Counselor

Some expositors bring these first two names together and refer to Christ as “The Wonderful Counselor” or “The Wonder of a Counselor.” The One who could speak with authority came as the Embodiment of perfect wisdom and knowledge (Prov. 8:14). How tragic it is when men fail to ask counsel at His mouth (Josh. 9:14; 2 Chron. 25:16)! These are days when godless rulers take counsel together to destroy God’s cause (Ps. 2:1; Neh. 6:7), but His counsel ever prevails. The life of a person or of a people is enriched when His name is joyfully and triumphantly accepted as “Counselor.”