Father

December 15, 2021
Midweek Study with Pastor Edith
Isaiah 9:6

I recently came across a special Christmas edition of the Our Daily Bread devotional and it seems very appropriate for the days in which we live. Please take a moment and sit still with God’s word and these precious revelations. “And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” “The symbolic use of the word father was an ancient Hebrew reference for ‘possessor of’.

In Isaiah 9:6 the Messiah is described as both the Son and a Father. He became a child in time (through the incarnation), but He is the Father (possessor) of eternity. The devotional goes on to illustrate through the Psalms how the name of our Messiah “endures forever” and how He was preexistent; “…even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God”. “In Exodus 3 we find the name “I AM”. This name describes and defines the God who is… [which is echoed in the statement Jesus made in John 8:58]; “Before Abraham was, I Am”. “The self-existence of God’s Messiah means that He will not leave us, as all earthly fathers eventually do.

The Eternal God took upon Himself the limitations of a human body so that He could bring us into an everlasting relationship with Himself.” AMEN!

Borrowed from Portions of the 2007 Christmas Edition, Our Daily Bread, Special Feature “A Timeless Name”