Jesus the King Part 1
Introduction:
A man stood before Pilate having the appearance of just one of the common people.
He had no rich man’s garments, nor kingly robes.
He had been interrogated through the night, which finished with Him being spat upon, and punched savagely, while blindfolded.
His appearance was pitiful.
His ordeal was degrading, humiliating, and agonising.
Pilate would have heard the rumours.
Some reckoned that this man was the King of the Jews!
This despised man just didn’t fit Pilate’s idea of a king.
Where were the royal robes, where were his court officials?
Where was his army?
But Jesus answered Pilate:
“My Kingdom is not of this world. If it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My Kingdom is from another place.”
In the prophetic visions relating to the kingdoms of the world, in the books of Daniel (7:3) and Revelation (13:1,11), it is interesting to note that these kingdoms emerge from out of the sea and the land.
But the Holy city in Revelation (22:2) comes down from God, from heaven.
Christ’s Kingdom is from above, it originates from heaven.
He rules in the minds of His people by the power of Truth.
Here is a King that is more than just on the side of truth, He is The Truth.
In Revelation He is called ‘Faithful and True...’
He is the best King to submit to.
He is the most worthy King,
There is none like Him.
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