As we mark another Passion Sunday, the Church presents to us one of the clearest prophecies of the death of the Messiah in the third Servant Song of Isaiah.
The Lord says I will keep my promises even if I have to drag you out of your graves to do so! No low point in history, no persecution, not even death can stand in the way of the Lord’s purposes.
The Spirit descended and remained upon David, like he did at Jesus’ Baptism (see John 1:33), and at your Baptism. It is only because of this indwelling of the Spirit that David is able to fulfill his mission to lead God’s people as their king
We are not much different than our spiritual parents in the wilderness. That cynical, forgetful hardness of heart creeps in asking, “Is the LORD in our midst or not?”