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 God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Those who believe in the deity of Christ are one in agreement that this prophecy concerning Christ directly calls Christ as the mighty God. However, this understanding begets contentions even from among them. There are valid remarks such as
1) How can Jesus be the everlasting Father?
2) How can a God be born and a son is also the Father?
I would like to cut to the chase in understanding this verse. This post doesn’t intend to invite “granting-without-conceding type of argumentative debates”.
For clarity, the verse should be translated as follows:
"For to us a child is born, a son is given to us, and the government shall be on his shoulder, and his name will be called Pele Yoetz El Gibor Avi Ad Sar Shalom."
The long name “Pele Yoetz El Gibor Avi Ad Sar Shalom” literally means “Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, (calls) The Prince of Peace.”
It is very much obvious that it is a name that will be called such. Hence, it is a theophoric name that is common in the bible.
Jesus Christ has a theophoric name which is Immanuel (“God with us”) Mt 1:23.
There are many biblical characters who have theophoric names. The Wikipedia has its article on the Theophory in the bible.
Having theophoric name does not prove the deity of Christ. Otherwise, there would be lots of Gods.
