Episode 312 Unto You A Child Is Born (Isaiah 9:1-7)

This week BibleWorm reads Isaiah 9:1-7, which celebrates the arrival of a righteous king to restore the people. We talk about the anxiety of walking in darkness and the joy that comes when dawn finally breaks. We discuss the experience of oppression, bearing the yoke of hard labor and the rod of the stern ruler and contrast that with the arrival of a new king who breaks the rod and who bears authority on his own shoulders. And we discuss the promise of a new ruler, wonderful counselor, mighty god, everlasting father, prince of peace and wrestle with the significance of that ruler both in Isaiah’s time and in our own.