Scripture for such a course. The N.T. affirms that "Great is the mystery of godliness,

God was manifest in the flesh". So here in Isa. 9: How the "Child" or the "Son" can be

at the same time "the mighty God" the prophet makes no attempt to explain. He does,

however, preface the glorious title with the word "wonderful", and worship rather than

analysis would seem to be our true attitude.

We must beware of confusion when we read the title "The everlasting Father". The

word translated "everlasting" is the Hebrew ad, and the LXX translates the passage:

Pater tou mellontos aionios, "Father of the age about to be". These words describe the

Lord's office. The "age about to be", the age that was beyond the purview of the O.T.

prophet, was entirely in His care. The words of Luke 1: 32, 33 are relevant here:

The next section (Isa. 9: 8 - 10: 34), is devoted to the Assyrian invasion, a dark cloud

lightened by the promise, "The remnant shall return". We will leave the examination of

this section to the reader, and pass on, in our next article, to chapters 11: and 12:

We now come to the closing sub-section of Isaiah's great opening prophecy

(Isa. 1:-xii) which is found in chapters 11: and 12: In the earlier section (7: 1 - 9: 7)

the theme was the Virgin's Son, Immanuel, and the Child Whose name is Wonderful. In

chapters 11: and 12: the subject is this same glorious person, with a further explanation of

His government, and its association with the house of David. The section naturally falls

into two parts:

It will be seen that the structural outline of chapter 11:, which is given below,

revolves around the two titles of the Deliverer--"The Branch" and "The Root", the

intervening and following verses revealing the character and extent of His dominion.