Does Isaiah 9:6 REALLY Mean Jesus is the Everlasting Father?

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Isaiah 9 .6 says, For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder.

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And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Now we know this to be a prophecy about Jesus made 700 years before he was born. So, oneness,

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Unitarians, Modalists, and others who reject the doctrine of the Trinity like to use this verse to argue that Jesus, the

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Son of God, is also God the Father. It says right there, He is the Son who shall be called a

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Father. But this verse is not saying Jesus is both the Father and the Son. All of these titles in Isaiah 9 .6

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are descriptors of a sovereign monarch. Wonderful Counselor means his wisdom will surpass them all.

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Every other king will be beholden to his supreme counsel. Mighty God means he is the great conqueror.

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Pagans thought of their kings as gods, but Jesus is the true and only God, and he will be victorious against his foes.

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Everlasting Father means he is the king who abides forever. A king is the federal head over his kingdom, hence being called a father.

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Jesus will be the head over his kingdom forever, as said in verse 7. So again, this is not calling him

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God the Father. It means he is the eternal king. Prince of Peace means that he is the rightful heir of his throne, the throne of David.

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And in ascending to the throne, he will be the author of peace between God and man. Nowhere does

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Jesus call himself the Father. He says he is one with the Father, John 10 .30, but that is not the same as saying he is the

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Father. We worship one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, all of whom were distinctly observed by many at Jesus' baptism.

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As 1 John 4 .14 says, we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his