The King's Identity
The Son of Man who "comes in his glory."
The king who sits on "his glorious throne."
The judge "of all the nations."
These are the titles of the one Jesus Christ, the Anointed One, who is God.
This same Anointed One identifies himself with the neediest of the world, those who are hungry, thirsty, strangers, naked, ill, and imprisoned. Moreover, he identifies himself as the brother of "the least ones."
By human standards, this is unthinkable and may be even ridiculous.
By God's standard, that is the boundless extent of the mystery of the incarnation and the miracle of God's love for humanity.
Out of love, Christ becomes the brother of the least ones.
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