In the concluding message in the series, we investigate the third "Sign Child" of the Immanuel prophesies, Jesus, the son of King David. This passage contains the essence of the Incarnation - the child born in Bethlehem is also the Son of God, given to redeem us.

2. 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)

3. Isaiah 9
The Sign of
David’s son

4. Isaiah 9
1a 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,

5. Isaiah 9
1b but in the latter time he has made
glorious the way of the sea, the land
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the
nations.

6. Isaiah 9
2 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.

7. Isaiah 9
3 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.

8. Isaiah 9
4 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.

9. Isaiah 9
5 For every boot of the tramping
warrior in battle tumult and every
garment rolled in blood will be
burned as fuel for the fire.

10. Isaiah 9
6 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, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.

11. Isaiah 9
7a 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 forth
and forevermore.

12. Isaiah 9
7b The zeal of the LORD of hosts
will do this.

13. First Point
The Day of Gloom
and Anguish

14. Isaiah 9
1a 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,

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

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

17. 2 Kings 15:29
29 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.

18. Iron Age
Warriors

19. Second Point
The Promised Day
of Glorious Light

20. 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…

21. 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…

22. 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
Invasion
Tiglath
Pileser III
Second
Assyrian
Invasion
Shalmaneser V
732 BC 722 BC
Third Assyrian
Invasion
Sennacherib
701 BC

23. 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.

24. Matthew 4
12 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,

25. Matthew 4
14 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—

26. Matthew 4
16 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.”

27. John 1
1 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.

28. John 1
4 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.

29. Third Point
The Days of the
King

30. Isaiah 9
6 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, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.

31. 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.

32. 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)

33. 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)

34. His Name Shall be
Called…
“Mighty God”
For in him the whole fulness
of deity dwells bodily
(Colossians 2:9)

35. 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)

36. 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)

37. Isaiah 59
1 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 your
sins have hidden his face from you so
that he does not hear.

38. Isaiah 9
7a 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 forth
and forevermore.

39. Isaiah 9
7b The zeal of the LORD of hosts
will do this.