Isaiah Called the Messiah "Mighty God." Was He Serious?

"For to us a child is born... and His name will be called... Mighty God, Everlasting Father."

Isaiah 9:6

Read that again.

Isaiah didn't call the Messiah a representative of God. He called Him "Mighty God."

Not "mighty prophet." Not "mighty king."

Mighty God.

The "Son of Man" in Daniel 7

Daniel saw a vision: someone "like a son of man" coming on the clouds of heaven, receiving worship and an everlasting kingdom.

In ancient Jewish thought, only G-d receives worship.

So who is this "Son of Man"?

Yeshua called Himself by that exact title over 80 times.

Either/Or

You can't have it both ways.

Either Isaiah and Daniel were wildly exaggerating... or the Messiah is more than a man.

Yeshua didn't just claim to represent G-d. He claimed to be one with G-d.

He forgave sins (only G-d can do that). He accepted worship (only G-d should receive that). He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM", using the divine name from Exodus 3.

That's not humility. That's a divine claim.

So Was He Right?

If Yeshua is who He claimed to be, then Isaiah 9:6 isn't hyperbole.

It's prophecy.

And the "child born" in Bethlehem is the same Mighty God who spoke the universe into existence.

Wrapped in flesh. Walking among us. Dying for us.