LEARNING DAILY

 

Isaiah 9:7a, Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end,

 

We are examining the rest of the prophecy regarding “for unto us a child is born”. That verse continues “of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end”. This a prophetic statement concerning the establishment of Christ’s reign on earth. Isaiah expected that Jesus would bring God’s rule of peace and righteous government to earth. “The child born unto us” would not only be “Everlasting Father” and “Prince of Peace” regarding deliverance from sin and death but He would (will) establish a government of peace in His millennial kingdom.

 

Isaiah did not make a distinction between a first and second coming. Later in his writing “he would describe a King who comes as a Suffering Servant (52:13 – 53:12); In 11:1-10, Isaiah describes this king coming again to establish a government of peace in His millennium reign” (DJSB).

 

There is other prophecy that supports the establishment of a kingdom of peace. Go to Daniel 2 and read Daniel’s explanation of the Nebuchadnezzar’s dream about the statue.  Verse 34-36 is an important verse that might be overlooked when reading this chapter. “You watched while a stone was cut without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and broke them into pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, and the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the earth.” That stone is the “child [that] is born unto us” whose “government and peace there will be no end”. With the second coming of Jesus this prophecy will be fulfilled.

 

But wait, there is more. Jesus Himself talked about this coming kingdom in a parable – the parable of the mustard seed in Matthew 13:31-32. The mustard seed is the smallest of seeds, but when grown, it becomes a great tree; He said the birds of the air build their nests in it. He said that His kingdom will have small and humble beginnings but will result in a large and significant result. Christ’s kingdom, His government will increase when His gospel is spread throughout the world.

 

The prophecy continues by saying this about the kingdom, “peace there will be no end”. It is encouraging to know there is a day coming that the “Prince of Peace” will sit on the throne where His peace is established. One thousand years of peace will become peace without end. 

 

When we consider this season where we celebrate the birth of our Savior, let us get beyond a day we open presents and all that stuff and take time to consider what the birth of a child truly means. Prophecy has been fulfilled. The Savior has been born unto us. As we celebrate His birth, take the time to remember what that means to you as a Believer but also what it means as we draw near to His return and the establishment of His kingdom. It should make each of us desire to walk the narrow way into eternity in God’s kingdom.

From now on DJSB will be used to note information or quotes from the David Jeremiah Study Bible and LSSB will refer to information and quotes from the Life in the Spirit Study Bible