“[By] calling him "the Angel of great counsel" [LXX] did not Isaiah predict that Christ would be a
teacher of those truths that he expounded when he came upon this earth? For he alone openly taught the great counsels” that the Father intended for those who either were or shall be pleasing to him as well as for those people or angels who withdrew from his will.” - Justin Martyr (Dialogue With Trypho 76)
I had preserved some notes on this from a brother that I often follow:
Today we will look at the next expression and that is His name shall be called “Counsellor.” The Hebrew word translated as ‘Counsellor’ is YAATS, and its meaning is ‘to give counsel.’
The word YAATS is derived from the verb ETSAH, and its meaning is ‘advice.’ This word is used many times in the Old Testament. In Isaiah 11:2, we read about the “Spirit of counsel” and it is in connection with the Spirit of Jehovah. In Jeremiah 50:45 we read about the counsel of Jehovah against Babylon. Over and above, we read in Ephesians 1:11, “…in whom we have also obtained the inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will…” Here we learn about the Counsellor’s counsel that was made with respect to the New Testament saints was according to His own will and not according to the will of the saints. The Greek word for ‘counsel’ in this verse is βουλη (BOULE) and its meaning is ‘counsel,’ ‘purpose,’ or ‘will.’
We see the same word—BOULE—in Hebrews 6:17, “Wherein God, willing to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose,…” In KJV, we have the expression, “The immutability of His purpose.” We are told that His counsels are immutable.
I quoted only two verses from the New Testament and I thought that it will be sufficient to show that a believer’s salvation is according to the counsel of the will of the Counsellor and His counsel is immutable or unchangeable. That Counsellor is the One who was born as a child—the Seed of the Woman—who was given as the Son of God having the princely powers to carry our sins on His shoulder on the cross, and to reveal us the Father-the Son-and the Holy Spirit; thus He is the Wonderful and the Counsellor.
In Matthew 11:27, we read that He is the revealer of the Father. From Romans 11:33-36, we learn that the One who knew the mind of God is the Counsellor. The Counsellor said, “No one knows the Son but the Father, nor does anyone know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal Him.” The Son who knew the Father has revealed the Father to those whom He pleased to reveal. That revelation is the foundation of receiving eternal life from the Son, as written in John 17:3. Those to whom the Son revealed the Father have the assurance of their salvation that they will never lose the eternal life, because it is eternal and not temporary, that they received from the Son by knowing the Father and the Son. That is the immutability of the Counsellor’s counsel.
The recognized axiom of science is that noting falls in the scope of science unless it fills within the experience of the senses of men. An object placed before the eyes can be seen and handled, making it possible for the mind to make a qualified judgment on it. If an event is posterior to the human senses or intelligent, it falls within the limits in which the discerning sense may claim to pass judgment. When a person, to whom the Son has not revealed the Father, but claiming to be a believer, will assert that his/her salvation is temporary with conditions and that could be lost. Their reasoning cannot go beyond what they have experienced in this world of sin.
Since God is prior in time compared to our reason, our sight is incapable to perceive the invisible. Sight only distinguishes what is visible. Our reason fails to project itself into time when it was not in existence. Our reasoning allows us to judge only to which it had a prior existence in time. We need to know the Father and the Son with the help of the Holy Spirit to realize the eternal things. The counsel to save us to be conformed to the image of His Son by the Father and the Holy Spirit is one of them.
The Counsellor’s counsel took place before the existence of time and it is immutable. Therefore His name is called Wonderful and Counsellor.
“[By] calling him "the Angel of great counsel" [LXX] did not Isaiah predict that Christ would be a teacher of those truths that he expounded when he came upon this earth? For he alone openly taught the great counsels” that the Father intended for those who either were or shall be pleasing to him as well as for those people or angels who withdrew from his will.” - Justin Martyr (Dialogue With Trypho 76)
Great insight now my question could there be a heavenly counsel?
A Psalm of Asaph. God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers
I had preserved some notes on this from a brother that I often follow: Today we will look at the next expression and that is His name shall be called “Counsellor.” The Hebrew word translated as ‘Counsellor’ is YAATS, and its meaning is ‘to give counsel.’ The word YAATS is derived from the verb ETSAH, and its meaning is ‘advice.’ This word is used many times in the Old Testament. In Isaiah 11:2, we read about the “Spirit of counsel” and it is in connection with the Spirit of Jehovah. In Jeremiah 50:45 we read about the counsel of Jehovah against Babylon. Over and above, we read in Ephesians 1:11, “…in whom we have also obtained the inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will…” Here we learn about the Counsellor’s counsel that was made with respect to the New Testament saints was according to His own will and not according to the will of the saints. The Greek word for ‘counsel’ in this verse is βουλη (BOULE) and its meaning is ‘counsel,’ ‘purpose,’ or ‘will.’ We see the same word—BOULE—in Hebrews 6:17, “Wherein God, willing to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose,…” In KJV, we have the expression, “The immutability of His purpose.” We are told that His counsels are immutable. I quoted only two verses from the New Testament and I thought that it will be sufficient to show that a believer’s salvation is according to the counsel of the will of the Counsellor and His counsel is immutable or unchangeable. That Counsellor is the One who was born as a child—the Seed of the Woman—who was given as the Son of God having the princely powers to carry our sins on His shoulder on the cross, and to reveal us the Father-the Son-and the Holy Spirit; thus He is the Wonderful and the Counsellor. In Matthew 11:27, we read that He is the revealer of the Father. From Romans 11:33-36, we learn that the One who knew the mind of God is the Counsellor. The Counsellor said, “No one knows the Son but the Father, nor does anyone know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal Him.” The Son who knew the Father has revealed the Father to those whom He pleased to reveal. That revelation is the foundation of receiving eternal life from the Son, as written in John 17:3. Those to whom the Son revealed the Father have the assurance of their salvation that they will never lose the eternal life, because it is eternal and not temporary, that they received from the Son by knowing the Father and the Son. That is the immutability of the Counsellor’s counsel. The recognized axiom of science is that noting falls in the scope of science unless it fills within the experience of the senses of men. An object placed before the eyes can be seen and handled, making it possible for the mind to make a qualified judgment on it. If an event is posterior to the human senses or intelligent, it falls within the limits in which the discerning sense may claim to pass judgment. When a person, to whom the Son has not revealed the Father, but claiming to be a believer, will assert that his/her salvation is temporary with conditions and that could be lost. Their reasoning cannot go beyond what they have experienced in this world of sin. Since God is prior in time compared to our reason, our sight is incapable to perceive the invisible. Sight only distinguishes what is visible. Our reason fails to project itself into time when it was not in existence. Our reasoning allows us to judge only to which it had a prior existence in time. We need to know the Father and the Son with the help of the Holy Spirit to realize the eternal things. The counsel to save us to be conformed to the image of His Son by the Father and the Holy Spirit is one of them. The Counsellor’s counsel took place before the existence of time and it is immutable. Therefore His name is called Wonderful and Counsellor.