Salvation is not a matter of racial identity or religious privilege but of true righteousness, which comes through the gospel.
No matter how bad things get, God is still working out his own holy will through seen and unseen agents.
Although the nations are constantly in rebellion against the Lord, he has established his Son as King over the whole world.
The extraordinary events in Jerusalem and the mundane events in Nazareth reveal Jesus' uniqueness and his ordinariness.