Word for the Week

Week beginning: 25th May, 2014

By Timothy Laurence | Cambridge

"We are your own flesh and blood. In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.' " When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' 

2 Samuel 5:2-3* and (Luke 19:14)*

The choice of a political leader is the biggest decision of history. The European elections may not have a reputation for significance, but God has chosen Jesus of Nazareth, descendant of David, to inherit the Davidic throne of Israel - a dynasty aff