Rule And The Kingdom

Et regnabit in domo Jacob in aeternum, et regni ejus non erit finis. Et Isaias ait: Multiplicabitur ejus imperium, et pacis non erit finis. Super solium David, et super regnum ejus, ut confirmet illud et corroboret in judicio et justitia. Non dixit in acquisitione gloriae gazarumque terrestrium, non in victoria gentium plurimarum, urbiumque debellatione superbarum, sed in judicio et justitia. Per haec enim regnum Christi, et in singulis quibusque fidelibus, et in universa per orbem multiplicatur pariter et confirmatur Ecclesia. Domum namque Jacob totam Ecclesiam dicit, quae vel de bona radice nata, vel cum oleaster esset, merito tamen fidei in bonam est inserta olivam. Sanctus Beda, In Lucae Evangelium Expositio, Liber I, Caput I Source: Migne PL 92.318a

And He shall rule in the house of Jacob for eternity, and His kingdom shall have no end. 1 And Isaiah says, 'His empire shall be multiplied and peace shall have no end. On David's throne and over his kingdom He shall be set, and he shall make it firm and strong in judgement and righteousness.' 2 He did not speak of the acquisition of worldly glory and wealth, nor of victory over many nations and the overthrow of mighty cities, but of judgement and righteousness. For through these is the kingdom of Christ, both in each one of the faithful and then multiplied throughout the whole world, by which the Church is strengthened. For he speaks of the whole Church as the house of Jacob, either as what is born from a good root, or as that oleaster which by the merit of faith has been grafted onto the good olive. 3 Saint Bede, Commentary On The Gospel of Saint Luke, Book 1, Chapter 1 1 Lk 1.32 2 Isaiah 9.7 3 Rom 11.17