11 March 2015

My King – A 7 Way King

Greetings Dear Reader,

“The Bible says my King is a seven-way king
     He's the King of the Jews; that's a racial king
     He's the King of Israel; that's a national King
     He's the King of Righteousness
     He's the King of the Ages
     He's the King of Heaven
     He's the King of Glory
     He's the King of kings, and He's the Lord of lords. That's my King.
Well....I wonder, do you know Him?”

Again I am reminded that I must not allow the humanity of Christ to eclipse his sovereignty.  As I move toward Holy Week this year I am reminded to just how many people stopped to proclaim Jesus as King when he rode into Jerusalem.  A friend of mine who has belief in Christ only as a man sees the entry into Jerusalem as his big political mistake.

His Name – www.livingprints.com –
Corey Wilkinson
Jesus knew exactly what he was doing.  As he rode into Jerusalem he saw the very people who would by week’s end shout for his violent death to a Governor they hated.  Jesus knew exactly who he was and is.  It not the true measure of those who deserve to lead how they treat their subjects? 

This man; this God had every right to the throne of Jerusalem and the world.  In abject humility he stepped away from both to redeem his kingdom.  We love this kind of story.  Yet we so easily doubt the core truth from which all such stories spring.  Arthur of Camelot, Aragorn of Middle Earth, and Asian of Narnia all point us back to the redemptive, righteous King who left his throne to save his people.

When the King of Heaven rides into Jerusalem he does so in order that he may die.  He knows what is in front of him and moves toward it in pain and sorrow for the joy that is on the other side.  He knows that the only way out with his kingdom intact is through: through the cheers of the crowd, through the jeers of the same crowd, and through the cross. 

My King is the one who knew what he was doing, what it would cost, and what it would buy.  He took the long view and paid the ransom required by that long view.  That’s my King.  I wonder; do you know him?


Ride on to Die – Michael Card

Seems the sorrow untold, as you look down the road
At the clamoring crowd drawing near
Feel the heat of the day, as you look down the way
Hear the shouts of Hosanna the King

Oh, daughter of Zion your time's drawing near
Don't forsake Him, oh don't pass it by
On the foal of a donkey as the prophets had said
Passing by you, He rides on to die

Come now little foal, though you’re not very old
Come and bear your first burden bravely
Walk so softly upon all the coats and the palms
Bare the One on your back oh so gently
Midst the shouting so loud and the joy of the crowd
There is One who is riding in silence
For He knows the ones here will be fleeing in fear
When their shepherd is taken away

Oh, daughter of Zion your time's drawing near
Don't forsake Him, oh don't pass it by
On the foal of a donkey as the prophets had said
Passing by you, He rides on to die

Soon the thorn cursed ground will bring forth a crown
And this Jesus will seem to be beaten
But He'll conquer alone both the shroud and the stone
And the prophesies will be completed

Oh, daughter of Zion your time's drawing near
Don't forsake Him, oh don't pass it by
On the foal of a donkey as the prophets had said
Passing by you, He rides on to die

On the foal of a donkey as the prophets had said
Passing by you He rides on to die

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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