Isaiah 9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

When I heard this on the Chosen, I thought it sounded familiar. So I looked for the passage and now understand why even though it sounded familiar it was drowned out by a passage that was also found in Isaiah’s prophetic words.

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

In the show The Chosen they did not tie those prophetic words together for us and perhaps that is a good thing that our memories are stirred up.

Luke 23:5

But they were urgenSounds Familiar by Larry Perryt, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”

Which brings us back full circle to Isaiah 9:1

“But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.”

Ecclesiastes 11:5 (English Standard Version)

 As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Colossians 1:27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

God chooses what to make known, but not everything because not everything glorifies the Son.

That is a mystery, not everything we choose to do glorifies Jesus even if we hope it does.

It is God that makes the Son known.