Jesus is all over the Bible. His presence is especially vivid in the life of David.
Consider David the shepherd boy from Bethlehem and how even the very-in-tune-with-God Samuel wouldn't have chosen him as the one to anoint as king over Israel. Samuel wanted Eliab. After all, he was the oldest and the tallest of Jesse's boys; he looked like king material. But of course God had chosen David instead. David was late to the meeting (apparently wasn't even summoned at first) because he was out with the sheep. He was everyone's last choice. But God's sovereign choice.
Consider Jesus Christ, our great and true shepherd, born in Bethlehem. No one though much of him at all; his appearance and appearing were far from kingly. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. No one would have chosen him to be king, much less Son of God. He was the last choice. In fact, multiplied millions still reject Him as Savior. But He will be King nonetheless.
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