MONDAY 12 December, 2016
Son of the Highest
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end. - Luke 1:32-33
Notice, the angel proclaimed that the birth of Jesus would eventually fulfill the prophetic promise given to King David during his life. God, the Father, will give to His Son the throne of David to secure His kingdom forever (2 Samuel 7:16). Jesus, the Son of the Highest, God coming in flesh (John 1:14), was born into the earthly bloodline of King David:
concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness(Romans 1:3-4).
Jesus has two natures, earthly and divine; He is the Son of the Highest–– God supreme, the Lord who is high and lifted up (Isaiah 6:1). But He is also deity in human flesh, Immanuel––God with us. A troubled demon used Jesus’ title of––‘Son of the Most High God’ when he addressed Him:
And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me” (Mark 5:7).
Jesus, Son of the Highest, came for one purpose––to die on the cross, so that we could be forgiven our sins and spend eternity with Him (John 14:1-3). Hebrews 2:9 plainly tells us the reason He took on mortal flesh:
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. Christ was God, not because he was virgin born. He was virgin born because he was God.
~Robert Clarke~
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