““Kings speaks to everyone, every church, and every nation that might be going through turmoil. In the midst of turmoil, chaos, and confusion Jesus said the people were “weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matt 9:36). He came to save a rebellious people. And eventually the God over history will “bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth” (Eph 1:10).””
![“The whole of the Sermon [Matt 5-7] is framed within Jesus's announcement that what his fellow Jews had longed for over many generations was now at last coming to pass - but that new kingdom didn't look like they had thought it would. Indeed, in some ways it went in exactly the other direction. No…” quote by N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2e3/n-t-wright-1173_creator-god_the-whole-of-the-sermon-matt-5-7-is-fram_511367.jpg)
![“Thus it is that we may patiently pass through this life with its misery, hunger, cold, contempt, reproaches, and other troubles - content with this one thing: that our King [Jesus] will never leave us destitute, but will provide for our needs until, our warfare ended, we are called to triumph.” quote by John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a6/john-calvin-490_christianity_thus-it-is-that-we-may-patiently-pass-th_1680218.jpg)
