The End of the Book of Isaiah

The end of verse two has commonly been taken as a reference to christ's eternal origins. But there is something of a mythic quality about this statement that might suggest something akin to deep magic from the dawn of time. There is here displayed something of the deeper mystery of god's purpose from the very beginning. The return to beth Bethlehem, the place of david's birth and the origin of the dynasty, takes us back behind the current Davidic king on the throne,. It will be from bethlehem, not jerusalem, that the awaited one, who was always the destiny of theDavidic line, would come forth. As his son, he would execute justice in the land and