DAILY SERVICE: Jesus is the King of Kings

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June 1

Daily Service: Jesus is King of Kings

Eighth in the series "Jesus is" – I will include scriptures, references, graphics, and songs.

The gospel of Luke ends with a supremely jarring statement: "Then he led them out as far as Bethany and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God" (24:50–53).

What is jarring about this passage is, as Luke reports the departure of Jesus from this world, the response of His disciples was to return to Jerusalem with "great joy." What about Jesus' departure would instill in His disciples an emotion of sheer elation? This question is made more puzzling when we consider the emotions the disciples displayed when Jesus told them that His departure would come soon. At that time, the idea that their Lord would leave their presence provoked in them a spirit of profound remorse. Nothing could be more depressing than to anticipate separation from the presence of Jesus. Yet, in a very short period, that depression changed to unspeakable joy.

We must ask what is it that provoked such a radical change of emotion within the hearts of Jesus' disciples. The answer to that question is plain in the New Testament. Between the time of Jesus' announcement to them that He would soon be going away and the time of His actual departure, the disciples came to realize two things. First, they realized why it was that Jesus was leaving. Secondly, they understood the place to which He was going. Jesus was leaving not in order that they might be left alone and comfortless, but that He might ascend into heaven. The New Testament idea of ascension means something far weightier than merely going up into the sky or even to the abode of the heavenly. In His ascension, Jesus was going to a specific place for a specific reason. He was ascending into heaven for the purpose of His investiture and coronation as the King of kings and Lord of lords. The New Testament title used to describe Jesus in His kingly role is the "King of kings" and likewise the title "Lord of lords." This particular literary structure means more than Jesus' establishment in a position of authority by which He will rule over lesser kings. Rather, it is a structure that indicates the supremacy of Jesus in His monarchical majesty. He is King in the highest possible sense of kingship.

Originally published in Tabletalk magazine.

1 Timothy 6:15 which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

Revelation 17:14 These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful."

Revelation 19:16 And on His robe and on His thigh, He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Jesus-As-King-Of-Kings

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