Sean Finnegan - Isaiah 9:6 Explained: A Theophoric Approach

In a presentation at the 2024 UCA Conference Pastor Sean Finnegan, working through the grammar and syntax, presents the case that Isaiah 9:6 is the birth announcement of a historical child. After carefully analyzing the name given to the child and the major interpretive options, he makes the case that the name is theophoric. Like the named children of Isaiah 7 and 8, the sign-child of Isaiah 9 prophecies what God, not the child, will do. Although I argue for Hezekiah as the original fulfillment, he also sees Isaiah 9:6 as a messianic prophecy of the true and better Hezekiah through whom God will bring eternal deliverance and peace.