Names for the Messiah

Download or read book Names for the Messiah written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles--Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that title. Christians have claimed from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. In this study, best-selling author Walter Brueggemann tackles the questions: "What were these expectations?" and "Did Jesus fulfill them?"