QT 12/23/2021 Isa 9:6-7, Two most important events in history (incarnation and resurrection)

Isaiah 9:6–7 (ESV) —

6 For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given;

and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

and his name shall be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and of peace

there will be no end,

on the throne of David and over his kingdom,

to establish it and to uphold it

with justice and with righteousness

from this time forth and forevermore.

The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

 

NOTE: This is a great verse prophesying the incarnation. This child or son is "born." And this same child is called "Mighty God" and "Everlasting Father. In other words, since it is a prophecy, God will be born upon the earth. He will somehow be God and yet a descendant of David. And this child fulfills the promise of a kingdom without end. The words of this prophecy are too specific to write-off as a metaphor or luck guess -- God will be born. And he was, in the most humblest of places because there was no room for him. He was hated by the elite, he was ignored by the religious, but he was worshipped by the needy and low.

 

PONDER:

1. Where do I fit in the range of responses?
2. There was no room for him when he arrived. Is there room for him in my life?

 

PRAYER: Father, I pray we would not ignore the greatest gift of all time. The world went on, not knowing what had happened. The signs were in abundance throughout his life. I want to remember his birth (the incarnation) and his resurrection from the dead -- most especially this Christmas season.