Is Jesus Christ “king” in your life; or are you; or someone else; or the authorities?

 

Matthew 2:2 states, “Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.”

 

This verse gives us the entirety of the issue and sets up the problem with the Jewish nation and we as individuals.  The Magi didn’t ask for the Messiah; One is both King and Priest.  They only asked for a “king.”  One who would rule over them; One who will solve their/our problems; One who will be there to better their/our lives, a fairy godmother if you will; a personage that will be “king” to solve all their inconveniencies; but not take over Rulership of their/our characters; and help them/us to be a better person.

 

Matthew 21:5 (see also Luke 19:38 & John 12:13 & 15) has reference to Zechariah 9:9, and before the event of Christ entering into Jerusalem as an earthly “King” riding upon an ass, the prophet Zechariah tells us that the people will accept Christ as a “king,” but not as a priest over them; Who will teach them to correct their characters.

 

In Luke 23:2, at the false trial of Christ, we have liars testifying a falsehood of what Christ supposedly claiming to be “saying that he himself is Christ a King.” Notice that the issue is still falsely assuming that Christ was seeking for a “kingship.” Missing is the real reason.  The Missiahship of Christ is never understood nor mentioned.

 

In Matthew 27:11 (see also Mark 15:2 & Luke 23:3 & John 18:33), Christ is asked, “Art thou the king of the Jews?” Notice again that the Jewish nation did not impress upon the governor Pilate that this person was not a Messiah, but a want-to-be king.  And Pilate was not fearful of Christ but of his own position.

 

In John 18:37, Christ is confronted directly by Pilate, “Art thou a king then?  Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I Am a king.” Notice that Christ knows that Pilate does not understand the type of “king” Pilate is referring to.  But for the spiritually minded, Christ is “King of kings and Lord of lords.” First Timothy 6:15 and Revelation 19:16.

 

This is confirmed in John 18:39, where Pilate attempts to “release unto” the Jews their “King of the Jews.”

 

Christ is mocked by the Roman soldiers under Pilate in John 19:3 as being called, “King of the Jews,” by the misconception placed upon Christ as an earthly king from the misbelieving Jewish hierarchy.  Messiahship is never understood nor mentioned.

 

In John 19:14, Pilate tries one last time to release what he called Christ to the Jews, “your King!” Continuing on in verse 15, “Shall I crucify your King?”

 

When in John 19:15 they answer, “We have no king but Caesar,” the Jews sealed their fate as a nation.

 

And when we come to Matthew 27:29 (see also Mark 15:18 & Luke 23:37), the Roman soldiers dressed up Christ with a crown of thorns and a robe of kingship -- misunderstanding His true character because of the misrepresentation of the Jewish rulers towards Him -- and then they mock worshipped Him for attempting to think he could be a king.

 

Matthew 27:37 (see also Mark 15:26 & Luke 23:38 & John 19:19) sums it up with a sign on the cross stating that this mere man is “KING OF THE JEWS.”

 

To the end “the chief priests of the Jews” argued with Pilate that he should not “write,” “The King of the Jews; but that He said, I Am King of the Jews.” John 19:21.  Again, not recognizing the Messiahship of Christ.

 

Even in Matthew 27:42 (see also Mark 15:32), the Jewish people have joined in with the mocking, seeing Christ as one who claimed to be their “king” by asking for another miracle of coming down from off of the cross; which would most likely startle them, but not lead them to worship Him as their true “King.”

 

Only Nathanael, in John 1:49, understood Christ’s Messiahship by stating, “Thou art the Son of God [Missiah], Thou art the King of Israel.

 

But the rest of the Disciples, and possibly including Nathanael, forgetting his earlier profession, want to make Christ “king,” even “by force,” John 6:15; misunderstanding Christ’s true mission upon earth as Messiah.

 

In Matthew 25:34, Christ in Heaven will finally be a King over who is righteous and who is not; since He was rejected as Priest.  And verse 40 tells them why -- they didn’t accept Him as both “King and Priest.”

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