Advent 2019 – Day 11

From Paul Tripp’s Come, Let Us Adore Him:

“The baby in the manger came to be King, and he would not settle for anything else. That infant was the King of kings and Lord of lords. He would grow to be a man, a perfect man, who would talk again and again about the kingdom he came to establish; but he would do much, much more than just talk. The King would die as a criminal, so that criminals against his rule would be welcome into his throne room and live with all the rights and privileges of being members of his royal family. One of the glorious ironies of the biblical story is that the King—the king that we willingly love, worship, and serve—had to first die. Ordinarily the death of a conquering king is the end of the story. But this King came to conquer by dying for those over whom he would establish his rule. This is grace: the King died to dethrone kings so that he would be their King forever and ever and ever.

The baby wasn’t wearing a crown and had none of the trappings of royalty, but don’t be misled. He came to be King, and his kingship is your salvation.”