TSK · Isaiah 9:6

The LORD’s angel said to him,“You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”

Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the LORD.

“So now, our God– the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity– do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us– our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people– from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!

Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice.

May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!

O LORD, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.

From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.

A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.

This also comes from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom.

“For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will accomplish this.

He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him.

For this is what the LORD says:“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.

How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the LORD, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’”

“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.

Then say to him,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“Look– here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the LORD.

“Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”

Then Jesus came up and said to them,“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory– the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ(he is Lord of all)–

The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross– through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

but of the Son he says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh:“King of kings and Lord of lords.”