Part of Isaiah’s prophetic message to Judah included the hope of light in a time of darkness (Isa. 9:1-2). Another portion of the hopeful prophecy was the anticipation of a child who would be God manifest in the flesh: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6).
Isaiah’s book includes many wonderful prophecies of the Son of God. But this prophecy was one of the clearest statements that God alone would come and provide deliverance and salvation, and He was going to accomplish it through the seed of David (Isa. 9:7). God the Father was going to robe Himself in flesh and born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14). Matthew wrote when Mary gave birth to Jesus, “Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, ‘Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us’” (Matt. 1:22-23).
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was both God and man at the same time. He wasn’t half-god, and half-man. He wasn’t all God and no man. He wasn’t all man and no God. He was the God-Man. It is in Jesus Christ, and not anywhere else, that one can find God. Jesus implied this when He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (Jn. 14:6). If you are going to find salvation and know God, then you must believe that Jesus Christ is the full revelation of God (Jn. 8:24). All the attributes, titles, and roles of God dwell in Jesus. He is the incarnation of the one true God (Jn. 1:1, 14; 8:58; 10:30; 14:9-11, 16-18, 20:28; 2 Cor. 3:17). Jesus is God in flesh. He isn’t the eternal Son, rather He is the Everlasting Father. He is the Mighty God, and all the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him bodily (Col. 2:9)!