ISAIAH 9

PROMISES OF A FUTURE KING 

Isaiah tells of the coming of a future king, one who will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. God will use the tribe of Judah to bring the future savior, a descendant from the line of David. The promise of a future king brings hope to the nation of Israel who is in desperate need of peace, justice, and righteousness.

Alongside the good news of a Savior, there is bad news in realizing the need for a Savior. Israel has gone astray, and God will cut them off, only saving a small remnant of faithful people. Normally, God fervently protects the widows and the fatherless, but even the vulnerable have rejected God and turned away. God’s wrath is depicted like fire to those who have become faithless.

Isaiah 9:1-2 is specifically fulfilled by Jesus’s early ministry in Capernaum, a city near Galilee and the territories of Zebulun and Naphtali (Matthew 4:15-16).

Isaiah 9:6 - 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 Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.