The Everlasting Father
Today’s Focus: The Spirit of Christ: The Everlasting Father
Scripture: Isaiah 9:6
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now in a previous series entitled “The Spirit of Christ” we studied that the Spirit of Christ is Son. In this series we want to look at the Spirit of Christ also being the Everlasting Father. Let’s use this scripture as our base:
Isaiah 9:6: 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.
This scripture has so much revelation to it so let’s take some time and break it down. First, the child that is born and the son that is given is of course Jesus. Well one may say if the child is born, isn’t the son also given? Not in this case. The child being born is in reference to the birth of Jesus through the virgin Mary. That is what the child is born is referencing to. The son that is given, is when the Spirit of God descended upon Jesus at the baptism and the voice of the Father comes out and says: This is my SON in whom I am well pleased. The giving of the Son is the giving of the Spirit of Christ to Jesus. The only way you can be a son of God is that you bare the image of the Father.
The next passage of scripture speaks of the government being on His shoulder. Now we know that the government is the Kingdom of God and the five gifts or “doma” gifts that are given for its order at the apostolic, prophetic, evangelic, pastoral and teaching. So Jesus, the Son of God carried all five gifts to give to us to order us and bring us into maturity. Remember we do not want to be one-gift minded people because that locks us in a box and hinders our maturation.
Finally, the final product of the Father after all of this is a mature Son given to the world to bring the culture of Heaven to the earth. This is what God wanted and designed and even through the fall of man God will have what He designed.
In the next message we will look at the various names and their meanings.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
