Unwrapping the Names of Jesus: Everlasting Father
Isaiah 9:6 · Colossians 1:15–20 · Hebrews 12:2 · Isaiah 7:14
There are names of Jesus that feel comforting at first glance—easy to hold, easy to understand.
And then there are names that stretch us.
Everlasting Father is one of them.
How can Jesus, the Son, also be called Father? How can a baby in a manger carry a name so eternal, so weighty, so supreme?
✨ And yet, Scripture invites us to sit with the mystery—not to solve it, but to worship within it.
Jesus Is Not Created—He Is Creator 🌍
Colossians reminds us of a truth that reshapes everything:
“All things were created by Him and for Him… and in Him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:16–17)
Jesus is not simply part of creation—He stands over it.
He is the image of the invisible God, the fullness of God dwelling in human form.
💫 This means when we look at Jesus, we are not seeing a lesser version of God.
We are seeing God Himself, made visible, approachable, near.
The One wrapped in swaddling cloths is the same One who holds the universe together.
Supremacy Requires Reordering 🔄
Colossians also calls Jesus the firstborn over all creation and the firstborn from the dead—language that speaks to authority, not chronology.
Jesus holds supremacy.
⚖️ And supremacy demands a response.
If Jesus truly reigns supreme, then He cannot simply be added to our lives—
He must reorder them.
Our relationships.
Our money.
Our decisions.
Our sexuality.
Our priorities.
🕊️ We cannot experience the peace of the Supreme One while allowing other things to reign supreme in His place.
Christmas Is the Opposite of Comfort ❄️➡️✝️
The world often celebrates Christmas as cozy, safe, and sentimental.
But the true message of Christmas is almost the exact opposite.
Jesus did not cling to comfort—He let it go.
Hebrews tells us that for the joy set before Him, Jesus endured the cross (Hebrews 12:2). From the beginning, His mission was never about safety or security. It was about obedience, sacrifice, and love.
🔥 The Everlasting Father entered time not to preserve His own comfort—but to redeem us.
Joy Is Found in the Source 💛
This is where joy becomes more than a feeling.
True joy is not found in circumstances, traditions, or perfect moments.
Joy is found in relationship with the Source of life itself.
Jesus came as a baby because God was not offering us a concept, a rulebook, or a distant promise.
🎁 He was offering Himself.
Isaiah 7:14 calls Him Immanuel—God with us.
The joy of Christmas is not what we receive.
The joy of Christmas is who we receive.
We Get God 🤍
At the heart of the gospel, at the heart of Christmas, is this simple but staggering truth:
We get God.
Not temporarily.
Not conditionally.
Not distantly.
✨ The Everlasting Father stepped into our brokenness so we could step into His life.
And that is a gift worth surrendering everything for.