The Beam Narrowed and Focused into Greater Brilliance

God's promise through Nathan to David marked a watershed in revelation itself. The messianic hope, which had embraced all humanity as 'the seed of the woman,' then narrowed to Abraham's seed, then Judah's tribe, now contracted further—to the house of David alone. Yet this contraction was not diminishment but apotheosis—intensification. Maclaren writes with striking precision: 'The beam is narrowed as it is focussed into greater brilliance.'…