Isaiah 9:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

For unto

Luke 1:35

Luke 2:11

Unto us a son

The government

Revelation 19:16

His name

Matthew 1:23

1 Timothy 3:16

Counseller

The everlasting father

Hebrews 2:13

The prince of peace

Bible References

For unto

The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.

To-day you have a saviour born in the town of David, the Lord messiah.

Unto us a son

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

The God who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, surely He will give us everything besides!

Love lies in this, not in our love for him but in his love for us ??in the sending of his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

The government

All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

For he must reign until all his foes are put under his feet.

above all the angelic Rulers, Authorities, Powers, and Lords, above every Name that is to be named not only in this age but in the age to come ??22 he has put everything under his feet and set him as head over everything for the church,

And on his robe, upon his thigh, his name is written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

His name

The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? ??it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

Counseller

for I will give you words and wisdom that not one of your opponents will be able to meet or refute.

For we have all been receiving grace after grace from his fulness;

This is the God to whom you owe your being in Christ Jesus, whom God has made our 'Wisdom,' that is, our righteousness and consecration and redemption;

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden!

The everlasting father

and again, 'I will put my trust in him,' and again, 'Here am I and the children God has given me.'

The prince of peace

"Glory to God in high heaven, and peace on earth for men whom he favours!"

Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.

You know the message he sent to the sons of Israel when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all);

As we are justified by faith, then, let us enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For in Christ God reconciled the world to himself instead of counting men's trespasses against them; and he entrusted me with the message of his reconciliation.

For he is our peace, he who has made both of us a unity and destroyed the barrier which kept us apart;

and by him it willed to reconcile in his own person all on earth and in heaven alike, in a peace made by the blood of his cross.

May the God of peace who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of the eternal covenant,