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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>in today’s Gospel of Luke, we find the Annunciation to Mary. Here is
what Gabriel said to the Virgin: "Thou shalt conceive in thy womb and
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus…The Lord God shall give
unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the
house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."</b></span><br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:normal;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">No
first-century Israelite would have missed the meaning here: this child
shall be the fulfillment of the promise made to King David.<br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:normal;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">And
this means that<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b> the child is, in fact, the king of the world, the one
who would bring unity and peace to the nations. </b></span>The conviction grew upon
Israel that this mysterious descendent of David would be king, not just
for a time and not just in an earthly sense, but would rule forever and
for all nations. This definitive king of the Jews would be king of the
world. He would be our king, as well.</span></span></div>
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