So, 2 Samuel 7, which is the story of God’s covenant with David, the word that Nathan brings to David. And so, I want to ask you, if you would be good enough, to turn to 2 Samuel and to chapter 7 for just a moment, because although we won’t be there for a few weeks, all being well, the section here is important in light of the verses that we’re reading in the first chapter of Luke. And we have only reached as far as chapter 5 in 2 Samuel. I turn around and I say, “Well, that would be something that David might say or David might experience.” And I would think that many of you find yourself in the same fashion.Īnd so, when we read this passage, and particularly when we came to the statement that is made after the name that is given to this child that will be born, “He will be great … will be called the Son of the Most High,” and “the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,” I said to myself, “Well, that has to be the text for this morning.” Because I want that people are saying when we read that text together, at least under your breath, you’re saying, “Oh yes, we have been expecting this.” “Oh yes, we have been expecting this.” And the reason being that we’ve spent a year constantly saying to one another as we’ve been studying 1 and now into 2 Samuel, we are anticipating the arrival of the one to whom David points, the one whom David foreshadows. I find that he emerges all the time in my thoughts. I say “in some measure” because I have to be very honest with you and let you know that I’m finding it very, very hard to let go of David at the moment. Well, as you can tell, we are reading from the Gospel of Luke, and therefore, we have paused in our studies in 2 Samuel in some measure in order that we might consider the coming of Jesus. We pray that as we ponder these things now, that you will fill us with the hope that is found in your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Thank you that everything that was written in the past was written so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Thank you, gracious God, that you have given to us your Word. And as you prepare to look to the Bible with me, let’s ask for God’s help: Well, I invite you turn with me to the Gospel of Luke but to have your finger immediately in 2 Samuel, which would be perhaps of no surprise to many of you. And the Lord …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.’” He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. And the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!’ But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. Luke chapter 1 and reading from verse 26:
Adam and mum Emily Ward, 33, had decided keep the gender of their baby a surprise until the birth.Īnd after two sons they were overjoyed to discover that they now have a daughter, who has already returned to their home in Great Park to meet her brothers, Josh, aged five, and Theo, aged one.I invite you to turn with me to the Gospel of Luke and to chapter 1, and we will read from verse 26 to verse 33. He added: "The midwives were saying is it going to be a Coronation baby and it went over the 12 o'clock so we knew it was going to and then she was here within a minute."Įvie was born at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary weighing 7lb 11oz. "My mam and one of my grandparents quoted that it was going to be today and it's actually happened." Read more: The Coronation of King Charles III told in photographsĭad Adam Forrest said: "A Coronation only happens on a couple of days every hundred years and to have your baby born on that day feels so special.
It makes her one of the first babies to be born on a Coronation for 70 years. But as the clock struck one minute past midnight on a special day in royal history, this little princess was born. Little Evie held on for four days after her due date before deciding to make an appearance. Meet the beautiful baby girl who was welcomed into the world on the day of King Charles III Coronation.
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