Isaiah 28

"But they also have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.8 For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean." vv.7-8

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Chapter one of Isaiah of introduction of Israel's sins with the disgusting image of a diseased body, now in chapter 28 it shows another repulsive image of Isreal's sins by drunkenness.  People are horribly drunk, stumbling about, unable to see or speak properly, and everywhere covered in vomit.  I hate to admit that I use to see this scene in my life on a normal basis.  It always seemed fun until the next day and you just felt gross and everyone just looked so unattractive.  "They also" is refers to Judah now too and not just the northern tribes; the priest and prophets included as well and specifcially mentioned of the spiritual leaders of the people who opposed Isaiah's prophesy.  When people justify drinking because Jesus' first miracle in the gospels was turning water in to wine, what would they say to this passage, long before Jesus turned water to wine?  How do you view drunkeness?  How do you treat alcohol?  This isnt to say you must not even touch the stuff but why do you drink?  Is it to feel comforatble?  To get drunk? To relax? To socialize? Addiction? Etc.  God created wine to be good and used properly "Do not get drunk on wine" Ephesians 5:18, so do you see the disgusting and unattractiveness it can show and the corruptness that can follow?

Isaiah 26

"Your dead shall live;
Together with my dead body they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead." v.19

Read chapter 26

This chapter is a song that will be sung in "that day" in the land of Judah.  "That day" refers to not the return into the land after the Babylonian/Assryian captivity, but to the future day into God's kingdom.  We know this from the description throughout this psalm of what has yet to happen and by comparing other scriptures describing "that day."  (It'd be a cool idea to do a word study on the phrase "that day" to see the descriptions that follow and determine how many "that days" are there or if it always refers to the same.)

Verse 19 speaks of the resurrection of the dead.  Another clear picture of what they knew of death, that it was returning to the dust and waiting to be resurrected into God's glorious kingdom.  The hope wasn't "go to heaven when I die" but when your dead your dead but will rise from the dust in that future day; a sure hope just as Christ rose from the dead.  1 Corinthians 15:12-19 says "Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable."  

I love the description of awaking and singing.  It's the first thing that I want to do when I raise from the dead to praise God and the first thing I try to do when I awake from sleep each day today.  Do you wake up with Christ first thing on your mind?  

Isaiah 27

"And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will thresh,
From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be gathered one by one,
O you children of Israel." v.12

Read chapter 27

Israel's restoration is spoken of in this chapter.  Israel will be gathered together again as a nation.  Even after the captivity of Babylon/Assyria they never fully gathered as one nation again, being spread all over and not in the promised land to carry out the Law and intermixing with the nations.  So we know this is still a future fulfillment of being gathered.  We also see this in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 of the falling away before the great tribulation, "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,"  there can't be a "falling away" unless there's a gathering first!  Here in Isaiah we learn where this great gathering will take place: between the River and the Brook of Egypt.  The River is thought to be the Euphrates and the Brook of Egypt is the Nile.  This could also be what is described in Hosea of the Lord's mercy for Israel, “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her" (Hosea 2:14).  One by one every Israelite will be gathered there and face the Lord's threshing. Threshing is referred to a "beating off with a stick," like getting the fruit off a tree.   We may not be a part of this wilderness gathering, but we all will face the Lord's threshing one day too.  Do you long to be "threshed"?

Isaiah 25

"And in this mountain
The Lord of hosts will make for all people
A feast of choice pieces,
A feast of wines on the lees,
Of fat things full of marrow,
Of well-refined wines on the lees." v.6

Read chapter 25
In the midst of this chapter we have the great banquet that is similar and perhaps the same as Luke 14 or Matthew 22.  A feast of a people made strong who glorify the Lord and fear Him after any proud city or foreigner is no more.  Mountain is typically referred to government in scripture, so here in this mountain is referring to the Lord's governing rule upon the earth and the banquet probably specifically in Mount Zion as see at the end of the previous chapter.  At this banquet will be choice food and drink.  "Of choice pieces" are the delicacies which include meats, fruits, vegetables, and all sorts of choice dishes.  Maybe ice cream too?!  "Of winds on the lees" refer to the rich flavor and alcoholic content of the wine; the oldest and most generous wine.  This is wine of the kingdom that gave men strength and not how we use it today.  What sort of food do you hope is at this banquet?  How do you understand wine used in scripture and how we're to treat it today?

Isaiah 24

"The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again." vv.19-20

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This chapter speaks of the earth or also translated land and most likely refers to the whole inhabited world than just the land of the Israelities. The description in these specific chapters reminds us of Genesis 7 when the earth was violently broken up during the great flood.  So too in the future when the whole earth will be destroyed but also made new.  Verse 20 that says "and not rise again" will be those nations and powers that were enemies  of God will not rise again from the descriptions of the verses leading up to it.  Our earth is amazingly gorgeous today but it also is horribly destroyed not only our environment but by us sinners.  It will be a wonderful thing for the earth to be destroyed and made new again, but more importantly it will be a wonderful thing for the wicked, ungodly leaders to be brought to nothing and never rise again and for Christ alone to reign on Mount Zion as the chapter ends in verse 23.  What physical earthly thing would be hard for you to see broken?  What rulership today will be good to not rise again?

Isaiah 23

"The burden of Tyre.  Wail you ships of Tarshish!  For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no harbor; from the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them."  v.1

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"Massa," the Hebrew word for burden, or oracle as some translations say.  It refers to something that is taken or carried such as a present, tribute, or message.  It is also used when God uses His prophets to convey judgment against someone or some nation.  "Isaiah frequently uses it as 'oracles against the nations,' where he spoke of God's judgment on different kingdoms.  Translating this word as burden emphasizes that Isaiah carried and delivered God's indictments against the nations" (NKJV Study Bible).  How hard is it to be the messenger of a burden?  Why kind of response do you get?

Tyre and other adventurous seaports of Tarshish (located in Spain most likely) are spoken of here of their destruction.  They're told to wail or howl because the commerce they became rich by was now to be destroyed.  "And although this prophecy seem directly and properly to respect the former destruction, yet it seems to have some reference to the latter also; only it is intimated, that after seventy years Tyrus should recover her former power and glory, before her second and final destruction" (Jamison-Fassuet-Brown Commentary).   If all your riches were taken from you or lost, would this cause great wailing?  How would you respond?

Isaiah 22

"And in that day the Lord God of hosts
Called for weeping and for mourning,
For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and drinking wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”  vv.12-13

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Instead of morning and repenting during this time of national danger of Israel, they are rejoicing and partying.  Their short-sightedness and momentary deliverance from Assryia led them to not listen to the prophet Isaiah and turn to momentary and fleeting celebrating. The "slaying of oxen and killing sheep" was what made these celebrations special, as meat was a rare delicacy in the ancient world and during this time, and not the drinking of wine that made it special.  We also see this verse quoted by Paul in 1 Corinthians of "Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die" and also in other of Israel's wisdom teachings, Ecclesiastes.  Paul and Solomon uses this verse to describe the mumblings of people without faith and those that cannot or don't believe in a fuller life after death.  So how do you mourn when it's time to mourn and party when it's time to party and live in and for the sure hope of life after death?  When was a time that you were more focused on the momentary happiness than living according to God's command?

Isaiah 21

"The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea.

As whirlwinds in the South pass through,
So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land...My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me." vv.1,4

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This oracle against the Wilderness of the Sea, is assumed to be Babylon, although Babylon's destruction is prophesied in chapters 13 & 14, but in verse nine of this chapter "Babylon is fallen, is fallen."  "It introduces one of the most vivid and moving descriptions of prophetic experience in the Bible," (Isaiah Vol. 1, John F Sawyer).  Although it seemed like Isaiah, and probably other Israelites, longed for the destruction of Babylon, it still was a horrifying experience.  We see Isaiah's own persona anguish and hard to bare as he sees the vision of destruction, not the fate of Babylon.  In verse five we see that it was a night of feasting and joy that quickly turned into drawing their shields for battle.  In some versions it says the "night of my pleasure" showing the comfortableness of rest and sleep while he's in Babylon interrupted by this vision.  When have you longed for something that when it comes it's hard to face or go through?

Isaiah 20

"Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,  so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt." vv.3-4 

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Very short chapter but three distinct events happens in these six verses.  One, Sargon's capture of Ashdod the Philistine city; two, Isaiah's three years of walking around naked and barefoot; three, Assyria's defeat of Egypt and Ethiopia. Crazy to think that Isaiah was three years walking around naked.  It's hard to say if this was constant or only when we went out into the city.  A sign that lasted three years still didn't cause Israelites to trust God.  This effort of extraordinary behavior to get the message across wasn't with words as he walked around naked but prophesied in act and explained later as a sign and wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia.  Focus was more on speculating what he did than what it meant.  The objective of this prophesy isn't so much the fate of Egypt, Ethiopia and Assyria but against trust in foreign nations and powers.  Verse six shows that it was too late to when they decided to believe Isaiah's prophesy.  When do you fix yourself more on the "image" than the message or purpose?

Isaiah 19

"In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.  In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.” vv.23-25

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Who ever thought that two of Israel's biggest enemies would united, and not just on good terms with one another but shared blessings into eternity?  The Egyptians in the second half of this chapter are not the same as those in first part.  Gone are those evil doers and in place are those that speak Hebrew and honor and worship Jehovah (v.18).  There will be a highway, that is communication and connection between the nations.  "Highway" used also in brining back the Israelites to their homeland (Is. 40:3, 62:10), is also suggested of nations visiting Jerusalem, the throne of God, in this future period.  Alexander the Great connected these three nations in 333-323 B.C., but this prophesy far transcends history.  The Lord will call these other nations by intimate names that were specifically used to describe Israel for Egypt and Assryia, now as "My people" and "the work of My hands."  How hard would it be to feel "third" instead of "first" in something that you were once only number one?  How hard would it be for Christians today to say we'll be third in blessing with Egypt and Assryia?

Isaiah 18

"Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings,
Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
2 Which sends ambassadors by sea,
Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying,
“Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin,
To a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide....To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts,
To Mount Zion." vv.1-2,6b

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A land of buzzing wings sounds scary to me, probably because I'm afraid of birds;)  This could also refer to not birds but probably locust, mosquitos and other noisy winged insects. This chapter starts with the arrival of foreign ambassadors from Ethiopia in Jerusalem.  Perhaps they're coming to persuade the Israelites to join forces with them in revolt against the Assyrians.  Ethiopia, biblical name for Cush, covered a much wider land than the Ethiopia we have today.  The description of the Ethiopians suggests Isaiah or someone being an eye witness of them in the land.  "The appearance of the tall, gleaming, black Ethiopians elicited comments from many ancient writers.  Herodotus, for instance, writing in the fifth century B.C. Greece, describes them as 'the tallest and most beautiful of men'" (Isaiah Volume 1, John F. A. Sawyer).  In the last verse of the chapter Isaiah foretells of the present brought to the Lord by the Ethiopians for being them and the Israelites being delivered from the Assyrians by the hand of God.  The proud Ethiopians who came to pressurize Judah in verse one now come to Jerusalem with tribute.  How do you view Ethiopians today?  How can you "fight" for a people not your own for God's glory?

Isaiah 17

"The burden against Damascus.

“Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap...It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain,

And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it,
Like the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough,
Four or five in its most fruitful branches,”
Says the Lord God of Israel." vv.1,5-6

Read chapter 17

The city of Damascus, what was first brought to my mind when I read that word was Christ walking on the Damascus road after He had risen.  This chapter speaks of it's destruction so it was obviously rebuilt or not totally destroyed as we see in verse 5-6 about a remnant.   Damascus is also one of the oldest continuous inhabited cities in the world.  The remnant in verses 5-6 is referring to the Israelites as the "glory of Jacob" in verse 4.  The tie here is the relation of Damascus and Israel when Syria (Damascus is its capitol) made an alliance with Ephraim (tribe of Israel).  Damascus, like Moab from the previous chapters, was invaded by the Assyrian empire both being the surround neighbors and alliances with Israel.  Today Damascus, or Syria, is facing war against Israel and many see it as the end times of its final destruction and return of Christ being near.  How do you view the news about what's happening today in the Middle East and scripture?   It can be confusing and not always linked or fulfilled in part, so we must study and ask for understanding of all prophesies.

Isaiah 16

"Let My outcasts dwell with you, O Moab; Be a shelter to them from the face of the spoiler.  For the extortioner is at an end, Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness"....We have heard of the pride of Moab—He is very proud—Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath; But his lies shall not be so."  vv.4-6

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Moab was once part of David's kingdom and these first few verses of the chapter seem to reminisce of the "Golden Age" as a possible hope during the defeat of Moab.  Refugees and outcasts were hidden in Jerusalem for a shelter.  The law of Israel had means for caring for the foreigner.  God did show His mercy to other nations in asking Israel to treat them this way and predicting the end of their oppression.  This lament of chapter 15 & 16 comes to an end when it gives a description of their sins "the pride of Moab- he is very proud."  Pride was their downfall.  "Those who will not be counseled  cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever. Also, the very proud are commonly very passionate" (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary).  

How often do you reminisce of the "good ole days" and wish it were that time again?  Why has that time changed?  How has pride affected relationships, life, past, future? 

Isaiah 15

“My heart will cry out for Moab;
His fugitives shall flee to Zoar,
Like a three-year-old heifer.
For by the Ascent of Luhith
They will go up with weeping;
For in the way of Horonaim
They will raise up a cry of destruction," v.5

Read chapter 15
There is no gloating here, chapter 15 is a genuine lament, not like the mockery of Babylon in chapter 14.  The writer seems to be passionate or sympathy for the homelessness of the moabites. Moab was Israel's neighboring country and perhaps shows that Israel was more sympathetic to her neighbors.  We also see ties in genealogy of Ruth being a moabite marries Boaz who are the in the genealogy of Israel's kings and ultimate Christ.  Yet also how enemies they were to Israel as Balaam was hired by the king of Moab to curse Israel.  Perhaps their destruction was so intense that Israel even morns for them.  Have you ever mourned for you enemies when they were punished?  

Isaiah 14

“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!...You will not be joined with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land
And slain your people.
The brood of evildoers shall never be named."  v.12,20

Read chapter 14.

Everyone know's one of Satan's names is Lucifer and here is where it appears in the Bible. Lucifer means "Morning-Star," a bright start that ushers in the morning, a Babylonian god worshiping as male at sunrise and female at sunset.  Something of beauty yet fallen from heaven.  In Revelation 22:16 Jesus is refereed to as the bright and morning star.  So why the same with Satan?  "The idea of a “bright morning star” is a star that outshines all the others. Satan, as perhaps the most beautiful creation of God, probably the most powerful of all the angels, was a bright morning star. Jesus, as God incarnate, the Lord of the universe, is THE bright and morning star. Jesus is the most holy and powerful “light” in all the universe. So, while both Jesus and Satan can be described as “bright morning stars,” in no sense is this equating Jesus and Satan. Satan is a created being. His light only exists to the extent that God created it. Jesus is the light of the world (John 9:5). Only Jesus’ light is self-existent. Satan may be a bright morning star, but he is only a poor imitation of the one true bright morning star, Jesus Christ, the light of the world."  How else do you see Satan try to be so similar to God?

Also notice that it says YOUR people when talking about Satan's destruction after his big rebellion in the tribulation.  We know the Israelites, those in Jerusalem will face the front-line affects during that time and be martyred.  This seems to show that the antichrist in that time is from Israel as his people.  When verse 20 says he shall never be named it reminds me of the Harry Potter series how they never say the name of the wicked one, Voldemort.   

Isaiah 12

"Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.’” v.2

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This is one of four places in scripture where the translators transliterated, instead of translated, the name Jehovah.  The other three occurrences are Exodus 6:3, Psalm 68:18, Psalm 26:4.  The original in this place is יהוה יה yâh yehovâh. The word יה yâh is an abbreviation of the word Yahweh.  Yah or Jah is Jehovah in a special sense and relation.  Used most often in the psalms and as the jah in Hallelujah: praise Yahweh.  Reputation of the name seems to show emphasis of God's unchangeable character and the great praise that He has BECOME our salvation.  

Strength...song...salvation.  That is the Lord to us and that sums up our all.  Strength of our body, mind, spirit will be our song of how we chose to radiate Him throughout our day and life and none of that is possible without salvation from death to life, not just physical death but to live life to the full.  This same expression is also used by Moses in his song of praise after crossing the Red Sea.  And it can be ours too.  How do you allow, describe, understand Yah Jehovah as your strength, song, salvation?

Isaiah 13

"The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw...But wild beasts of the desert will lie there,
And their houses will be full of owls;
Ostriches will dwell there,
And wild goats will caper there.
22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels,
And jackals in their pleasant palaces.
Her time is near to come,
And her days will not be prolonged.”  vv.1,21-22

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This chapter is concerning Babylon of whom was the kingdom that took Israel into captivity.  Yet shortly after the Medes and the Persians conquered Babylon and the captives of Israel went under them instead.   The land of Babylon is destroyed, plundered, and left desolate.  Babylon as a people, place, culture has never been back into existence and laid desolate until the 1800s when archeologist discovered it and began attempts at new life which we see has been stymied by wars the past centuries.  It's interesting the animals that are used to describe who will inhabit the homes and land of Babylon.  The word for "wild goats" is satyr which from books and movies today we know as half-man half-goat.  These were considered evil and demigods of other nations, rendered 'devils' as a form of idols.  Also we see the English word "jackals" which translated from the Hebrew could be better translated as 'dragons'.  No doubt the land of Babylon was to be somewhere where no man wanted to set foot.  

Isaiah 11

"“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,

The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea. ” vv.6-9

Read chapter 11.

This chapter describes the kingdom with so many characteristics we long for in our daily life.  A lot of people are aware of the characteristic of the kingdom from the worship song "How Great is Our God" but the lyric doesn't have it quite right with the actual verse here in Isaiah.  The song's verse says "lion and the lamb" but here in Isaiah it says the "wolf and the lamb" and "calf and lion,"  no doubt all animals will be tame with one another as they will probably be all vegetarians again as before the fall.  There also will be no hurt nor destruction.  This definitely is not true today or true after the captivity of Israel closer to the time when this was written.  This is a characteristic everyone longs for as all our hurting whether inside or out.  This also may rise the question of what some/most people think of "hell."  If "hell" is an eternal conscious torment that people in heaven can see (Luke 16), then how can this verse be true? 

My favorite description of the kingdom in these verses is "the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."  All will know God and there won't be a doubt in someones mind if He's real or not; no agnostics, no atheists.  What characteristic in the rest of the chapter stands out to you?

Isaiah 10

"Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!" v.15

Read chapter 10.

I've shot a gun before but have never hit the bullseye or killed an elk with it.  Yet the same rifle used by my friend has killed an elk every year and gets multiple bullseyes at our shooting range.  It's not the gun but the user that makes it do might work (yeah there are some rifles that are fool proof but I bet I could still miss just like I still can get gutter balls when the guard rails are up in bowling).  This verse 15 shows the ludicrousness of thinking that the nations or kings that were used by God to punish Israel was because of their power and plans as if the tool were to boast itself against the man who uses it.   God was using Assyria as His rod of anger and indignation on the Israelites (v.5), but Assyria then becomes arrogant  and haughty as if it was them and not God for destroying the nation Israel.  "The man’s lust for power might be limitless, but there was the limit of the compassion and long-suffering of God" (Elliott Commentary). When have you been the "tool" that has boasted against the user? Or how do you see this today?

Isaiah 9

"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." v.6

Read chapter 9.

The picture of the kingdom could not be complete without the manifestation of the king.  Another prophesy fulfilled through Jesus Christ.  Jesus was the Child born, the Son of God given as His representative to us some 2,000 years ago.  We are now at a time between "given" and "the government upon  His shoulders."  We wait expectantly for His Kingdom, or government, to rule over the whole earth.  The names listed here of what He'll be called is more than just a title but His characteristics and His glory.  These names can be 7 separate titles (or also possibly four combined)

• Wonderful: He is adored for His uniqueness in His person as God and Man.
• Counselor:  Full of wisdom and always true and right.  He knows the whole counsel of God.
• Mighty God: Hebrew EL, absolute 
• Everlasting: He has no beginning and no end.
• Father:  The Son is the Father.  Hard to grasp our minds on them being one in the same.
• Prince of Peace:  The Prince that brings true union between God and man and among men.

Which name stands out to you today?