“A Rose by Any Other Name”

“And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6).   Have you ever heard the saying “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”? This line is originally attributed to William Shakespeare (c. 1564–1616). By this, the author means that the name “rose” is just an arbitrary word, a meaningless label. After all, the flower we call the rose would continue to exist as a sweet-smelling thing whether we called it rose or roos...