![]() ![]() The word wonderful in this passage literally means “incomprehensible.” The Messiah will cause us to be “full of wonder.” The word is much weightier than the way it’s used in normal conversation today-we say things are “wonderful” if they are pleasant, lovely, or the least bit likable. Isaiah’s prophecy gave the people of God a hope they so desperately needed: a Child would be born to fulfill the, and He would bear the titles “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father.” The Child was Christ the prophecy will reach its consummation at Christ’s.That Isaiah calls the Messiah the “Wonderful Counselor” indicates the kind of character this coming King has. ![]() This period of history was tumultuous as the Assyrians were on the march, taking people into captivity by droves. Isaiah was writing nearly 800 years before Christ. Question: 'What does it mean that Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6)?' Answer:When Isaiah wrote his prediction of the coming of the “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6), he was spurring Israel to remember their Messiah was indeed coming to establish His Kingdom (Isaiah 9:7).
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