The Arrival: Wonderful Counselor

1972

Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory. 

The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder. 

For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian. The boots of the warrior and the uniforms bloodstained by war will all be burned. They will be fuel for the fire. 

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! Isaiah 9:1-7 (NLT)

Wonderful Counselor!

 Jesus is Wonderful

Pele’ meaning a miracle: a marvelous thing, a wonder

Wonderful: unusual, extraordinary (a hard to understand thing)

Jesus is Counselor

Yāʿaṣ meaning to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or to resolve

Counselor: perhaps to command: to give counsel toward that which is to come

Jesus

Handel’s Messiah

Shut down your distractions

Turn up your worship

Open your heart and mind to His Word(s)