Isaiah 9:1-7

“Nevertheless the dimness shall not be . . .” (v. 1). Dimness refers to spiritual darkness. The spiritual darkness which existed in Isaiah’s day is described in the closing verses of chapter 8. That spiritual darkness was unlike the spiritual darkness which would exist in a future day —the day in which Immanuel (Christ Jesus) would begin to reveal Himself to men through preaching and teaching. The gospel of Matthew declares that Jesus…