David’s King
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Do kings have a king? Is there authority and power above every authority and power? Do rulers have a ruler? Who is your king?
God promised to give King David an everlasting kingship that would never end.
This everlasting kingship was what God spoke of through the Prophet Jeremiah, when he said, “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23:5-6, ESV).
The fulfillment of God’s promise to Jeremiah to raise up a righteous and everlasting king for King David and all his descendants was fulfilled in the birth of King Jesus who came in the line of David.
God made a promise to Jesus’ mother Mary, saying, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” (Luke 1:30-33, ESV).
Jesus is David’s King. Jesus is the King of All Kings. Jesus is our King. Jesus is the everlasting king.
May we come to know David’s king, King Jesus, as our king and may his kingship and his kingdom have no end in our life.
A Collect for the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King: “Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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