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The Soncino Talmud, The Babylonian Talmud, Seder Nezikin, Sanhedrin, 94a, trans-
lated by Dr. I. Epstein, shows the word "EL" to mean "judge" in this particular place!

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called [i] Wonderful, [ii] Counsellor, [iii] Mighty, [iv]
Judge.*

* For this meaning of el, cf. Ex. XXI, 6; XXII, 8.

Yes, judgment has been given into the hands of Yeshua the Messiah -- just as Acts
10:38-42 emphatically tells us --

How God [YEHOVAH] anointed Jesus [Yeshua] of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with
power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for
God [YEHOVAH] was with him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in
the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree. Him God
[YEHOVAH] raised up on the third day, and showed him openly, not to all the people, but
to witnesses chosen before by God [YEHOVAH], even to us who ate and drank with him
after he arose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify
that it is He who was ordained by God [YEHOVAH] to be JUDGE of the living and the
dead.

Yeshua will be the JUDGE appointed by YEHOVAH, whose JUDGMENT -- according to
YEHOVAH's judgments -- will bring peace to this earth. And because Yeshua the Messiah will
command that each and every word YEHOVAH has spoken is to be obeyed -- completely -- Ye-
shua will BE "The Prince of Peace."

The Hebrew words "el" and "gabur" -- when properly translated -- would be written in
this fashion: "JUDGE OF THE MIGHTY." Therefore, Isaiah 9:6 is translated word for word as:

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us, and is called His Name, Wonder of the Coun-
selor, the Judge of the Mighty Father Everlasting, Prince of Peace.

As a result, Isaiah 9:6, when properly translated into modern English, will read as follows:

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon his
shoulders. And his name will be called the WONDER of the Counselor, the JUDGE of the
Mighty Everlasting Father -- the PRINCE of peace.

As pointed out, the COUNSELOR is "The Mighty, Everlasting Father -- YEHOVAH Him-
self! As the Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (p. 810) points out, Isaiah 9:6 is
showing that this "WONDER" (Yeshua the Judge) of the "COUNSELOR" (YEHOVAH the Father)
-- Yeshua Messiah who is the Ideal Ruler -- was YET TO COME when this prophecy was spoken!
Yeshua DID NOT exist in the time of Isaiah the prophet, but he was prophesied to come later.

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