the wise and learned, and made them known to little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your
gracious will. I have been given all things by my Father, so that no one knows the Son
except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son, and he to whom the
Son chooses to reveal him.”
Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said to them privately, “Fortunate are you to see what
you see, for I tell you, that many prophets and kings would have liked to see what you see,
but did not see it; and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
Reflect
For thousands of years, the people of Israel waited for the Messiah that God had promised to
send. For thousands of years, kings and criminals, merchants and shepherds, had been
waiting. Isaiah describes what they were waiting for: a descendant of Jesse, David’s father,
on whom the Spirit rests. The Messiah will rule in grace and justice, blessed by the Spirit’s
gifts. The Messiah’s reign will be marked by peace and cooperation, even among natural
enemies, like lions and lambs. Violence will have no place.
The promised Messiah has come – Jesus. Blessed are we who can know him and learn
from his teaching. If we follow his teaching and encounter the Lord, we can help to make
his kingdom more present, even if just as a shadow of the kingdom’s fullness. We await the
day when the shadows will live and we will see God face to face, gathered as one into his
kingdom for all eternity.
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