“ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are certainly not the least important of the rulers in Judah. A ruler will come out of you who will care for my people Israel like a shepherd.’ ”
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven. They said, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule for ever and ever.”
and he is the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the first to be raised from the dead. That happened so that he would be far above everything.
The Lamb in the center of the area around the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ ‘and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ”