Everlasting Father

Today is Father's Day and I'm meditating on the fact that Yeshua Mashiach (Jesus Christ) is the Everlasting Father.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)

Truly Yeshua Mashiach is, to us the redeemed by His grace, our Everlasting Father. The earthly father of humans, Adam, gave us the inheritance of sin and death. It was and is Yeshua who gave us the inheritance of everlasting life. As Adam endowed us with condemnation, Yeshua endowed us with grace.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. - 1 Corinthians 15:22

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: - Romans 5:12

Rabbi Sh'aul continues in verses 14-21 of Romans;

14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

These verses explicitly explain how Yeshua Fathers us. By proper doctrine and divine order, Christians cannot pray to Yeshua, we pray to God the Father, however, we can call Him (Yeshua), Everlasting Father, for He is that to us. He is the ONLY Mediator between the Father and us (1 Timothy 2:5) and He is the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls (1 Peter 2:25).

This Father's day, I am grateful to the Everlasting Father (Yeshua) for His everlasting grace (2 Corinthians 13:14). Todah rabbah Yeshua, Avinu Malkeinu (Jesus, our Father and King, thank You very much).

Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:25