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(This chapter deals with the rule and administration of 'King Jesus, contrary to the rule of kings and countries.' He is responsible to God only and dependent from Him. This was foretold to Mary by the angel of the Annunciation:)

(:His rule was foretold even in the Old Testament:)

"He shall be ruler over Israel."

When Pilate asked him, "Are you the Jewish king?" Jesus answered by saying, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony to truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."

(:Jesus is therefore the true ruler of the Christians, and he shows his power by overcoming the ruses of the devil, by releasing the captives from the prisons and all iniquities of the world. And, since everything that man hopes for,  Luke 1: 31–33,.

Micah 5:2 =-Matt. 2:6.

John 18:37.

Tit. 2: 14.

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