He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to 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.”
The above passage is a section of the angel Gabriel giving Mary the news about her soon coming virgin birth - her big reveal party, as we say today. What Gabriel tells her is that she is going to have a boy. But, not just any boy. This boy will be conceived by the Spirit, and will be the Son of the Most High. A key truth taught in this verse is the very end where it states of Jesus’ kingdom there will be “no end.” The Greek word for “end” is the word “tello.” The word is a very special word in the Greek as Aristotle made it famous. For Aristotle, this word meant the final cause of something. It meant that their was a formal design from something to have. Gabriel tells Mary that Jesus’ kingdom will have “no” end. In Mary’s mind (and our’s today) we think of a kingdom in earthly terms. Yes, Jesus’ earl they kingdom would have no end as He will rule the entire earth. But, defining it in terms of the kingdoms of this earth would make have an end; a “tello.” Gabriel is telling Mary that, no, her son, Jesus, would have a kingdom that has no end. Gabriel is speaking of the earthly kingdoms of this world, but also the expanse of the spiritual kingdoms over the spirit world and in the hearts of mankind. Jesus is NOT limited to this earth. His “tello” is broader than this. The Jews were waiting for a King to crush Rome. Jesus would be a King that crushes Rome (and all earthly kingdoms) but also conquers sin, conquers Satan, congers the pride of our hearts, conquers demonic hosts, conquers fill-in-the-blank. Christ is the totalitarian King! There is no tello with Christ kingdom!!
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