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NASB | Isaiah 9:6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 9:6 For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given; And the government shall be upon His shoulder, And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [Is 25:1; 40:9-11; Matt 28:18; Luke 2:11] |
Subject: Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'? |
Bible Note: Yes, I understand that our ways are not God's ways (Isaiah 55:8,9; Romans 11:33; 1 Cor. 13:12) and that we do not understand the things of God. It is like trying to pour the ocean into a bucket- is our minds trying to comprehend the things of God. I agree with you on this, and I do not hold all of the answers. I wanted to explain how one who believes in the Trinity, as I do (The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit) can explain Isaiah 9:6. However, I disagree with you that those Three are 'personalities'. These are Three 'Persons', all existing as one God. Each 'Person' is inseparable and omniscient, being fully God in their own right. However, where One is, the other Two are also, being omniscient. Therefore, if we reject (or say that He doesn't exist) One person of the Trinity, that being God the Father or the Holy Spirit, then we reject the Son also. If we reject the Son, than we reject the Others also. Therefore we have a TriUne God, the Three in One, and One God in heaven that has created us. We know that there is One God (1 Cor. 8:4, James 2:19, John 5:44, 17:3, Romans 3:29-30, 16:27, Gal. 3:20, Eph. 4:6, 1 Tim. 2:5). There is also three persons who are called God. The Father is God (1 Peter 1:2). Jesus is God (John 20:28, Heb. 1:8). The Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4). All Three are said to be omnipresent: the Father (John 4:19-24), the Son (Matt. 28:20), and the Holy Spirit (Psalm 139:7). All three are omniscient: the Father (Psalm 139:1-2), the Son (Matt. 9:4), and the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:10). All three are omnipotent: the Father (1 Peter 1:5), the Son (Matt. 28:18), and the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:19). Furthermore, holiness is ascribed to each Person: the Father (Rev. 15:4), the Son (Acts 3:14), and the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-14). Eternity is ascribed to each person: the Father (Psalm 90:2), the Son (Micah 5:2,John 1:2,Rev. 1:8,17), and the Holy Spirit (Heb. 9:14). And each is individually described as the Truth: the Father (John 14:6,7), the Son (Rev. 3:7), and the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:6).Matthew 28:19 reaffirms the three-in-oneness Godhead. It is highly revealing that the word "name" is singular in the Greek, indicating that there is one God, but there are three distinct persons with the Godhead- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus asserted the unity of the three by combining them all within the bounds of the single Name, and then throwing into emphasis the distinctness of each by introducing them in turn with the repeated article. Very clearly, then, the Scriptures affirm that there is one God but within the unity of the Godhead, there are three coequal and coeternal Persons- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |