ISAIAH PREDICTS THE BIRTH OF JESUS WHO WILL BE GOD.
“And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord , and his name one.” (Zechariah 14:9 KJV)
Muslims will deny any Messianic prophecy that predicts the birth of the Messiah who would be God.
Unfortunately it’s undeniable. Just from 2 passages alone we have the
irrefutable proof.
Right from the Messianic prophecies of Isaiah hundreds of years before we are told the Messiah would be God.
“For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on His shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7 HCSB)
Did you get that M@slms? “Mighty God”? Also “He will rule on the throne of David” … “forever”?
Now compare to the announcement to Mary by the angel Gabriel in Luke’s gospel…
“Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” (Luke 1:31-33 HCSB)
Questions arising:
■ What mere earthly king has an everlasting reign?
Answer: None.
■ How many thrones of David are there?
Answer: One.
■ So if Isaiah and the angel Gabriel in Luke both describe the Messiah as
sitting on the throne of David and reigning forever does that prove they are both referring to the one and same person, namely Jesus?
Answer: Yes, indupitably.
■ Which king alone has the right of eternal reign?
Answer: The King of kings and Lord of lords. (Zechariah 14:9 – See above; 1
Timothy 6:15; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:11-16). They are titles of Jesus.
So by the correlation of the fact that He will sit on the throne of David and reign forever we know that Jesus is the Messiah the Son of God who will reign eternally in perfect justice. He will as Isaiah puts it:
“will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”
“Wonderful Counsellor” .. who does that describe? The “counsellor” or
“Comforter” is the Holy Spirit. “Eternal Father” is of course our heavenly
Father. “Prince of Peace” is The Son Jesus. Many references but I mention just one:
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of OUR PEACE was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53.5 KJV)
Finally all the above titles encapsulated in One “Mighty God”. Yes Muslims not only does Isaiah 9.6 confirm the Messiah would be God it also explicitly references the Tri-personal nature of God, in His titles, all embodied in Jesus.
It’s a double whammy against Isl@m which would have both facets as an invention of Paul or worse of the Council of Nicea.
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