On this Christmas weekend, we celebrate the coming of the one true and perfect King, Jesus our Saviour. Throughout the Gospels Jesus is often called ‘Son of David’ and as we have read 1 and 2 Samuel we have recognised that David was not just Jesus’ ancestor, but representative of him as the coming King. David was a great king, described at one point as ‘a man after God’s own heart’. He was nonetheless a broken person and an imperfect king. He could not completely fulfil the promises of God. Only in Jesus is the eternal Kingdom established. Only in Jesus would the Israelites have what they truly needed. Only in Jesus does the world have the answer to its deepest problem. Christmas is a time to celebrate the faithfulness of God in sending us a saviour king to give us a hope and a future. May God remind you this Christmas how glorious that hope is and how bright that future is.
Celebrate – the King has come!
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