty!

Isaiah then returns to his own time and focuses on the LORD’s judgment on Samaria. He has given dates already for Samaria’s destruction. Ephraim is under attack from all sorts of places. Will the people see the calamities as God’s judgment and repent?

Wickedness within the community of God’s peoples will increase. Wickedness will burn like a fire. Aren’t we describing our own world today?

The saint does well to remember the compassions of the LORD God during these times and talk about the Prince of Peace – an everlasting Father whose rule never comes to an end. Thank you, LORD Jesus Christ, because you are on the throne! Amen.

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  1. It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

    God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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  11. Profound. My life needs a new introduction to God. Not that I have been right, but because God desires to help me… I see an amazing Grace here. Having broken the first commandment, still God looks for me and helps me to build up with him… And live for him. A littles knowledge of the Lord will ignite my passion and desire to serve him. This morning I pledge to seek, live and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes everyday of my life.
    Beautiful lesson

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  12. The Lord reintroduces himself and shows Israel, He is all they need. Some boast in horses and others in chariots but we’ll boast in the Lord. He is able and the only one worthy of our trust. Lord teach me how to always look up to you at all times and not focus on my strength or capabilities. This is my prayer

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  14. This far too common today. Just do something that seems like true worship yet it’s intent and actual practice is not even close to the set standard by the Lord. I personally feel challenged of some things we do in our personal lives, the focus of many churches and ministries today. We’ll need to realize the Lord must be worship as he has personally guided. Provides a good start of my reflection today

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  15. In those days when there was no King everyone did as they pleased. This is a good reminder to us that we are on own when the King of Kings isn’t leading our lives we’ll be doing what is not right and the results will show clearly how life without Christ looks like. We thank God that even when it looks like he’s not there, he’s behind the scenes working. I have learnt to trust in the Lord always.

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  16. Iam seeing this being stressed… There was no King in Israel… So lawlessness is the order of the day. This shows how heartless and wicked man can be with out the right King in his life. He can do anything. May the Lord help us to allow Christ in our lives that every aspect of our lives is changed and we yield ourselves to him alone.

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  17. I’m sure as the two daughters in-law stayed in Naomi’s home they learned about the God of Israel and appreciated His works among his people. Ruth’s determination and what she says moves my heart. She’s convinced she must go with Naomi and wants to spend her life with her, this relationship was strong especially between a mother inlaw and a daughter in-law. Yet Ruth stays and how she puts it shows the depth of her heart, I’ll go with with you, your people will be my people, your God will be my God…

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