Isaiah 11:3&4 "3 And shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His ears: 4 But with righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and He shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked." More than 700 years before Christ, Isaiah painted the clearest Old Testament portrait of the coming Messiah. From what looked like a dead stump of David’s ruined dynasty, God would raise an eternal King, endowed with the sevenfold Spirit: wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord. In today’s verses we see Jesus perfectly fulfilling this prophecy: • He judges with “quick understanding in the fear of the Lord”—a deep reverence that guides flawless discernment, never swayed by mere appearances or rumor (John 2:25; 7:24). • He defends the poor and meek...