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Ben_Masada
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The Christian Greek Horse of Isaiah 9:6
Here is a prophecy that has made many a Jew come to their knees, as they allow the Greek Horse into their abode supposing it to be a gift of God as the last and irrefutable word. Deep inside of one is the key for the truth deep inside of the other. But for lack of Knowledge my People perish. (Hosea 4:6)
When the Ten Tribes had been totally removed by Assyria, a group of Gentiles had been transfered to inhabit the cities of Samaria. After about 100 years, Judah in the South went into a temporary exile of 70 years in Babylon. In the meantime, Galilee became known as the District of the Gentiles, and eventually, the people started being called by the name of Samaritans.
Due to the approaching end of the Babylonian exile, the Gentile Priests of Galilee and Samaria had studied the prophecies of Isaiah and had been made aware of the end of the exile. They obviously had understood about the virgin Israel who had fallen and removed from existence, according to Amos 5:2 and Psalm 78:68, and that Judah, the son of that virgin, according to Isaiah 7:14,15, 22; 8:8, was about to return.
Now, to understand Isaiah 9:6, we must set it into the context of the whole chapter which speaks about the return of the Jews from Babylon, whose way back to Jerusalem was through the sea road west of the Jordan, called the Galilee of the Gentiles. (Isa. 9:1)
So, the people in this region, walking in darkness, saw a great light, which is a reference to the Jews returning through their lands in the direction of Jerusalem, and eventually settling throughout the Land, including the North. (Isa. 9:2)
The bottom line is that Isaiah 9:6 is a prophecy of Isaiah about those Gentiles in Galilee welcoming the great light they were getting with the return of the Jews. So, they would sing in the streets so to speak, proclaiming that a child was born to them, that the son had finally been given to them, and, as it is only natural and common among Gentiles, to render Divine attributes to the Benefactors, they would name the returning Jewish People as Wonderful, Counselor, even as the Mighty God Himself, the Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Just as the Egyptians would call Pharaoh himself. And Immanuel, God with us, which Isaiah himself had identified with Judah. (Isa. 8:8)
The point, therefore, is that Isaiah 9:6 is a prophecy about the excitement of the Gentiles welcoming the legitimate owners of the Land, who would reestablish the throne of David and bring peace to the Land and not a prophecy about someone who was supposed to come. (Isa. 9:7)
Ben
Here is a prophecy that has made many a Jew come to their knees, as they allow the Greek Horse into their abode supposing it to be a gift of God as the last and irrefutable word. Deep inside of one is the key for the truth deep inside of the other. But for lack of Knowledge my People perish. (Hosea 4:6)
When the Ten Tribes had been totally removed by Assyria, a group of Gentiles had been transfered to inhabit the cities of Samaria. After about 100 years, Judah in the South went into a temporary exile of 70 years in Babylon. In the meantime, Galilee became known as the District of the Gentiles, and eventually, the people started being called by the name of Samaritans.
Due to the approaching end of the Babylonian exile, the Gentile Priests of Galilee and Samaria had studied the prophecies of Isaiah and had been made aware of the end of the exile. They obviously had understood about the virgin Israel who had fallen and removed from existence, according to Amos 5:2 and Psalm 78:68, and that Judah, the son of that virgin, according to Isaiah 7:14,15, 22; 8:8, was about to return.
Now, to understand Isaiah 9:6, we must set it into the context of the whole chapter which speaks about the return of the Jews from Babylon, whose way back to Jerusalem was through the sea road west of the Jordan, called the Galilee of the Gentiles. (Isa. 9:1)
So, the people in this region, walking in darkness, saw a great light, which is a reference to the Jews returning through their lands in the direction of Jerusalem, and eventually settling throughout the Land, including the North. (Isa. 9:2)
The bottom line is that Isaiah 9:6 is a prophecy of Isaiah about those Gentiles in Galilee welcoming the great light they were getting with the return of the Jews. So, they would sing in the streets so to speak, proclaiming that a child was born to them, that the son had finally been given to them, and, as it is only natural and common among Gentiles, to render Divine attributes to the Benefactors, they would name the returning Jewish People as Wonderful, Counselor, even as the Mighty God Himself, the Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Just as the Egyptians would call Pharaoh himself. And Immanuel, God with us, which Isaiah himself had identified with Judah. (Isa. 8:8)
The point, therefore, is that Isaiah 9:6 is a prophecy about the excitement of the Gentiles welcoming the legitimate owners of the Land, who would reestablish the throne of David and bring peace to the Land and not a prophecy about someone who was supposed to come. (Isa. 9:7)
Ben
