The cast of Christmas characters is typically filled with the people you hear about every year. Mary and Joseph. Zechariah and Elizabeth. The shepherds. The wise men. Angels. King Herod. And, of course, the shining star of the show, the baby Jesus. But hovering in the background is another character. One who rarely, if ever, gets mentioned—mostly because he was long dead by the time of Jesus’ birth. But our New Testament passage mentions him explicitly. He plays an oversized role throughout the Old Testament and on into the New. It’s King David. And today, I want to consider David in light of the Christmas Story. Let’s dig in.
