"A Seat at the Table"
Message by Pastor Jeff Tucker
"A Seat at the Table"
Message by Pastor Jeff Tucker
The Book of Kings ends in rubble. The Temple is gone. Jerusalem is ash. God's people are in Babylon. Among them is Jehoiachin, from David's line, in a Babylonian prison. Then a strange thing happens. A new king comes to power, releases Jehoiachin, and gives him a seat at the royal table. Not rescue. Not the end of exile. But a sign that something has not been forgotten.
The Book of Kings ends in rubble. The Temple is gone. Jerusalem is ash. God's people are in Babylon. Among them is Jehoiachin, from David's line, in a Babylonian prison. Then a strange thing happens. A new king comes to power, releases Jehoiachin, and gives him a seat at the royal table. Not rescue. Not the end of exile. But a sign that something has not been forgotten.
God has not forgotten His promise to David. One man from that line is still alive, still seated at a table. Matthew opens his Gospel with a genealogy that traces the line from Abraham to David, from David to Jehoiachin, and from Jehoiachin to Jesus. The story of Kings does not end in Babylon. It ends at a table where Jesus, the Son of David, pulls up a chair and says there is room for you here.
God has not forgotten His promise to David. One man from that line is still alive, still seated at a table. Matthew opens his Gospel with a genealogy that traces the line from Abraham to David, from David to Jehoiachin, and from Jehoiachin to Jesus. The story of Kings does not end in Babylon. It ends at a table where Jesus, the Son of David, pulls up a chair and says there is room for you here.
