Discovery Church

Isaiah 9:1-6This passage was written at around the time of the fall of the northern kingdom, to Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah in 701 b.c, to the period of the Exile — around the time of Israel’s exile to Babylon.The first question we might ask is: who is the prophet talking about? Who is the son that will be born?Two ways to understand OT prophecy…two meanings: now and not yetone: the time and culture of the daytwo: the cosmic meta-narrative ‘in Christ’