Series Intro

• The Sign of Ahaz’ Son (Isa. 7)• The Sign of Isaiah’s Son (Isa. 8)• The Sign of David’s Son (Isa. 9)

Isaiah 9

The Sign of

David’s son

Isaiah 91a But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

Isaiah 91b but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

Isaiah 92 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

Isaiah 93 You have multiplied the nation;you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

Isaiah 94 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Isaiah 95 For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 96 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, EverlastingFather, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 97a Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forthand forevermore.

Isaiah 9

7b The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

First Point

The Day of Gloom and Anguish

Isaiah 91a But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

Tiglath Pileser III

•From 738-734 B.C. Tiglath-Pileser III waged war against his long-time enemies, the Syrians.

Zebulun and Naphtali

•The northern tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali were amongst the first to fall.

2 Kings 15:2929 In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.

Iron Age Warriors

Second Point

The Promised Day of Glorious Light

Pay Attention to the Tenses

1a But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish.

1b but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea…

Pay Attention to the Tenses

2a The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light

3 You have multiplied the nation;you have increased its joy…

Pay Attention to the Tenses

4b …the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Isaiah Prophesies

“Day of Gloom”

735 BC

First Assyrian InvasionTiglath

Pileser III

Second Assyrian Invasion

Shalmaneser V

732 BC 722 BC

Third Assyrian Invasion

Sennacherib

701 BC

J. Alec Motyer

… the remnant is sustained by the forecast of the great light that shines beyond the darkness. It is a sure hope –so sure that, according to Hebrew idiom, it is even written in past tenses as though it had happened already.

Matthew 412 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Matthew 414 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:15 “The land of Zebulun and the land

of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

Matthew 416 the people dwelling in darkness

have seen a great light,and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,on them a light has dawned.”

John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 14 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Third Point

The Days of the King

Isaiah 96 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, EverlastingFather, Prince of Peace.

A Child is born… A Son is Given…

This is more than Hebrew Parallelism. The mystery of the

Incarnation is contained in these two images of the child born and

the son given.

The Government will be upon His Shoulders…

9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one. (Zechariah 14)

His Name Shall be Called…

“Wonder of a Counsellor”And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:2)

His Name Shall be Called…

“Mighty God”For in him the whole fulness

of deity dwells bodily (Colossians 2:9)

His Name Shall be Called…

“Everlasting Father”Jesus said to him, “Have I been with

you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has

seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? (Jn. 14:9)

His Name Shall be Called…

“Prince of Peace”For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:14)

Isaiah 591 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; 2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and yoursins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

Isaiah 97a Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forthand forevermore.

Isaiah 9

7b The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.