For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6, World English.
Most translations give Isaiah 9:6 similarly to World English translation as above. As a result, in the mind many readers the singular “name” is thought of as “names”, not a singular name.
All through the entire Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is depicted as one person. The Son of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Abraham, is never depicted as being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is identified in Hebrews 1:1,2 as a unipersonal God who speaks through His son. In Acts 3:13-26, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is identified as the unipersonal God who raised up Jesus as a prophet like Moses, and who raised Jesus from death. This unipersonal God, spoken of in Isaiah 9:7, gives to his Son a singular name, not a series of “names.” That one name that the unipersonal Yahweh gives to his Son is: Pelejoezelgibborabiaadarshalom. Such a name given to a person or thing often describes God, and this singular name is given the meaning: “Wonderful in counsel is God the Mighty, the everlasting Father, the Ruler of peace.”However, even if the phrase EL GIBBOR should be applied as singular title to the one sent by Yahweh (Isaiah 61:1), it still does not mean that this title is being applied to the Messiah as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who sent the Messiah. (Isaiah 61:1) In keeping with the Hebrew usage of forms of the word EL as applied persons or things other than Yahweh, it would simply mean that the Messiah is called a “mighty one of strength.”
