Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king.
For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
John 18:37
The idea of kings and kingdoms goes back a long time to the dawn of civilization. Presidents and prime ministers, in contrast, are the newbies to world history; they’ve been around for just a couple of hundred years.
Belief in the divine right of kings is also ancient in origin. People honored and obeyed the king, because they believed that either God or a pantheon of gods put him into power and to rebel against the king was to fight the will of Deity. The whole concept of monarchy was God’s, because one day Jesus Christ will be the “great king over all the earth” (Psalms 47:2).
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9).
“And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles” (Zechariah 14:16).
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, ” That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth” (Jeremiah 23:5).
In the not so distant future a true new world order will transform the planet we live on. A benevolent world leader will govern all nations with equity and justice for all. No longer will billions of dollars be wasted in divisive political campaigns nor trillions lost in bureaucratic mismanagement. Politicians won’t make deals in back rooms, nor will special interest groups push through laws that exploit the majority.
The Lord Jesus Christ will bring lasting peace to earth. He won’t be a political activist, a community organizer, or career politician. He will be King.
October 4
