"You came near when I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear'," Lamentations 3:57.
God had promised a forever kingdom to the house of David. That earthly throne held David's direct descendants in Jerusalem for about half a millennium. Now, the weeping prophet heralds and witnesses its horrific end: Jerusalem, throne, and temple turned to dust. And its people ... slaughtered. The left-overs, taken into slavery. But even now, a descendant of David, King Jehoiachin, lives, deported to Babylon. Seventy years later, another descendant of David, Zerubbabel, captive born, returns to rebuild the temple. A descendant of his, born about half a millennium later, finds a manger as his crib. A thousand years from David to Jesus. No earthly kingdom. Forever kingdom of the skies.
With a brother or sister today, we do not fear. God has transferred us from the dominion of darkness into the kingdom of his beloved son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. And, together, we give thanks. Sky kingdom.
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