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His Name Shall be Called ..... Wonderful

Isaiah 9:6 – “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

The Prophet Isaiah is referred to as “The Messianic Prophet.” He recorded many prophetic promises concerning the coming Messiah.  It is Isaiah who writes, “Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14).  He writes prophetically of His mission, His rejection by His own people, His sacrificial suffering, and His kingdom. 

He reveals His name shall be called Wonderful. In Judges 13 the Angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah and his wife.  He told them they would have a son and he would be a Nazarite and begin to deliver the Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.  In verse 17 Manoah asked the Angel of the Lord, “What is your name?” He answers in verse 18, “It is wonderful.”  The Spirit Filled Life Bible Commentary Notes read, “It is wonderful is an expression meaning ‘beyond understanding.’”[i]

Isaiah declares that our Messiah is Wonderful. He is the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.  The word “wonderful” comes from a Hebrew word meaning, “a miracle, a marvelous thing.”[ii]  He is the miracle worker.  The four Gospels give record of His miracles during His earthly ministry:

·      He opened blind eyes and gave sight to the blind (Mark 10:46-52)
·      He opened deaf ears (Mark 7:32-35)
·      He cleansed the lepers (Matthew 11:5)
·      He made the lame to walk (Matthew 11:5)
·      He raised a widow’s son from the dead (Luke 7:11-17)
·      He fed a multitude with five loaves and two fish (Matthew 14:13-21)

Jesus’s ministry is filled with miracles. The Apostle John wrote these words in the Gospel that bears His name, “And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (John 21:25).   When we study the wonderful miracles recorded on the pages of scripture we are amazed at His power and declare with Isaiah, “His name shall be called Wonderful.”  He still works miracles today.  He is the healer and He alone brings those in captivity’s bondage to freedom.



[i] Hayford, Jack, Editor, Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Notes on Judges, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN. Page 370.
[ii] Dake, F. J., Dake’s Annotated Bible, Notes on Isaiah, Dake’s Bible Sales, Lawrenceville, GA, Page 733

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