GOD IN OUR MIDST

Isa.9:6 – 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.

There are so many hidden prophetic glimpses of the deity of Christ hidden away in plain sight. Until our eyes are opened they are nowhere to be found. When Christ comes into our lives and washes the scales from our eyes we see Him everywhere. In today’s verse is a word used that is translated wonderful that has the supernatural essence of God on it. Jonathan Edwards describes how this word was literally the name of the angel that announced the future birth of Samson to his parents. Jesus Himself was there and He was called Wonderful. Here is how Edwards describes it.

“And his name shall be called Wonderful.” Which shows that this child that was to be born is the same person with the angel that spake to Manoah, that “ascended in the flame of the altar”, for he tells Manoah that his name is secret (Judges 13:18). The word is the same in the original that here is translated “wonderful”; and that person was God, for he is there spoken of as being God. So that here is a prophecy of God’s being born, which agrees with the names that follow—”the mighty God, the everlasting Father”—and to the name that he is called by in the Isaiah 7:14 – Immanuel. And it also confirms that the child here intended is the person that was to be a sacrifice for sin because this person, whose name was secret or Wonderful, ascended up before Manoah in the flame of the altar.”

For the unsaved it is as if they wander through the world in a pitch black room in the middle of the night. The things of God are impossible to be seen and all you can do is stumble through life never knowing anything is wrong. When the light comes on you don’t have to search or strain, everything is right there in front of you. That’s how it is with the Lord, after He enters your life you are literally filled with a Spirit of revelation, understanding, and the fear of the Lord. Things you never noticed before about the Lord become obvious and also very important to you. Christ is indeed wonderful and miraculous. Just one touch from Him and He comes alive, we see His glory everywhere.