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[IMAGE CONTENT] # Embracing Adoration The promise that David’s kingship would endure forever through a Greater Son is reiterated throughout the Psalms and the Prophets. Isaiah picks up that promise in chapter 9 and develops the identity of David’s Son through the attribution of four titles. Wonderful Counsellor . This title could also be translated as “one who counsels in wonders.” In the Hebrew, “wonders” is the way God’s mighty acts of creation and salvation are described (Ps 136:4). This coming King, then, will perform mighty acts, only possible for God. Mighty God . Confirming the expectation that this King will be no ordinary man, Isaiah calls Him by a name reserved for the Divine King (Isa 10:21). Everlasting Father. Another name for God, indicating this King’s ability to provide for and protect His people as a father would (Isa 63:16). Forever. Prince of Peace . Further, this King will be a bringer of peace, which in the Bible means more than just the absence of war and includes the idea of total wholeness that never ends. With such a King as this, we cannot help but come to adore Him—God-became-man who dwelt among us. We look back and marvel at the faith of the wise men, who travelled from afar in order to pay the Christ-child homage. And we look forward to His return, when every knee will bow and every tongue confess His Lordship (Phil 2:9-11).