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Immanuel, Pt 2 Ps. Brett Fuller, December 9, 2012 Join the conversation! @fullerlifetoday | @gracecov | facebook.com/gracecov
Is 9:1-‐7 But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier
times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. 2 The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. 3 You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian. 5 For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult, and cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire. 6 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. 7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.
This passage gives further clarification of what will happen with the coming of the Messiah He is prophesying a word that applies to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. God considered these 2 people (Israel & Judah) as one. • The people in the North had their own prescribed religious expression apart from the Temple; it was idolatrous. The region to the north was looked upon by those in the south as being shallow, wrong. • God always does the unexpected; He acts in such a way that breaks our notions of being “special”, “entitled”, that we aren’t “primary” but “only” – God’s only people. • Even while Peter was preaching, the Holy Spirit fell on the Gentiles breaking the mold of expectation & understanding. Even when God does great things among us, we need to recognize He intends to good in other places, among others as well. • People in the North lived in religious darkness; into that dark place God, intends to dispel the darkness o That is what He intends to do in the lives, in the hearts of everyone in darkness o To dispel the darkness, to make it disperse & go away is what Christ came to do. o The darkness-‐removing light of Christ is the birth rite of everyone who believes. o In the Bible there are prescriptions that counter the darkness, that overcome the darkness. God is faithful to such truth. • God is going to bring victory, as in the day when Gideon was defeated by Gideon in the day of the Judges (Chap 6) o God raised up a victorious leader from the tribe of Manassas, not a tribe that was prophesied as being a tribe from which leaders would come. o In his persistence, God moved on Gideon to bring about the greatest victory of that time of the Judges. o God did something supernatural – and this was the promise prophesied by Isaiah. o Those who dwell in darkness, God is going to bring victory that overcomes the darkness. • God will bring peace – the vanguishing of our enemies will be testified by the residue of cloaks & boots that will be burnt as refuse. o The prophesy points to what appears to be a great army, yet Isaiah prophesied that this would come with the coming of a Son I. Given Son; vs. 6 • Before Christ was a child, He was the Son who existed from eternity • God sent His Son to accomplish; the Son who is 100% God & 100% Man – a body was prepared for him thru Mary and He came to show the love of God •
• God sent His son to become the 2nd Adam who would be sinless and allow Him to take our sin and give us His righteousness. • God gave because He regarded us a worth it
II. Government Borne...; vs. 3 • His government would be reflected in the insginias, their rank worn on the shoulder as an emblem • All the government, all the rank, all the authority would be on his shoulders o As such we can place all the authority of our lives on His shoulders o Only God can implement what He intends; when we yield, we advance o Whey His rule & direction are on Him, we move forward into the purpose of God. III.
Good Titles; vs. 4 A. Wonderful (miraculous) – not combined with Counselor, but rather He is in Himself, Wonderful – able to do what makes us be in AWE of Him. God does Wonders when He does what we can’t accomplish our selves
B. Counselor (esteemed advisor) – He is wise in all He does. Christ always had the right answer; He baffled his accusers. He acted with authority C. Mighty God – “all the fullness of Deity dwelt in Him” – He kept his “God-‐ ness” but relinquished His priviledges. All that God was dwelt in Him; all that can be learned about water can be learned in a glass of water, but not all that is water is in a glass of water. So Christ had the “fullness of God dwelling in Him”. He is Almighty. D. Everlasting Father – He had the primary place; Christ was the initiator as a father initiates. So was Christ. E. Prince Of Peace (Rom 16:20) – He is about destroying the source of all that bring no peace – the Enemy of our souls. IV. Growing Peaceful Government; vs. 5 -‐-‐ He will bring an increase in God’s Government. Are there limits to God’s government in your life? Why do we try to get around certain things, asking what we “can” do rather than asking God what we “should” do. There is to be no end to the Government of His Peace in our lives, tearing down what stop signs there may be that resist His will & purpose.
