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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 G-d, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isa 9:6
Why would Isaiah use the word wonderful to describe the Messiah?
The lexicons define the word pele (פלא) as marvelous or amazing, but in the primitive definition I found the following:
The pictogram pey is a picture of a mouth, the lamed is a picture of a shepherd's crook representing authority. Combined, this means “to speak with authority”
When I think of intercession, I think of the word pray, which in Hebrew is palal (פלל). Both pele and palal have the same parent root, pal (פל), which in simple terms means “to speak with authority”.
This simple term can be used to explain to children what prayer is, and it helps me demonstrate praying in reverence to G-d, as if we are speaking to an authority “person” such as a police officer, teacher, father, doctor, etc.
The root pal has a deeper definition: a coming to someone with authority falling on one's face to intercede for oneself or others.
If you look up a similar word in the Assyrian language, palalu means to go before, to precede, to march before the way.
Something that stands out is the numerical value for pele, 111. When Isaiah begins the description of this son who is to be born to us, the first word has this numerical value. While the number 1 represents G-d and the 3 ones, 111, represent the G-dhead, G-d the Father, G-d the Son and G-d the Holy Spirit. Thus Isaiah, hidden in this word pele, tells us that this wonderful Son G-d would be with us as he later prophesies His title Immanuel.
Another way of looking at it would be to use the letters of pele like a dictionary of terms
The letter Pey would stand for speaking, the Lamed for teaching, learning and purpose and the letter Alef for G-d. I see that this Wonderful Counselor or Son would speak and teach us about G-d and how we can have unity with Him.
How do you summarize pele, wonderful, in this verse for the Messiah, Jesus Christ? In G-d's foretold Renewed Covenant, He sent Jesus Christ, His Son, to earth to go before us, to show us the way, as we are told:
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, Mt 7:14b
Jesus spoke and taught us about the Father. Because Jesus came to earth and realized G-d's plan by dying on the cross and rising again, we now have an intercessor who goes for us.
I wonder if Isaiah understood the power of G-d's word when he first thought and wrote pele into scripture, especially in regards to the Messiah. Since Isaiah wrote a lot about the Messiah and wrote a word like pele, I understand better than Jesus said:
many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, Mt 13:17b
Jesus, a son born to us, came to do something amazing, miraculous.
May the word wonderful come from your heart, in the essence that this word truly represents for us as our newborn King.
Why would Isaiah use the word wonderful to describe the Messiah?
The lexicons define the word pele (פלא) as marvelous or amazing, but in the primitive definition I found the following:
The pictogram pey is a picture of a mouth, the lamed is a picture of a shepherd's crook representing authority. Combined, this means “to speak with authority”
When I think of intercession, I think of the word pray, which in Hebrew is palal (פלל). Both pele and palal have the same parent root, pal (פל), which in simple terms means “to speak with authority”.
This simple term can be used to explain to children what prayer is, and it helps me demonstrate praying in reverence to G-d, as if we are speaking to an authority “person” such as a police officer, teacher, father, doctor, etc.
The root pal has a deeper definition: a coming to someone with authority falling on one's face to intercede for oneself or others.
If you look up a similar word in the Assyrian language, palalu means to go before, to precede, to march before the way.
Something that stands out is the numerical value for pele, 111. When Isaiah begins the description of this son who is to be born to us, the first word has this numerical value. While the number 1 represents G-d and the 3 ones, 111, represent the G-dhead, G-d the Father, G-d the Son and G-d the Holy Spirit. Thus Isaiah, hidden in this word pele, tells us that this wonderful Son G-d would be with us as he later prophesies His title Immanuel.
Another way of looking at it would be to use the letters of pele like a dictionary of terms
The letter Pey would stand for speaking, the Lamed for teaching, learning and purpose and the letter Alef for G-d. I see that this Wonderful Counselor or Son would speak and teach us about G-d and how we can have unity with Him.
How do you summarize pele, wonderful, in this verse for the Messiah, Jesus Christ? In G-d's foretold Renewed Covenant, He sent Jesus Christ, His Son, to earth to go before us, to show us the way, as we are told:
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, Mt 7:14b
Jesus spoke and taught us about the Father. Because Jesus came to earth and realized G-d's plan by dying on the cross and rising again, we now have an intercessor who goes for us.
I wonder if Isaiah understood the power of G-d's word when he first thought and wrote pele into scripture, especially in regards to the Messiah. Since Isaiah wrote a lot about the Messiah and wrote a word like pele, I understand better than Jesus said:
many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, Mt 13:17b
Jesus, a son born to us, came to do something amazing, miraculous.
May the word wonderful come from your heart, in the essence that this word truly represents for us as our newborn King.
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