Look Inside. Look Around. What do you see? Show me! #27

We've been following along on this journey through

 history, looking at creation, the establishment of the people of Israel as God's servant to show and tell the world Who He is and what He can do. We've been on the exodus, in the wilderness wandering, the entrance into the land, through the empire of David, down into the exile, and through the years of existing in a less than perfect world. If you expected to look into what we refer to as the minor prophets, I hate to disappoint you, but we look instead into Matthew 20:

29 And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. 30 And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” 31 The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” 32 And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” 33 They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” 34 And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him. 

The first of the four Gospels presents to us Jesus as the promised Messiah, the Son of David. Throughout our journey, we have seen God presented as Sovereign Lord, the Most High God, and at Israel's peak, the One True King.  That kingly theme resurfaces here in Matthew with the arrival of Jesus, the Christ. From the first chapter, with the genealogies focuses on the Kingly line, to His final words "All Authority is given unto Me." in the last paragraph, Jesus shows and tells us about His Kingdom.  He gives five great discourses on what it is like, filled in with miracles like the one above, which show that the Son of David is Lord. He heals, calms the sea, and forgives sin. He is worthy of our trust, our worship, our obedience. Go back and look inside. What pictures stick out to you? What great truths that he spoke, or miracles that he performed say to you "Jesus is My King!? Take a pic. Show me.