Genesis 1:20-23 reads, “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”

Some of you may know the number five means grace, but it also has another meaning. In the Old and the New Testament, it means abundant life in addition to grace. Abundant life had its beginnings on the fifth day. I think most of you know that atonement was displayed through the five offerings, which is another appearance of the number five. Those five offerings were part of Abraham’s journey to the five altars and are: the burnt, the meal, the peace, the sin and the trespass offerings.

In Isaiah 9:6 we see the wonderful names of the one that would provide grace and abundant life in the New Testament; that one being Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. It is a wonderful promise. Verse 6 reads,

Let’s look at each individual name that He was called and what each means.

1. Wonderful. In the Hebrew, pele’ and means miracles and possibilities. Things that are impossible to us are possible through Christ Jesus. No matter what we face, He will get us through because He is the God of the impossibilities.

2. Counselor. In the Hebrew, ya’ats, the One who would bring the Word literally to direct us. Jesus Christ would leave the gospel as a record to direct us, to feed us, to nourish us even now so we can grow in the faith and trust in Him.

3. The mighty God. In the Hebrew it is just El, the one true God with strength and power. Without His strength and power, we would all be doomed. He had strength and power to overcome all of Satan’s attacks and temptations and to take the punishment that He took, the mocking and scourging to die on that cross, and to trust in His Father that He would be resurrected once again and because of His resurrection we have eternal hope. Only the one true God has that kind of strength and power.

4. The everlasting Father. Everlasting literally means forever through all eternity in the Hebrew; Father literally means head of household in the Hebrew. If you really think about it; yes, He is the head of household; yes, there is now the possibility through Christ to live throughout eternity without ever experiencing eternal death. Yes, we might experience physical death, but we will never face eternal death if we keep our trust and faith in Him. He is everlasting and will go through eternity forever, but He is also the head of the household. A lot of you probably know Ephesians 5:23 by memory where Christ says He is the head of the church, head of the household and the savior of the body. It is what that promise means. Christ would be the head of the church and the savior of the body. Some get confused about the everlasting Father. He is the everlasting head of the household; not the one who is head of the Old Testament saints, but head of the church in this age of dispensation and grace.

5. The Prince of Peace. In the Hebrew it is sar shalom. Prince obviously means the head or captain, or ruler and He is the captain of our salvation. This shows another demonstration of what Christ, who still had not yet come, would be when He did come. Thank God that He did. He is the Christ, the head of the household, and the captain of my salvation. If I keep trusting in Him, I will go throughout eternity with Him forever because He is the one true God who has that kind of strength and power to make this promise come to pass. Thank God, He is also the one who brought the Word to direct and guide us, to teach us, to make us grow from the milk level to the meat level.

Of course, He could not do any of this if He was not the God of the impossibilities. This verse is a sample of how the number five is so important in scripture. It not only provides grace, and shows its symbolism in grace, but also in abundant life. Christ has given us both. Thank you, Jesus, our “Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

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