Jesus the King

A great deal is said in the New Testament about Jesus being the king.  In fact the Old Testament described in many places that a Messiah and a king would be born who would  rule over the Jewish kingdom and all men.  It would be a mighty reign and a reign that would never end.  As a result of all the teaching about this subject that had been done over the years to the Jews, they were expecting a king to be born.

When the angel visited Mary before she was even married to tell her that she would have a son, he told her that he would reign.  Notice Luke 1:

30But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”  

We see here that He will be a descendant of the great king David.  It is interesting that the NT begins with the statement, "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David...."  In the Bible there are two great kings.  The greatest king of the OT is David.  No other king even came close.  In the NT, we find that Jesus is king, a descendant of David, but a much greater king.

The words of David are repeated in Acts 2 where he is describing the fact that Jesus would be a greater king; that He would not die or see corruption:

"Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.  Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.  This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses."

David was a great king, but he died just as all men do.  But Jesus, a greater king by far, would not be kept in the grave but would live forever.  Jesus is our king, our Lord, our Redeemer who reigns forever and ever.  Thanks for reading.