"The Hebrew for ‘Mighty God’ in Isaiah 9:6 is ‘El Gibbor’, where El = God, and Gibbor = Mighty or Heroic. The word El (plural Elohim) is nearly always used in the Bible to refer to the supreme deity, but it is occasionally used to refer to powerful people, rulers, judges, angels, or pagan gods (for example: Psalm 82:6, Isaiah 44:10). Apart from Isaiah 9:6, the combined phrase ‘El Gibbor’ occurs 2 other times in the Old Testament: Isaiah 10:21 and Ezekiel 32:21. In the last of these references ‘El Gibbor’ is certainly not the supreme deity."

Do you think then that Jesus was this powerful person?  If He was this powerful ruler, His life would have looked a whole lot different, and the outcome of His life would have as well don’t you think?  C.S. Lewis presents it correctly in his Lord, liar, lunatic model.  Jesus must have been one of the three, but certainly not just a powerful person.

Robbie