The KING – Who is the King of Glory? –

WHO IS THE KING OF GLORY?

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah. (Psalm 24:10)

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INTRODUCTION

   The Spirit of God asks many questions of the race of Adam. Throughout the Scripture we read questions, such as, Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? Another question, Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? And another question, Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? All these questions are answered within the pages of Scripture. There have been many kings, rulers and potentates in the history of Adam’s race, but the kingdoms of man pale compared to The King of glory and His kingdom, an everlasting kingdom.
   The word king is recorded 2,256 times in the Bible. The King of glory is only recorded five times, and the number five (5) is the number of the grace of God . . . and grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. These five mentions of this King of glory are all found in Psalm 24, verses 7, 8, 9 and 10. It is in the very last verse that the Holy Spirit repeats this wonderful phrase twice. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
   Compare this to the statement from the Spirit of God in Revelation 19:16 (And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS) that He is the King of Kings, and also compare Revelation 17:14, (These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.)

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My KING

   The two words my King are only found six times in the word of God, and they are all found in the book of Psalms. The number six is the number of man, God is beseeching all men to receive His rightful position of KING over all of Adam’s race.

● Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psalm 2:6)
● Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. (Psalm 5:2)
● Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. (Psalm 44:4)
● They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. (Psalm 68:24)
● For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. (Psalm 74:12)
● Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 84:3)

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The GOD of Glory
The KING of Glory

   All six verses in the book of Psalms refer to a personal relationship with the King, and they are ALL addressed to the God of glory, and the phrase the God of glory is only mentioned twice in Scripture.

1. The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. (Psalm 29:3)
2. And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, (Acts 7:2)

   We have another question regarding the Lord Jesus Christ in John 12;34, Who is this Son of man? The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? This question is only asked ONCE in Scripture. Who is this that cometh from Edom? is also only asked ONCE in Scripture. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (Isaiah 63:1) This is in direct relationship with the coming of the Lord from the East; thus, fulfilling His own prophecy that the Son of man shall come as lightening out of the East. The shadow of the Lord Jesus Christ is cast over the entire book of God. and His shadow hangs over the total history of the race of Adam, yesterday, today and forever. The truth of the holy word of God is upheld by the Spirit of its Author, and in His own Person, He holds the title WORD of God applied directly to the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. The very One who spoke the worlds into existence is the SAME who will dissolve the old world, and the old heavens and create ANEW both Earth and heaven.

● Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. (Hebrews 1:2)
● In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
The same was in the beginning with God. (John 1:2)
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:3)
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)
● Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. (Hebrews 11:3)
● And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)

   Yes, the ready writer of the word of God IS the Lord Jesus Christ. The first date in my Bible at the top of the page is 4004 B.C. It is just a reference point in the writings of Moses, and we know that the writings of Moses were given by the Lord Jesus Christ for when He was speaking to those of Emmaus, He referred to Moses, and the prophets AND the Psalms things concerning His own Person, bringing out His own earthly manifestations. He quoted many times from the Old Testament. And in the synagogue, He read from the book of Isaiah, and proclaimed to the people, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ear, speaking of Himself.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. (Luke 4:16)
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, (Luke 4:17)
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18)
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:19)
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. (Luke 4:20)
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. (Luke 4:21)

   I suggest that you read the complete 4th Chapter of Luke and pay attention to the number four (4), for four is the number of the world and they that dwell therein. The first question in this Chapter was asked by the devil, And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. (Luke 4:3) The answer that the Lord Jesus gave still clouds the minds of men. In the 19th Chapter of the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Lord Jesus has the title, The Word of God. Every book, every Chapter, every verse, every sentence, every word, every mark and punctuation belongs to its Author, who is The Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. This is why man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY word of God; not one book, not one Chapter, not one verse, BUT by every word breathed by God. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. (Luke 4:4) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4) See the numbers, we have the duplicate of each verse in the number four. The answer that the Lord Jesus gave was to the WORLD and they that dwell there in . . . 4:4. Now, as The Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, read in the synagogue, did man believe Him? NO.

And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. (Luke 4:23)
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. (Luke 4:24)

   They crowded Him to the brink of the hill to physically cast Him down, but here in His eternal power, the Lord Jesus passed through the midst of them. He cloaked Himself as God, the invisible God, who was manifested in the flesh, and returned to His invisibility to move undetected as He did in John 8:59 and 10:39.

● And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, (Luke 4:28)
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. (Luke 4:29)
But he passing through the midst of them went his way, (Luke 4:30)
● Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. (John 8:59)
● Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand. (John 10:39)

   We see the illusiveness of the Divine passing through the midst of His enemies undetected by grace and truth. Even today, He walks by His Spirit among men undetected speaking from heaven. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. (Hebrews 12:25) We have the same gospel, the same good news that the Lord Jesus began to preach in Luke 4:18 and 19. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:19)
   In 1st Peter, we are informed that the gospel that we preach today from the age of Peter to the present age is the gospel sent down for us by the Spirit of God. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (1st Peter 1:12)
   I ask this question again, Who is this King of glory? And of His kingdom there will be no end. All the kingdoms of man are built on the power of vanity and pride. Oh, yes, and different levels of tyranny. In Satan’s quest for power over the most high God, he deceived the woman Eve KNOWING that she was the weaker of the two. However, Adam had already been given The Law of Sin and Death. He took the forbidden fruit from the hand of Eve and brought sin into the world. And by doing this, Adam became the same ilk as his father, the devil. The kingdom of God is built on humility and lowliness and grace and truth of the King of glory. No where and no how has there ever been such a King as the Lord Jesus Christ. His true servants, as it has been proven, love Him unto death. Their last thoughts on earth are of their King as He presents paradise to them as they draw their last breath, and as they enter into the joy of the Lord and Savior, the King of glory.
   This King of glory has many crowns. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (Revelation 19:12) The kingdom of this King has no end. These many crowns speak of His infinite kingdom, so how does He answer our question, Who is the King of glory? He is the King with many crowns and many facets in those crowns, and we will begin with His throne of righteousness.

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The King of Righteousness

   But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Hebrews 1:9)
   He is the King of unlimited righteousness, and the sceptre of His kingdom is in the power of that righteousness. There is no place for sin and iniquity and evil in His kingdom. The door will never open to sin. His righteousness will never allow man in sin to enter in, therefore, a man MUST be born again BY the Spirit of Christ, which is the unity of the Spirit of God: Father. Son and Holy Ghost, all manifested in the King eternal, the fullness of the Godhead bodily. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9)
   Christ could not complete His kingdom in a world full of sin. He would have to complete His kingdom by destroying both sin and death. His kingdom was never of this world, but He still wears the crown of a King, the crown of a Son, the crown of a righteous servant, the crown of a mighty warrior, the crown of a Prophet and the crown of a Priest. On earth, the only crown that He wore was a crown of thorns, a crown of sorrow.
   In His victory over sin and death. He NOW also wears the crown of resurrection and much more. The crown of glory that He wears pales to His personal glory. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Hebrews 1:3) This verse is specific; it speaks of the Son of God as being the brightness of God in the full effulgence of the glory of God. He is the EXPRESS IMAGE of the very Person of God, the manifestation of the invisible God. I can personally say about my King of glory, He loved me and gave Himself for me.
   The hour had come for Him to depart from this world. The battlefield was set. All were gathered against Him: the Romans, led by Pontus Pilate and his legion of soldiers, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the scribes and the Levites and all of the Jews, and behind this curtain of evil, the legions of demons and Satan himself. But the King of glory was undaunted. His hour had come when He would climb the mountain of death without sword nor mace, but torn and meek, for the battle had already begun and continued through the night into the morning.
   He felt the long lines of blood flowing from His back. The heavy burden that He felt was not of the cross but the sin of the whole world. The cross that He bore and the knowledge of what lay before Him physically weakened Him as He struggled up the mountain of death. Yet, He was undaunted even in weakness as He climbed the mountain of the place of the skull. The weight from this battle was a tremendous burden, but in sympathy, He was given some relief as Simon would bear His armor before the giant because the biggest battle of the world both visible and invisible would be at the top of the mountain of death. It was there that the King of glory, wearing a crown of thorns, was nailed to the cross, and as it was lifted up, the cry of grace, Father forgive them for THEY, the world and they who dwell within, know not what they do. The cross rose up as the soldiers struggled not only against the weight but against the weight of their own sin, for this Man on that heavy cross had done nothing amiss. The words from His mouth were of peace not war, for never a man spoke as this Man. The words of grace and truth dripped as honey from His lips. He NEVER coerced nor forced His crown of glory over the people who crucified Him. Then the sound of a terrible thud when the cross with the sin of the world came to rest on the skull of Goliath as it bruised the head of the old serpent, Satan. And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. (1st Samuel 17:54) This is the very skull that David had buried and gave the name of the mountain Golgotha, the place of the skull. CLICK HERE for more about the head of Goliath.

● And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)
● And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, (Matthew 27:33)
● And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. (Mark 15:22)
● And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. (Luke 23:33)
● And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: (John 19:17)

   The impossibility of David overcoming the giant Goliath was kept by one stone, as David faced the epitome of human evil in the person of Goliath, not David but his God directed that stone that felled the giant. After David’s victory, he made the journey to Jerusalem with the giant’s skull where David marked the very spot where the King of glory would fight His greatest battle. (Psalm 22)
   As the cross hit the skull of Goliath, every muscle, every bone in the body of the Lord Jesus Christ cried out for help, yet there was none. As the IMAGE of the invisible God, with His full power of divine Deity, He could call for reinforcements, legions of angels, and yet those words were still in His mind, Not my will, but thy will be done. Although Christ could call for legions of angels to help in His battle, they could not defeat this last enemy: DEATH. It was up to the King and Him alone to seal everlasting life. He had to defeat sin, He had to defeat death, He had to defeat the works of the devil, the old serpent had to be beheaded. Please read Psalm 22 and see the brutality and what the Son of God endured. Even while hanging on the cross, Satan’s demons strolled by in the bodies of men and scoffed at Him.

● And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. (Luke 23:35)
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, (Luke 23:36)
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. (Luke 23:37)
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Luke 23:38)
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. (Luke 23:39)
● He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7)
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (Isaiah 53:8)
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. (Isaiah 53:9)
● The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. (Isaiah 50:5)
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isaiah 50:6)
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. (Isaiah 50:7)
● As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: (Isaiah 52:14)
● Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. (Lamentations 1:12)
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. (Lamentations 1:13)

   In these verses along with Psalm 22, the suffering that Christ endured on the cross is seen. Most people are unaware of what actually happened when Christ was crucified for they only see the SEEN, the physical, which was brought about by the evil heart of man, but the greater part was the UNSEEN in the determinate counsels of God and God’s foreknowledge were being fulfilled. The judgment from above was much greater than the physical sufferings of Christ. The physical sufferings that He endured were to reveal the outward wickedness of ALL of mankind with enmity against their Creator God. This showed the complete separation of Adam’s race from the Almighty God. Only God could do the work of judgment upon His Son to fulfill ALL righteousness. If righteousness was not victorious then NO man, past, present or future would be saved. God’s righteousness cannot accept sin. Christ not only felt the wrath of man, but the wrath of God against His own Spirit.
   All were gathered AGAINST the Lord and His anointed, anointed with the oil of gladness. Now hanging on the cross, the King reached up and closed the light from the sun. Not only the sun but He closed the Light that He divided from the darkness in the beginning of His creation. There was no darkness as great as this darkness ever upon His creation. He brought Light into the world, yet, He now would enter into the very darkness that He separated Himself from for He would walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4) Only in this vast darkness could He overthrow sin and death. His painful struggle was so immense that He cried out of the darkness, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? (Psalm 22:1) The manifest IMAGE of the invisible God was bearing sin in His own Body on the tree. As the first Adam brought sin into the world, the second Adam from heaven was going to finish His work and take sin out of the world, and defeat death so that those who would believe could live IN Him, the King of glory. He took on the sin of millenniums and the sin that laid waste mankind and time. The sin of the whole world as giant boulders pelted His Spirit. Then as victory was won, a world that had once been in total darkness, (yes, the whole world, everyone felt the total darkness of evil) and at the point of victory, the veil in the Temple rent, for grace and truth were victorious and Light came upon the world. The fullness of time was then ready to depart, He said, Father into thy hands, I commend my Spirit, and the King gave up the Ghost.

● And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. (Luke 23:45)
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. (Luke 23:46)
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. (Luke 23:47)
● Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (Matthew 27:50)
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; (Matthew 27:51)

   The world then and they that dwell therein thought that they had gained a great victory, and yet, it was only to their own condemnation. At a later date they would be judged when the entire city of Jerusalem was destroyed for their sin against that righteous Man who is the King of glory. Their satanic work in league with the devil, their father, had failed for in the UNSEEN there were themes of victory for the King of glory. They took the King wearing His crown of thorns down from the cross, they anointed Him with the spices and oil of a King’s burial, and placed Him in the tomb of Joseph where no man had ever lain. They shut Him in darkness and thrust the Prince of life out of their world of sin and death. Adam took his victory lap around the tomb and the Roman seal of authority was placed upon the stone that sealed Him in. Roman soldiers (the night watch) were dispatched to secure His Body IN, so that the King of glory could neither escape, nor be removed. The chief priests and the Pharisees KNEW that their conspiracy to overthrow their King was wrong. They hypocritically referred to their action as an error, an error in judgment, a blunder, but they refused to admit that they had murdered their True King, the Son of God, (Matthew 27:64.)

● Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, (Matthew 27:62)
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. (Matthew 27:63)
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. (Matthew 27:64)
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. (Matthew 27:65)
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. (Matthew 27:66)
● Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. (Matthew 28:11)
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, (Matthew 28:12)
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. (Matthew 28:13)
And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. (Matthew 28:14)
So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. (Matthew 28:15)

   The old serpent, the devil, thought that He had finally finished the Son of God. I can hear the devil’s chant from Matthew Chapter 4:3, 6 and Luke 4:3, 9, If thou be the Son of God, also in Matthew 27:40, If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. What a day of victory that was for the evil side from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Little did Satan know that IN that dark tomb, Christ, the anointed One with the oil of gladness was working in the deep, preaching to prisoners in the depth of the earth. He was preaching the gospel to those captive in the deep in those hours of darkness. The sun went down, and the sun came up and repeated this until the morning of the third day, that was the first day of the week, which also was known as the eighth day, when the leper of death would show himself as clean before the high priest. CLICK HERE for The Law of the Leper.

    Now, an angel from heaven, NOT man, rolled back the stone that had been sealed by Rome’s power. The two angels in shining garments proclaimed Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen disclosing an empty tomb. No one ever saw the Lord Jesus, the King of glory come forth out of that tomb. The Prince of life could NOT be held by death. He led captivity captive. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1st Corinthians 15:54) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (1st Corinthians 15:55) The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. (1st Corinthians 15:56) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1st Corinthians 15:57)

● Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Ephesians 4:8)
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? (Ephesians 4:9)
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) (Ephesians 4:10)
● For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1st Peter 3:18)
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; (1st Peter 3:19)
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (1st Peter 3:20)

   In Ephesians 4:8-10 we see the triumph of the King of glory. In Hebrews 7:26, we see that the King of glory who is also the Priest of the most high God has been made higher than the heavens. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens. Death could not hold Him. The tomb could not hold Him. The world could not hold Him, for He ascended on high and is made higher than the heavens.
   While it was still dark Mary went early in the morning finding the tomb open and empty. She thought that someone had stolen the body of the Lord. As she looked around in the darkness, she saw a figure and supposed that it was of the gardener, but it was the Lord and cried out, Rabboni, Master. Then He uttered the words Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, (John 20:11)
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. (John 20:12)
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. (John 20:13)
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. (John 20:14)
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. (John 20:15)
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. (John 20:16)
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. (John 20:17) CLICK HERE and HERE for more about Touch me not. 

   Before Christ revealed Himself to His disciples, He ASCENDED ON HIGH as the High Priest forever and PLACED HIS BLOOD on the heavenly Mercy seat within the veil of the Sanctuary.

● But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; (Hebrews 9:11)
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:12)
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (Hebrews 9:13)
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:14)
● It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. (Hebrews 9:23)
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (Hebrews 9:24)
● Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)

   We miss a lot in the word of God when we do not listen to the Man in heaven for us. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: (Hebrews 12:25). He is now in the position of The King of glory. He is victorious in His battle against sin and death. In Psalm 2 we have the two advents of the King: one is in Sonship, as Heir of all things. He has the divine right of passage through His death on the cross and His finished work over sin and death and the works of the devil. Then the word Yet begins His second advent, Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. There is a parenthesis between both, as Heir He came to the vineyard, and they killed Him and thrust Him out. As King on the holy hill of Zion, this is His coronation as the King of glory. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psalm 2:6) I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. (Psalm 2:7) Verse 7 is still in the prophetic future when the King of glory shall reign. In His reign He is also called the Son. Psalm 2 ends with the second advent with a warning to the whole world. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (Psalm 2:12) The Shepherd of the sheep is now the Lord, strong and might, the Lord mighty in battle.

● Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. (Psalm 24:8)
● Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (Isaiah 63:1)
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? (Isaiah 63:2)
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. (Isaiah 63:3)
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. (Isaiah 63:4)
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. (Isaiah 63:5)
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. (Isaiah 63:6)
● And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. (Revelation 19:11)
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (Revelation 19:12)
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:14)
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (Revelation 19:15)
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16)
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; (Revelation 19:17)
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. (Revelation 19:18)
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. (Revelation 19:19)
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20)
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Revelation 19:21)

   Although there are many points throughout these verses, the main theme or point is vengeance of our God against the evils of this world. The baptism of Adam at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was his baptism to sin and death. We have the opposite with the second Adam from heaven in Jesus Christ. We have the baptism of the Spirit of God, the new birth IN Jesus Christ. He brought to us life and light into our hearts and also into the world. We are baptized with the baptism of the Spirit unto eternal life. Adam was baptized by his father the devil. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44) Adam now had a new spirit of sin and death and of iniquity and evil. This battle in Revelation Chapter 19 has great spiritual significance. It is the battle against evil, ALL the evil of the whole world. The evil of the world is united and prepared to battle against the anointed of the Lord. This time, however, He is the King of glory, mighty in battle and His servants will FIGHT in the last divine battle before the millennial kingdom. In Revelation 19:12, He is seen as wearing MANY crowns. Let us examine some of these crowns. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

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The King Eternal

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.  (1st Timothy 1:17)

   Here is the crown of eternity, the everlasting King, from everlasting to everlasting. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. (Psalm 90:2) In 1st Timothy 1:14, (And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.) the Holy Spirit here presents God’s faith and God’s love and God’s grace ALL IN Christ Jesus. This continues with the theme of the Spirit which is ALL about Christ, and the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When we get to verse 17, it is the voice of the Spirit exalting Christ Jesus AS the King eternal, immortal which ties with Revelation 1:18.

● Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1st Timothy 1:17)
● I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Revelation 1:18)

   Once more, we are presented to Eternity, for eternity comes forth in the words, I am alive for evermore. In 1st Timothy 1:17, the word invisible takes us into the realm of the things UNSEEN. This brings in FAITH, for we have to believe and understand that HE, the King of glory, is working behind the curtain of faith. The words, wise God takes us to ALL wisdom in Jesus Christ. He is the ONLY ONE who has the title of I WISDOM, for He is the wisdom of God. The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. (Proverbs 8:22) I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. (Proverbs 8:23)
   When the world asks the question, who is the wisdom of God. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: (1st Corinthians 1:30) Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: (Luke 11:49) And if any lacks wisdom, let him ask God, for He is ALL wisdom. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (James 1:5) Through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we have been made wisdom IN Christ. This also is coupled with listening to the voice of the Lord Jesus from heaven. So, in this particular crown we speak the Spirit’s voice in 1st Timothy 1:17. To Him, the Lord Jesus Christ, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. , be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1st Timothy 1:17)

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The King of Heaven

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Daniel 4:37)

   We should agree that every king of the earth has worn a crown. However, the King of heaven has MANY crowns. So, now let us look at the crown of the King of heaven. Here is Nebuchadnezzar, a mighty king of the earth, realizing that the POWER and the place of POWER was in the INVISIBLE and of the UNSEEN. This earthly king was humbled by God and knew that the King of heaven rules in the kingdoms of men.
   As the King of heaven, Christ maintains His righteous kingdom and in that domain His angels serve and worship Him. And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. (Hebrews 1:6) This is FULL Deity and ONLY GOD is worshiped by His heavenly host. This is divine worship, for the brightness of His glory and the express image of His Person was in the manifestation of the invisible God, the Lord Jesus Christ.

   In this crown we see the extent of the kingdom of heaven which is revealed further in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. What is also noted is that this title King of heaven is only recorded ONCE in God’s word. Its placement shows that the King of heaven has ALL authority over all the kings, rulers and leaders of the earth throughout all of man’s time on earth. You may not see His hand moving throughout all of man’s history, but be assured that it is there. The Creator of all things NEVER surrendered His creation. The Lord Jesus said in John 10:27- 30,

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (John 10:27)
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28)
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. (John 10:29)
I and my Father are one. (John 10:30)

   Here is the proof of faith, for the Author and Finisher of faith knows His sheep, and they HEAR His voice from heaven. In verse 29, these sheep were given from the Father. This also came forth from old in the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. In verse 30 of John Chapter 10, once more we have the witness of the Godhead. (Colossians 2:9) I and my Father are ONE.
   These crowns of the Godhead are upheld by the POWER of the Creator Himself. He also wears the crown of righteousness, He, the Lord Jesus Christ, is the King of righteousness.

● For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; (Hebrews 7:1)
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; (Hebrews 7:2)
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. (Hebrews 7:3)
● But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8)
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Hebrews 1:9)

   The title King of righteousness is only found ONCE in all of Scripture. It is the Son who is King of righteousness, and He loves righteousness and HATES iniquity. The sceptre of His kingdom is a righteous sceptre. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8)

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The King of Righteousness
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The King of Peace

To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; (Hebrews 7:2)

   We should also consider that in Hebrews 7:2 that He is also the King of peace. This title is also recorded only ONCE in all of Scripture. Both His righteousness and His peace were brought about through His suffering on the cross. He has given to us HIS righteousness and through His righteousness He has made PEACE with us. Only the Son of God could hold these two titles in the book of righteousness and peace. Why man wants to rob Christ of these two crowns is to take away His righteousness and to take His peace away from the children of God. However, in His righteousness and peace He defends and keeps His sheep. He is the ONLY ONE who has these two titles and crowns. In Hebrews 1:8 and 9 it is both Sonship and Kingship. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Hebrews 1:9)
   In Hebrews 1:2, it is Heir of all things, therefore, in Hebrews Chapter 1 there is His Heirship and as the Son, the King of righteousness. To confirm His Sonship and His Kingship, He has been anointed with the oil of gladness. This oil of gladness is only mentioned twice in Scripture and refers both times to the same Person which is the Lord Jesus Christ. Here in Hebrews 1 and in Psalm 45:7. (Read all of Psalm 45, especially verse 1.) <<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.>> My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Psalm 45:1)
   The voice of the Spirit runs throughout the entire Scriptures. In John 14:27, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid), this is an everlasting peace like no other peace. No other can give peace to the soul of man. The Prince of peace restores the soul through the new birth, and leads in the path of righteousness, for His name’s sake. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. (Psalm 23:3)

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The King over all the Earth

   Are you tired yet of crowns? I’m not. How about the crown of the King over all the earth. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. (Psalm 47:2) For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. (Psalm 47:7) In Psalm 47 we have Kingship linked directly to the Almighty God. We see the relationship between the Almighty God as Creator and the possession of that creation as King over all the earth. Also, in Psalm 47, the word King is mentioned THREE times, and the number three is the number of Godhead, and is also linked with resurrection. Also, God is mentioned eight times in Psalm 47, the day of resurrection was on the first day of the week which made it the 8th day.
   This also carries us back to the book of Leviticus Chapter 14 in the cleansing of the leper. Leprosy was the disease of death, it slowly ate away the body, however, God gave an ordinance which was for the cleansing of the leper. The leper had to offer a sacrifice, not only for himself but for his dwelling place as well, for this deadly disease contaminated everything around him as well, and when he was cleansed, he had to show himself before the priest. This was not only a picture of the lost soul being renewed in Jesus Christ, it was also a picture of resurrection. That this mortal would put on immortality. That this corruption would put on incorruption. Now, Christ on the cross of Calvary bore IN His own body our sin, the sin of the whole world. He took on sin and He went into death, however, in resurrection He came forth in a new Body that His disciples could not recognize. He had to show them the scars in His hands and the wound in His side, what He paid for the price of sin in defeating death. Psalm 47 is a psalm of exaltation of God wearing the crown of the great King. This also translates to Revelation Chapter 19 where Christ is declared the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. 

● For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. (Psalm 95:3)
● For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. (Psalm 97:9)

   In Psalm 95 we have unity in the Godhead and in Kingship. There is only ONE GOD and ONE glory of God and only ONE express image of God, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. In Zechariah 14:9 there is ONE God over all the earth, and His name is not many but is ONE. And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. This takes us to Philippians Chapter 2, verses 9 – 11.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: (Philippians 2:9) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; (Philippians 2:10) And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:11)

   We not only see in Zechariah 14 the ONE name, but the Spirit of God puts it all together in Philippians 2, that ONE name is Jesus Christ, and that is the completion of His name’s sake, as we see in Psalm 23, it is THAT name’s sake that leads us in the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. (Psalm 23:3) (Study all the mentions of His name’s sake.) Be aware that in Philippians 2 that it is things IN heaven and things IN the earth and things UNDER the earth that everything shall bow, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is truly KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS to the glory of God the Father. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. (Malachi 1:14)
   The only time that the words great King is mentioned in the New Testament is in Matthew 5:35. Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. In verse 35 of Matthew Chapter 5 we have a sequel of references that God gives concerning heaven, His throne, His kingdom as the great King, and Jerusalem is declared the city of the great King. As the Tabernacle was presented to Israel as a shadow of the heavenly Sanctuary on earth, so the Jerusalem on earth is also a shadow of the Jerusalem which is above.

● But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. (Galatians 4:26)
● But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, (Hebrews 12:22)
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, (Hebrews 12:23)
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. (Hebrews 12:24)

   Through these Scriptures we see a future Jerusalem on earth and its reigning Monarch, the great King, the Lord Jesus Christ; then we also see a heavenly Jerusalem which is above, which is the city of the living God. This holy city will descend into the new heaven and the new earth when God creates ALL things new.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Revelation 21:1) And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Revelation 21:2) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:3)

   In our present position we are sitting on a time line waiting for the prophecy of Psalm 2:6 to be fulfilled. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. This is a prophecy of the coming kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ on earth when the Son of God will reign in Jerusalem in His millennial kingdom. There is much written in the Old Testament and in the New Testament of the end time convulsion of humanity. The people of the earth will be CONSUMED by and with sin. The horrid cloud of evil will engulf ALL the people of this earth.
   In our present age the children of God are blessed with an open door to all the world. However, the signs of tyranny are quickly closing that door. We need to speak louder with the voice of the Spirit of Christ for one day we may be silenced by the world. Even in these websites that God has given us, they also belong to us as well. We share what God has placed on our hearts in hope that souls will be saved. But that still small voice is growing dimmer in the world as they prepare for the kingdom of the Beast. God has given us the voice of good tides and a spirit of great joy for we have heard the voice of the great King.

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The King of Nations

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. (Jeremiah 10:6)

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. (Jeremiah 10:7)

   O King of nations is only mentioned ONCE in all of Scripture. The word O brings focus to the King of nations for it brings us into the circle of eternity. This circle marks the King over ALL nations.

● And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: (Daniel 4:34)
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Daniel 4:35)
● <<A Psalm of David.>> The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (Psalm 24:1)
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. (Psalm 24:2)

   In Daniel Chapter 4 we have king Nebuchadnezzar humbled before the King of nations. ALL nations should take this to heart that there is ONE DIVINE KING and He rules over the nations of man. By being King of nations, He is also willing to display His mercy, love and grace to the nations that will acknowledge Him and humble themselves before the Almighty God. We have seen in the last one hundred years nations completed destroyed by the tools that the King of nations employs. He is ABLE to defeat ANY evil nation in the time line of history. However, in His mercy and in His grace He gives those nations a LONG leach, for God is longsuffering to USWARD and to the nations so that we and they will not perish. But He looks for a spirit of repentance as Nineveh of old when even the king dressed himself in ashes and sackcloth and humbled himself before the King of nations.
   When the most evil leader comes upon this earth and sits upon the throne of Satan, he is not called a man, but he is called a Beast for he has lost ALL moral understanding. Both this Beast and the false prophet are both considered beasts in Revelation 13, and the old adversary, the devil/Satan, the old serpent and the armies of the earth AND the people will exalt THEMSELVES and refuse to humble themselves before the Almighty God. The book and doctrine of evil will be their catechism.
   Since Adam brought sin into the world, and when you follow his response to the Almighty, Adam would not take responsibility for his act of disobedience. He disobeyed the word of God and became a willful and willing disobedient race in the realm of sin and death. Man fights against God.  Man fights against each other for sin has perverted man and he flees, he runs from responsibility. As nations refuse to obey their own laws, they weaken themselves in their authority over the people. When those who make the laws refuse to obey the law then lawlessness becomes a means to encourage rebellion and all forms of evil imaginations where truth is ruthlessly murdered.
    Many enter politics with the spirit of rebellion to overthrow their own nation and the people who they have sworn to serve. This is exactly how man feels concerning the Laws of God. God allows these wicked steps of man in man’s rebellion UNTIL that nation is spewed out of His mouth in JUDGMENT. God will use judgment upon nations to MAKE them conform to His will. As He did with Nebuchadnezzar. That was NOT salvation but bringing the nation out of the terrible darkness that had engulfed them. This turn of events only lasted for the remaining days of Nebuchadnezzar. His son, Belshazzar, went in the way of Cain, and raised by the throne of Satan over the nation of Babylon. This led to conflict among the many different factions to do evil and not to continue in flagrant sin. It became so nauseous to God that He sent the Medes and the Persians to overthrow the kingdom of Babylon. The great kingdom, the great province and the great city of Babylon was no more. It became the city of the Medes and Persians.
   Those who truly know the Lord Jesus Christ and have committed their hearts, souls and spirits to the Son of God are deeply grieved when they live in a nation consumed by rebellion, sin and iniquity as they watch as countless lives face ruin and death and yes, hell fire and the deep. We watch the candle of their life burn down till it ceases. And yet, man and nations will NOT repent. No matter how much we write or speak of our great King, the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of nations, listeners stop their ears and close their eyes. Christ is still the King of nations even as you look over the many different nations attempting to stage-manage (by proxy) the controlled and instigated conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The united Marxist/Fascist leadership of Ukraine not only wars against Russia but they are at war with their own citizens. Slowly, Ukraine is being dissolved and divided and those in Ukrainian leadership positions are also slowly becoming irrelevant.
   God divided the nations for a reason. He wanted to slow down the spread of sin, so He gave every nation territorial parameter, physical, language and racial parameters. All these parameters were for a purpose. To control sin in the matter of idolatry. (Genesis 11:6)

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. (Genesis 11:6)
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. (Genesis 11:7)
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. (Genesis 11:8)
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:9)

   In Adam’s rebellion he turned his back on his Creator. This enmity that was in Adam has been passed on to all of mankind. Sin is the seed and enmity is the fruit against God. Man wants to rebel by uniting together in heart, soul and spirit and man wants to return to the tower of Babel in unity to bring about a one world government. Today, they are looking for their Nimrod to direct their sinful rebellion against the King of nations. Their rebellion only brings confusion and evil. A nation has to have a stable base and a separation from the world around. But we know from history that even if God chooses a favored nation and blesses them and gives them their desire, that man (because of his sin nature in Adam) will not obey but rebel against God.
   God chose Israel to be obedient to His will. But Israel made God a God of convenience. When Israel rebelled God brought out the sword of judgment against Israel. Then Israel cried out to God and He sent them deliverers/judges. Instead of being happy and content in the Lord, they again chose the road of rebellion and God again judged them through other evil nations, and they again cried out to God, and AGAIN He sent them a deliverer. This continued on and on throughout the history of Israel. And lastly, He sent His own Son into His vineyard to deliver them. Their eyes had become so darkened by sin that they saw not beauty in Him nor did they desire to have Him as their King, He was in the world, and the world of nations knew Him not. He came to His own nation, Israel, that He had created and formed, and they refused to receive Him, they would not receive their King. Their ears were stopped to the words that He spoke. They had no understand of God’s word, so how then could they rule justly? The Jews were so evil that they chose a murderer instead of the Prince of peace.

(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) (Luke 23:17) And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: (Luke 23:18) (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) (Luke 23:19)

   Notice the words of the Holy Spirit, saying they cried out all at once . . . it was ALL the people had rejected their divine King and their God. In Matthew 27:25, again we read ANSWERED ALL THE PEOPLE. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children. Today in the Jewish nation, that was born of God, they have replaced the Torah, the Psalms and the prophets with the Talmud. They have negated the writings of Joshua (Joshua 24:26), the prophetic Psalms have become songs of past greatness. The corrupt word of man and the traditions of man cannot replace the word of God. Doesn’t that sound familiar with today’s church. They cry out, Salvation, but they do not cry out for the word of God. Today, there is only one word of God sent down by the Holy Spirit from heaven . . . the King James Bible. The only Bible that has been given by a decree from an earthly king about a divine King, however, corruption has come in and men dilute the word of God by man’s traditions and the evil minds of men.

● Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. (Jude 1:3)
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 1:4)
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. (Jude 1:5)
● This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2nd Timothy 3:1)
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, (2nd Timothy 3:2)
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, (2nd Timothy 3:3)
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; (2nd Timothy 3:4)
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2nd Timothy 3:5)
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, (2nd Timothy 3:6)
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2nd Timothy 3:7)
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. (2nd Timothy 3:8)
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. (2nd Timothy 3:9)
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, (2nd Timothy 3:10)
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. (2nd Timothy 3:11)
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. (2nd Timothy 3:12)
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (2nd Timothy 3:13)
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; (2nd Timothy 3:14)

   To have a closed Bible is man’s refusal to obey God, the King of nations. The Lord Jesus said in Matthew Chapter 4 that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. I will make a statement: the whole world is starving to death not from the lack of food but from the lack of the word of God. The Holy Spirit recorded the Lord’s message to EVERYONE in this world. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4) The number four (4) is the number of the world, and the Holy Spirit emphasizes this through the double four . . . 4:4. And that’s not all, in Luke 4:4 the Holy Spirit again repeats the same message to us, for the Holy Spirit knows that Adam’s race is forgetful. So He repeats it to those who are hard of hearing. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. (Luke 4:4) This time He repeats, and He emphasizes IT IS WRITTEN, given full divine authority to the word of God and that man should not live by bread alone but by every word of God. The number four has preeminence in these two Scripture in the message that God is sending to ALL of Adam’s race. Therefore, the number four (4) is the parameter of the earth: north, south, east and west. In Deuteronomy eight (8) the Lord gave Moses, through the Holy Spirit, a warning to the nation of Israel to be obedient to ALL that the Lord commanded so that they would not perish. In Matthew 4 and in Luke 4, it is not just a statement to the world, but a WARNING to the world that ALL that they need for life and for sustaining life is found in the word of God. Moses also emphasized that they would NOT perish if they were obedient to the commands of God. The Spirit of God referred to the nations who had perished in the last two verses of Deuteronomy 8:19 and 20. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. (Deuteronomy 8:19) As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. (Deuteronomy 8:20)
   I know that you are thinking, that is the Old Testament. Yes, it is, however it is still the word of God. Moses reminds us in verse 20 that it is the VOICE of God, just as the VOICE of God in Matthew 4 and Luke 4 . . . out of the mouth of God . . . every word of God. I know that you are going to say that we are not under the law that was given to Israel . . .  pay attention to verse 20, the other nations that perished were not under the law that was given to Israel, yet they PERISHED because they were evil. Now, what does King of nations mean? ALL nations past, present and future and ALL leaders of the people WILL be judged by God and will not be given a second chance. Today, I will say it plainly, this is YOUR chance to rule justly and righteously according to the word of God. The Lord Jesus has spoken to the hearts of many kings and many rulers before, not only the record of Nebuchadnezzar, but also to Cyrus, and many others that are not written in the word of God. So pick up the King James Bible and read prayerfully for your soul, your spirit and your heart, and for the people that you rule over. To put your hand on the Bible and to swear on the Bible does NOT put the word of God in your heart. Over and over this should be the refrain in your mind and in your heart . . . man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. By the way, READ the complete 8th Chapter of Deuteronomy, and pick out the blessings that God would give them if they would be obedient to the word of God. Then, consider how Israel has fared through their history of disobedience. They are still God’s chosen nation . . . it is THEY who have refused God who is their King, and who is the Lord Jesus Christ. They have continuously refused the King of glory: Jesus Christ. When the Lord Jesus returns to set up His kingdom on earth, He will RULE ALL NATIONS and judge them with a rod of iron. (Psalm 2) There will be a remnant of Israel left on earth that He will bring into His kingdom.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. (Zechariah 13:7)
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. (Zechariah 13:8)
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. (Zechariah 13:9)

   For thousands of years, through millenniums, nations have ignored the Lord of glory and His word. The Bible is not only instruction for man, but the word of God holds the world responsible for their actions. The word of God is a divine judicial document against sin and against the race of Adam who bears the plague and judgment of sin and death. ALL of mankind is held responsible for the crucifixion of the Son of God, our Savior. In the book of Acts, the whole world is accountable, the Jews AND the Gentiles, the Romans AND their government, Pontus Pilate as the judge AND the people.

● For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, (Acts 4:27)
● And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. (Luke 23:1)
● When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: (Matthew 27:1) And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. (Matthew 27:2) 

  In the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, in Chapter 19, when the Lord appears He will be JUDGE over ALL the earth.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. (Revelation 19:11)
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (Revelation 19:12)
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:14)
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (Revelation 19:15)
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16)
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; (Revelation 19:17)
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. (Revelation 19:18)
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. (Revelation 19:19)
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20)
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Revelation 19:21)

    The Lord Jesus is fulfilling His own prophecy that He will come as lightning from heaven out of the east. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27) Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow. (Isaiah 41:2) 
   In Revelation 19:11 the Lord Jesus is called the Faithful and True, and there is a reference to Revelation 3:14, as the Lord Jesus proclaimed of Himself that He is the True Witness of God. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (Revelation 3:14) As the True and Faithful witness of God, He is the OPEN word of God and judges the WHOLE earth according to His word. In verse 12, He has a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. A name written in heavenly language that man cannot understand. The wonderful title that He bears, The Word of God again reminds us that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. We also have a reference in the word of God to the divine beginning of the word of God in the gospel of John 1:1-4. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1) The same was in the beginning with God. (John 1:2) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:3) In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)

Side Note: I must clarify one of the most misunderstood relationships concerning God and Israel. In Romans Chapter 9, verses 5 and 6,
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (Romans 9:5) Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: (Romans 9:6)
   God informs us that there is a division of Israel, for NOT all of Israel are Israelites. There are those who believe that Christ has come to save them, and there are those who do not believe. We also have a witness that when God chooses the remnant that they will declare that He is their God as in Zechariah 13:9, And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. As the people of God today, we are as Daniel did every day to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Daniel prayed for Jerusalem in time of trouble. In our lifetime, Jerusalem although it is divided, has gone through great troubles and great pains. We are not to pray for the evils of Jerusalem, but to pray for the PEACE of Jerusalem. Daniel prayed for the coming of the Messiah, and we are praying for the coming of the Prince of peace to come and return Jerusalem to their righteous King, the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. ♦ End of Side Note.

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THE King

    This crown is very specific for it bears the title of The King, Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. (Isaiah 33:17) Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. (Luke 19:38)
   There are no accolades that can describe truly this King for unlike man, He reigns IN righteousness. Although the sword is drawn over Jerusalem, He weeps over His holy city, although they have rejected Him for centuries and even millenniums.

● O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matthew 23:37) Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. (Matthew 23:38)
● O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! (Luke 13:34)
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. (Luke 13:35)
● Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. (Luke 19:38)
And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. (Luke 19:39)
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. (Luke 19:40)
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, (Luke 19:41)
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. (Luke 19:42)
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, (Luke 19:43)
● And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. (Hosea 11:7)
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hosea 11:8)

   In the Old Testament the Lord constantly sent Israel prophets and these just men were beaten, tortured and slain.

● And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: (2nd Chronicles 36:15)
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. (2nd Chronicles 36:16)
● Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. (Matthew 7:15)
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (Matthew 7:16)
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. (Matthew 7:17)
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. (Matthew 7:18)
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (Matthew 7:19)
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. (Matthew 7:20)
● These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. (John 16:1)
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. (John 16:2)
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. (John 16:3)
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. (John 16:4)
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? (John 16:5)
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. (John 16:6)
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. (John 16:7)
● And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: (Hebrews 11:36)
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Hebrews 11:37)
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. (Hebrews 11:38)

   All these verses reveal the hearts of the people of Israel, and Jerusalem, being the chosen city of God, would not repent. They are referred to as a stiff-necked people, their stubbornness in their enmity against God would not allow them to behold their King. Instead, they cried out, We have no king but Caesar. They desired the cruel monarch who had enslaved all of Israel under Roman law. Their King from heaven was before them and Pilate even cried out to them, Behold your king, but they did not want a righteous man but cried out for Barabbas and revealed their murderous hearts for Barabbas was a murderer and a thief. How fitting that on an earthly level, mankind desired a murderer rather than a JUST, NOBLE and RIGHTEOUS man, and on a spiritual level man desires the representative and agent of Lucifer/Satan rather than the divine Son of God. This subject of the hardness of the heart not only existed in Israel, the chosen people of God, but sadly, it exists in the church in our present age. It is predominant in the Scripture that Christ should have the preeminence in every function of the church. The church has NO reason to gather together outside of glorifying the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Worship is the main concern and purpose of the church.  Socializing and charity among those who gather is a minor issue, it is not the main purpose. The Holy Spirit reminds us of His preeminence in ALL things in Colossians 1:18. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
   Seven times the word repent is mentioned to the seven churches in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. SEVEN times the disobedient church was instructed of their need of repentance. Adam disobeyed God ONE time and his sin brought forth death. The church today, the Laodicean church, the Lord declared, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. SEVEN times throughout the history of the church, He called out the word REPENT, and although it is SEVEN times, the word repent takes place only in SIX verses, and the number six is the number of unrepentant man.

Side Note: REPENT. Seven (7) times in six (6) verses we are again and FINALLY reminded of the message within the numbers. The LAST and FINALLY call to REPENT was given to the Church. God in His divine perfection (the number seven) gave man (the number of unrepentant man is the number six) the opportunity to REPENT.
● Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. (Revelation 2:5)
● Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth (Revelation 2:16)
● And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. (Revelation 2:21)
● Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. (Revelation 2:22)
● Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. (Revelation 3:3)
● As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3:19) ♦ End of Side Note: Repent.

    Just as Israel would not repent, just as Jerusalem would not repent, the worldwide professing church today will not repent and acknowledge THE KING. That it is He, the Lord Jesus Christ, who has preeminence in ALL things. The church today (in their unrepentant hearts) has no thought of the feelings of the heart of God.
   He not only weeps over Jerusalem, but many tears have been shed over His church. We have the same hard heart and stiff necks in the church today as Israel. The Lord sent prophets. He sent just men with the gospel sent down by the Holy Spirit, not only to the wayward world but also to the wayward church. Although  many men have been rejected by the church, some have been cast out, some have been ignored, and some have left because of their godly righteous convictions. These men, past and present, hear the words of the Lord, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them . . . this is an echo of the yesteryears of Israel.

● Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, (1st Samuel 8:4)
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. (1st Samuel 8:5)
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. (1st Samuel 8:6)
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. (1st Samuel 8:7)
● He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. (John 1:10)
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (John 1:11)
● Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. (Acts 2:36)
● But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; (Acts 3:14)
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. (Acts 3:15)
● Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (Acts 7:51) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: (Acts 7:52) Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. (Acts 7:53)

   There is one point in history that man does not like to visit. It has been called the Dark Ages, and this is for a reason. During this period of time, man lost the ability of knowledge (not only worldly knowledge but knowledge of the holy). The controlling Nicolaitan church during this period took away the knowledge of God from the common man. Even kings and rulers had no knowledge of the truth. It was locked away in the dark catacombs of Rome. During this time period anyone who dared to contend for the faith were brutally murdered, burned alive and even frozen in blocks of ice. The mark of Cain was over this entire time period. The Jesuits slaughtered thousands and darkness was over the whole sea of humanity. Think of the whole world as every man had a dark heart, a dark spirit and a dark soul, and God was NOT in all their thoughts. Mankind through the power of Satan, had brought darkness over the known and unknown world of humanity. Light was driven out and darkness prevailed. The tower of Babel was rebuilt in Rome and Rome hid all the true knowledge of God. Satan AND man returned to the tree of the knowledge of good and EVIL, and had chosen the fruit of evil. The only thing that they found and selected from that tree of good and evil was the EVIL of their own hearts.
   This was a slow and subtle movement of the serpent to dethrone the rightful King from His righteous throne of grace. Yes, the church age began with persecution of the followers of Jesus Christ. Yet, under persecution, the early church grew and spread out across the known world. Then the subtle serpent, through another man of renown, who was named Constantine, brought the ungodly world into the church. Constantine was considered to be the head of the church, the supreme leader over every aspect of the religious church. Consequently, Rome rebuilt the tower of Babel in the Vatican, and their spirit and language went into all the world, but Satan and man was not finished for Satan planned a greater Babylon called Babylon the Great, a worldwide Babylon of ALL of man’s religions in unity denying the Christ of God, denying the King.
   In this day of ruin, the apostle, through the Spirit, declared that the night is far spent and the day is at hand. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light (Romans 13:12). Darkness was over all the earth in the spirit of Satan. There is thievery and deception everywhere, indescribable crimes against humanity and God. The church was to bear the Light of Christ into all the world, but they have chosen darkness and not the Light of Christ. As we stand at the precipice of divine judicial judgement, we challenge those who are born again to ignite the light of the gospel and stand for Jesus Christ, the FULLNESS of the Godhead bodily and spread His light through this dark and satanic world. All have come short of the glory of God and there is only ONE who is the glory of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, THE KING.
   Faith enters in as a gift from The King. He sits on the well of the everlasting streams of light to minister His grace to those who will believe through faith in the Son of God, THE KING. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2:8) As we read this wonderful verse, listen to the voice of the Spirit of God. You are SAVED by grace, now grace has been purchased by God. It was God on the cross of Calvary shedding His own previous blood, God’s blood, that purchased grace for YOU. This was God’s part, but grace must come through FAITH. It is FAITH that is the gift of God, and in John Chapter 4, the Gift of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, sat upon the well of Jacob with the living water of life within Himself to GIVE to man eternal life the Gift of FAITH which is Jesus Christ.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

   This gift of God IN Jesus Christ must come through FAITH, and IN His Person, He is both the Author and Finisher of FAITH. This FAITH comes as a gift from God to man. It enters into the dead heart of man and quickens the heart and man is born again by the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ that is sent down into the hearts of man. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. In Galatians 4:6 there is a reason that the Spirit of Christ is sent into the heart by God the Father. It is because all of mankind in Adam have a dark and wicked heart. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9) I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jeremiah 17:10) We do not have the mind, the eyes or the wisdom of God to see the desperate condition that the heart of man is in. The Spirit of God in Jeremiah 17 reveals that it is God who searches the heart. He not only searches but He tries the heart, although the new birth and salvation takes place in a wink of an eye God has searched that heart and as tried that heart for a long time.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12) Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (Hebrews 4:13)

   Through the UNSEEN, God ministers the gift of faith for without faith man cannot please God, and man does not have within himself a well of faith that he can draw from, man is destitute of faith, and man cannot please God.

● Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
● But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6)

   Only THE KING can do these things. It is The King who has divine authority on His righteous throne to change the heart of man from a hardened stone to a new and living way in our Lord Jesus Christ. The ONENESS of the title THE KING leaves no other, no other potentate in heaven, or in earth or under the earth. It is only our King, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is anointed with the oil of gladness above all others. Our King brings hope to the hopeless by the glad tidings of the gospel of The King. Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. (Luke 19:38) The Holy Spirit used the phrase, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord. Do you see Revelation Chapter 19 in this phrase, King of Kings and Lord of Lords? THIS King, THE King has a vast kingdom. ALL of His creation humbles itself before Him, only man in his darkened spirit rebels against God: the wheat fields bow their towering grains before Him, the moon hides in the day behind the sun, and then returns in the darkness of night to show forth the glory of the sun. The stars play their instruments and sparkle light through the blackness of space, and with their voices sing and bow before the Creator. The proud lion roars in the jungle to show forth the voice that it was given by his Creator. The ant hides in the crust of the earth and comes out to forage in the light, ever working as its tireless Creator. The fish and the sea creatures swim in the seas and streams and lakes all over the planet protected by the darkness of the deep, which is a UNSEEN world unto itself, and with all its mysteries that cannot be told, God uses the sea as an example of all of humanity. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. (Isaiah 57:20) Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. (Jude 1:13)

   You may not realize this, but when you are born, you are born AWAY from God. Adam left his mark of sin upon you and when you come into the world, when you are released from the protective womb, the cry of sin awakens your heart. Can it be that in that moment of time, that you know what is ahead for you in the evil world of mankind? Isn’t it strange that man is always identified as a form of world order, not singular but as the world. The earth is separated from the order of man. The world ORDER is directed by the spirit of the serpent, the old serpent, the devil. This is explained in Psalm 24:1 and 2. The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. In Psalm 24, God divides the earth, His creation, from the world order. The world is seen as the habitation of man, WE see it as everything around us, but God sees it as the ORDER of man and his control over the world that MAN has created in his societies which are in opposition to God. This is why this psalm continues with a separated man with clean hands and a pure heart. It is only HE who ascends into mount Zion.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? (Psalm 24:3)
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. (Psalm 24:4)
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. (Psalm 24:5)
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (Psalm 24:6)

   There is a separation of that righteous man from the rest of the ‘world order.’ He has clean hands, the Lord Jesus did no sin. He has a pure heart, in Him was no sin. He walked through the world and ascended into the hill of Zion, though He was tempted, though He was tried, God saw His beloved Son WITHOUT SIN. So, how does this psalm end? It ends with the victory of the King of glory . . . the KING triumphant . . . the KING of many crowns. We bow in humble admiration of The King. Now let us move on to the crown over Israel in John 1:47 and 49.

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. (John 1:46)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! (John 1:47)
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. (John 1:48)
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:49)

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The King of Israel

Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:49)

  The Spirit of God does a marvelous work in the heart of Nathanael. He was meditating under a fig tree. The fig tree has always been a symbol of the spiritual condition and responsibility of the nation of Israel. And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. (Mark 11:13) And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. (Mark 11:14) And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. (Mark 11:20) And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. (Mark 11:21) The Lord cursed the fig true because it had NO fruit, it was symbolic of the entire nation and especially Jerusalem and the religious leaders. Israel would not respond to God’s righteous servant in His Son, Jesus Christ. Since they totally rejected the Lord Jesus in His crucifixion, in His resurrection and in sending down His Spirit, they have borne NO fruit for God. Since that day, the leaves have fallen off, the root have dried up, and all life ended and dissipated. But in John Chapter 1, there was a man by the name of Nathanael, the Spirit had given him rest under a fig tree and meditated on the coming Messiah. So what did God do? He brought Nathanael to Himself in John 1:48, Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Here is a wonderful thing, in this verse, we have the omniscience and the omnipresence of the Lord Jesus, for He saw Nathanael under the fig tree while He was with His disciples, and through His omniscience He knew the thoughts of Nathanael concerning Himself. Nathanael was in one place (under the fig tree) as the Lord was in another place with His disciples, and yet He knew and He saw Nathanael under the fig tree. As the Lord KNEW the mind and thoughts of Nathanael, He also knows the intent of our hearts. His eyes search our thoughts and our hearts.
     When we, as Nathanael are thinking of the Messiah, the King, the Son of God, the King of Israel, it is God through His Holy Spirit that brings the thoughts of Christ to us. God the Father glorifies His Son in the thoughts, minds and hearts of man. These thoughts came into Nathanael’s heart from above. This is one of the most important portraits in John’s gospel. After Christ was revealed in John Chapter 1 as the Son of God, as the Lamb of God, He is now brought forth as the divine Son of God, as The King of Israel, and to our amazement, Nathanael presents the Lord Jesus in perfect order. First, there is Sonship, as the Heir of all things, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:2); then there is His Kingship on the throne of righteousness, But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8) Although Christ humbled Himself to be made in the LIKENESS of man, He NEVER surrendered any of His divine attributes or His eternal positions as the Son of God and The King of glory. Nathanael saw Him as King of Israel, all the hosts of Israel were brought together in the heart of faith through the Gift of faith. Then the expression of Nathanael’s heart, we hear the words, Thou art the Son of God, the king of Israel . . . thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. Then to confirm the thoughts of Nathanael, The King spoke, . . . Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. (John 1:51) Now, if you can bear it, when the Lord Jesus spoke those words, He was taking Nathanael in a prophetic window to the new heaven and the new earth where He will tabernacle with just men made perfect with Him. The angels will constantly be ascending and descending from heaven’s glory to earth’s glory upon the Son of man. The angels will be in constant active obedience to the omnipotent and omnipresent God, Jesus Christ. They will ascend and descend into His presence both in obedience and worship. (That’s all that I can write on this subject right now for I must wait on the Lord.) We are not through with the subject of the many crowns that our King wears. We now look at the crown of The King of the Jews.

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The King of the Jews

   This title was given to our Sovereign by the ungodly world and referenced to ungodly people. This was the crown of the curse, the crown of thorns.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; (Genesis 3:17)
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; (Genesis 3:18)
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Genesis 3:19)

   The curse that Adam brought into the world is seen in the crown of thorns. This leads to our Lord as the man of sorrows taking the curse upon Himself. Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. (Lamentations 1:12) He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isaiah 53:3) The Spirit of God informs us in Galatians 3:13 that our Lord was hung upon an accursed tree. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. You need to absorb this verse in your heart for it takes us back to the accursed tree of the knowledge of good and evil where in time sin began. However, with the Lord Jesus, He came in the fullness of time to bear in and on His Body the sin of the whole world on the accursed tree. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. (Genesis 3:3) And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. (Genesis 3:13)
   See the numbers surrounding these verses. The number 3, the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and the number thirteen (13) the accursed thing and the accursed one, the man of Revelation Chapter 13, The Beast. Christ was crucified on the accursed tree wearing a crown, a crown of thorns, the symbol of the curse that Adam brought into the world. When God found Adam and Eve hiding among the trees, He not only said these words to them, but He also spoke to the whole world, What is this that thou hast done?
    The title King of the Jews became the crown of rejection. It is the rejected crown of royalty. They rejected the crown of gold and precious stones for a crown of thorns. This One, the symbol of the righteousness of God not only in His movements and actions, but within Him was the divine fountain and well of righteousness. All that He endured was contrary to His own righteousness. He became a symbol of the curse on the accursed tree. However, historically, when Pilate announced, Behold your King, the Jews in their evil animosity declared that they had NO king but Caesar. They REFUSED their righteous King, and He was crucified. He bore the curse for ALL of Adam’s race, and ALL of His creation. This was the extent of the curse. You might not realize it but heaven also had to be cleansed from the sin of Lucifer. The extent of the curse brought forth thorns and thistles. Life was taken from every living thing. Adam brought DEATH to all that God saw that was good. The very creation went into the throes of a death convulsion. Adam brought down into his very sin ALL of his descendants and all of creation.

● For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18)
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (Romans 8:19)
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, (Romans 8:20)
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Romans 8:21)
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Romans 8:22)
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)

● And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Colossians 1:20)

   The earth was under a curse that could only be removed and lifted by the Son of God. The determinate counsels and foreknowledge of God provided a Lamb of sacrifice to come in the fullness of time from the foundation of the world. As the enmity of man’s heart is so profoundly set against God, it is the crown of thorns that came first from the Roman soldiers, then the royal robe, then the mocking began, Hail King of the Jews. The result of the curse of sin: the soldiers stood before their Creator God and because of sin, mocked Him. The curse, the crown of thorns, with long spikes began to bite deeply into His brow.

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. (John 19:1)
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, (John 19:2)
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. (John 19:3)
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. (John 19:4)
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! (John 19:5)

   The Jews looked upon the Son of God wearing a crown of thorns and a royal robe. It was quite evident and visual that blood flowed from His brow. They could find no pity in their hearts for Him. In their satanic hysteria, they cried, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate proclaimed, Beyond the man! Pilate did not realize the magnitude of truth within his words. This was the heavenly MAN that came down from His glorious throne in Ezekiel Chapter 1.

● And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. (Ezekiel 1:26)
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. (Ezekiel 1:27)
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. (Ezekiel 1:28)
● After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. (Revelation 4:1)
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. (Revelation 4:2)
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. (Revelation 4:3)
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. (Revelation 4:4)
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. (Revelation 4:5)
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. (Revelation 4:6)

   This MAN from heaven would take away the sin of the world as the Lamb of God, as the divine sacrifice in the fullness of time and in the fullness of sin. Adam’s sin was the spark that lit the fire that consumed the entire world. I say this because when all is fulfilled, this world will be consumed by fire and the Creator of all things will create a new heaven and a new earth. The theme of time around the life of Christ should not be dismissed. The phrase that His hour had not yet come was recorded THREE times, and the mention of the sixth hour around His crucifixion when Pilate presented Christ to the Jews it was the about the sixth hour. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! (John 19:14) This was the height of man’s sin against their God and Creator. The number six is the number of man for ALL of mankind were under the curse of sin.

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. (John 19:13)
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! (John 19:14)
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. (John 19:15)

   As we view the satanic circus around the trial of Christ, we see the ambassadors of Satan in the Jews and in the Roman government through Pilate. In John 19:14, Pilate proclaimed, Behold your King. In silence, the Lord Jesus did not open His mouth. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7) Standing there before the Jews was the Son of God, the divine Savior, the Lord of heavenly hosts, the Holy One, and His name shall be called Jesus, a Savior of the people. But as they looked upon Him, the Godhead bodily, as His blood flowed from His head, the Jews demanded His death, But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Their screams cried out for the total and complete rejection of the Son of God. Their divine King had came to seek and to save that which was lost, and their vicious voices chanted, Crucify him, crucify him.
   As in all organized rebellion and chaos there was ‘a tell’ of evil. It was the Jews themselves. They were all cursed in Adam so what did they do? They cursed themselves AND their children with the words, . . . His blood [be] on us, and on our children. (Matthew 27:25) Let His blood (divine and holy blood) be on us and on our children. They cursed themselves and generations of their children. They mocked the divine blood of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28) Pay attention to the last seven words of this verse . . . it removes Adam from the blood of Christ, it was God’s blood, divine blood and NOT the blood of man. There is a reminder in the book of Hebrews of how precious this blood was and is and should not be mocked nor trodden under foot. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? (Hebrews 10:29)
    Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. (Matthew 27:25) This was ALL the people. Why did the Holy Spirit stop using the word Jews because ALL the people were and are guilty. It was more than just the Jews and the Roman government for ALL are guilty under sin . . . ALL of humanity (past, present and future) ARE under the curse of the Jews. It is SIN that has man showing their backs to God, it is their evil hearts that is full of sin and enmity. What Satan or if you prefer Lucifer began in heaven spread as wildfire in the children of men until ALL was condemned in Genesis Chapter 6.
   God washed the entire earth and they that dwelt therein, and only one man, Noah, found grace in God’s sight through FAITH. Noah’s children, his three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth, although they had witnessed God’s divine judgment, they knew not the Lord and had married the daughters of men. Thus, at the death of Noah faith was no longer found on earth.  So, God went looking for a man and He found one man named Abram, and God appeared to Abram and revealed His glory while Abram was in Mesopotamia. And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran. (Acts 7:2) It was there in Mesopotamia that Abram received the gift of FAITH and began his journey of faith. Even today the children of faith continue in the blessings of Abram for they KNOW the Author and Finisher of faith. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2) 

   Pilate also had a sign made and placed it on the cross. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Luke 23:38) The Holy Spirit used the predominate languages of the whole known world at the time of Christ: Greek, Latin and Hebrew. For God had also brought people from the nations, they were there to keep the Passover and they all could read this superscription that Christ was the King of the Jews. The Holy Spirit capitalized this truth forever in the Scriptures. This is confirmed in ALL FOUR gospels.

1. And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Matthew 27:37)
2. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Mark 15:26)
3. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Luke 23:38)
4. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. (John 19:19)

   There is much to see and learn through each of the placements and phrases that the Holy Spirit used through these verses. I will only briefly comment on the last mention in John 19:19. This is the LAST PLACE that Jesus is mentioned in all four gospels connected to the sign over the cross. He is mentioned as Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews. Now again listen to the words of Nathanael in John 1:44-46. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. (John 1:44) Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. (John 1:45) And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. (John 1:46) CLICK HERE for more on the phrase Come and see.   
    Pay attention to the words, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Remember it was Pilate’s superscription; this was a further condemnation of Jesus. Everyone KNEW the reputation of Nazareth, and Pilate was mocking Christ by using His name in connection with Nazareth. This was a common saying in Israel, and Pilate knew it well, so therefore, he included this phrase to disgrace the King. The whole world was informed by the Holy Ghost that Jesus of Nazareth is the King of the Jews. If per say in Nazareth there was no good thing, there was One who had dwelt in Nazareth, Jesus of Nazareth, the Holy thing, the Holy child, the Holy One, the Prince of Life, The King of the Jews . . . HE was the ONLY SINLESS and FAULTLESS GOOD that ever came out of Nazareth. As Pilate declared, for I find no fault in Him. Five times His faultlessness by Pilate is recorded in Scripture, I find no fault in this man . . . . have found no fault in this man . . . I find in him no fault [at all . . . . I find no fault in him . . . . for I find no fault in him.

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The King of Saints

  Now we come to OUR King, the King of saints. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. (Revelation 15:3) Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. (Revelation 15:4) He embraces every child of God in His loving kindness. He perfected His righteousness IN those who He has called for they are made righteous IN Him. He has given ALL  His children a loving title: SAINTS. One day we will walk with Him in Light. Our garments will be pure as we are made like Him. It is NOW that we walk with Him in FAITH until our change comes.

● If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. (Job 14:14)
● And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)
● Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1st John 3:2)
● Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2nd Peter 1:4)
● But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2nd Corinthians 3:18)

   The mystery of resurrection runs through the entire Bible and is totally revealed in The King of saints: who is The Resurrection. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. (John 11:23) Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. (John 11:24) Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (John 11:25) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:26)
   As we travel through the Scriptures, we see more and more the progressive revelation of God. This comforts us in this present evil world for we have a GOD of ALL comfort. We are blessed as sons, we are nurtured as children, and we are glorified as saints. We are joint heirs with The HEIR of all things, we are of His eternal generation, an everlasting generation. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. (Matthew 1:1) There is a generation of the children of God. It is a everlasting generation ONLY for those of FAITH. This generation is seen through the Scriptures beginning with the first man of faith: Abel, and onward in everyone who walked by faith. God testifies of this generation. CLICK HERE for more about the generations. 

● A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. (Psalm 22:30) They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. (Psalm 22:31)
● This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (Psalm 24:6)
● He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (Isaiah 53:8)
● The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. (Psalm 87:6)
● Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. (Jude 1:3)

   Faith is the passport to sonship which in our day and age sonship has been forgotten, but Jude informs us that we should earnestly contend for the faith for FAITH is our passport to sonship; thus, we enter into the generation of Jesus Christ. Our passport of faith has been purchased with the blood of the Lamb, the blood of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28) Think of the battles that our King has fought for us as The King of saints. Every hour, every day, He maintains His KINGSHIP over us, and He maintains His throne of grace for us through His divine righteousness.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. (Hebrews 4:14) For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15) Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)

   There are times when The King of saints is mighty in battle, and there are times when as Melchisedec He sits down with communion and ministers His grace to us. When we submit and bend our hearts to His presence, we see no other, we hear no other, our hearts listens to His voice. With The King of saints, we are assured of our eternal life. We are assured that His kingdom will have no end. We are assured when we fail that He listens to every whimper from our repented heart. As a little child holds out his arms for its father or mother, the Lord our Creator and God makes His presence known to comfort us with His everlasting arms. The Lord Jesus is well aware that we (in this state on earth) are not perfect for we have not yet been glorified IN Him. We are now adopted sons WAITING for that change of glory, and with childlike faith we wait for the redemption of our bodies, from corruption to incorruption and from flesh to glory.

● For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18)
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (Romans 8:19)
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, (Romans 8:20)
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Romans 8:21)
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Romans 8:22)
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)
● We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (2nd Corinthians 4:8)
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; (2nd Corinthians 4:9)
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. (2nd Corinthians 4:10)
● As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. (1st Corinthians 15:48)
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. (1st Corinthians 15:49)
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. (1st Corinthians 15:50)
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (1st Corinthians 15:51)
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1st Corinthians 15:52)
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (1st Corinthians 15:53)
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1st Corinthians 15:54)
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (1st Corinthians 15:55)
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. (1st Corinthians 15:56)
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1st Corinthians 15:57)

   As The King of saints, He has made our spirit JUST before Him. To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. (Hebrews 12:23) He justified us through His sacrifice as the Lamb of God and as He shed His blood, He covered our sins and took His blood to the eternal mercy seat in glory.

● But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; (Hebrews 9:11)
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:12)
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (Hebrews 9:13)
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:14)
● For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (Hebrews 9:24)
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; (Hebrews 9:25)
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (Hebrews 9:26)

   When we realize that the blood that was shed was the blood of God . . . what a payment . . . to give us everlasting life. John in his first epistle desired that we should understanding that now in our present condition that we are still the sons of God. When John wrote in 1st John 3:2, Beloved now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he, the Lord Jesus Christ, The King of saints, shall appear that we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. For we, those of FAITH in the Lord Jesus Christ, the sons of God in our immortal bodies shall SEE HIM AS HE IS. When the great transformation of our bodies takes place, our mortal bodies will be gone forever, and through this gift of faith our Lord will bestow upon us an immortal body and eternal life to dwell with Him forever in the new heavens and the new earth where righteousness reigns in glory as The King of saints.

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The KING OF KINGS

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16)

  We have a monarch before us in Revelation 19:16 unlike any other monarch whether yesterday, today or forever. Out of His judicial and righteous throne proceeds lightning and thunder.

And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. (Ezekiel 1:25)
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. (Ezekiel 1:26)
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. (Ezekiel 1:27)
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. (Ezekiel 1:28)

   In Revelation Chapter 19 we have heaven and earth meeting each other in battle. The ungodly world of The Beast will finally be dethroned and the generation of mankind that took on the character and form of a beast and who willfully worshiped The Beast will be no more. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. (Revelation 19:19) We know that man was taken from the dust of the ground, we know that God created man in His image, however, at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Satan took man and transformed man into a beast. I guess you could call it reverse evolution . . . not upward but downward in sin. The theory of evolution, the propaganda of Satan, has never been any part of the progression or degeneration of mankind. Man has not gone upward but downward into sin and iniquity. Man in his evil imagination from his heart of evil is NOW in a position that exceeds Genesis Chapter 6. Whether you see it or not, this world is being prepped for The Beast sitting on the throne of Satan and this Beast will declare himself as God . . . and the world will gladly and eagerly worship him.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (2nd Thessalonians 2:3)
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. (2nd Thessalonians 2:4)
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? (2nd Thessalonians 2:5)
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. (2nd Thessalonians 2:6)
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. (2nd Thessalonians 2:7)
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: (2nd Thessalonians 2:8)
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, (2nd Thessalonians 2:9)
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (2nd Thessalonians 2:10)

   At the conclusion of The Beast’s kingdom, the King of King and Lord of Lords will appear to destroy the Beast AND his kingdom AND the kings of the earth with the Spirit of His mouth, the WORD of His power.

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. (Revelation 19:19)
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20)
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Revelation 19:21)

   I wrote that this world is being prepared . . . powers are warring against powers . . . globalism against nationalism . . . individualism against collectivism . . . egos against egos . . . nations against nations . . . man will come to the realization that in his delusion he chose a Beast on the throne of Satan to rule over him.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. (Revelation 13:1)
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. (Revelation 13:2)
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. (Revelation 13:3)
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? (Revelation 13:4)
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. (Revelation 13:5)
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. (Revelation 13:6)
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. (Revelation 13:7)
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8)

   Here in Chapter 13 is a great truth, the Beast will be the true son of Satan. He will sit on the throne of Satan, he will scheme with all craftiness and guile. He will be the man of lies reflecting the character of his father: Satan/Lucifer. He will be the man of ALL sin, the man of Satan. He will be full of satanic power and the world will bow to that power and love his lies and believe his lies. Scripture tells us that the world will believe his lies before they will believe the truth.
    To understand the condition of the world we only have to look at John 3:19 and 20, And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3;19) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. (John 3;20) There is a contrast within these two verses. Light has come into the world, then however, man loves darkness. The word love and loved should get our attention. Man is not just fond of darkness, nor do they merely like darkness, but they LOVE darkness. They HATE, yes, that word HATE is there, they HATE the Light that is in Jesus Christ. The satanic darkness of the snake, the old serpent, has been in the world since Adam sinned. Now, he is creeping up to its prey to devour all of mankind in sin and in iniquity. All the technology of today is slowly enslaving mankind. In many cases, it dictates the very thoughts of man and takes away man’s ability to analyze, think, consider, and to make valid decisions. The battle for the mind’s of mankind is central to the goal of Satan, to control the mind, to have power OVER minds is ultimate control over man.
  The heart is supposed to be the center of man’s thoughts, but because of sin, the mind has taken the place of the heart. By the thoughts that come into man’s mind, it rules over the heart, soul and spirit of man. A good example: man has more pride in the thoughts of his mind and in his education then the prodding of the heart by the Spirit of God to follow the word of God.
   In John 3 man LOVES darkness. In John’s first epistle, he wrote NOT to LOVE the world and all that is within the world: the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. These are the tools that the devil uses to devour the souls of man. The devil, through The Beast will rule the world and they that dwell therein. The serpent, the old serpent, the devil, and rebellious man has been devouring the world and themselves since the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
   The Almighty has looked upon man destroying himself with sin and He has interceded many times in the past to preserve life on earth. Genesis Chapter 6 is only a window, a small sample of the power of God and the power of His judgments. But even in the power of His judgments, we are able to see mercy, for one man, Noah, found grace in His sight. Faith is the seed of all goodness and grace. God kept faith alive in Noah and that eternal seed of faith is found in its Author, the Lord Jesus Christ. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Galatians 3:16)

● Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
For by it the elders obtained a good report. (Hebrews 11:2)
● And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (Revelation 19:12)
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:14)
● And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Revelation 19:8)

   The armies in Revelation 19 that are in heaven follow Him. There are no questions, no anxieties, no doubts, no regrets, they just follow Him. In the New Testament in the gospels, the only One who spoke these two words . . . Follow me . . . was the Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the work of the Holy Spirit showing that there is no other ONE that we should follow. This MAN, the Lord Jesus Christ, has the power to select those whom He will. He KNOWS His sheep and they follow Him, they know His voice . . . follow me. Those who were told to follow Him, followed without hesitation. All who followed Him, did not jump up and down, did not raise their hands to heaven, did not draw attention to themselves, but simply left what they were doing and followed Him. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19) These were simple and sincere men of the sea, men who did not fear extreme toil, fishermen, and the Lord made them fishers of men. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Matthew 8:22) It is Christ who has Life and He exhorted His disciples to be givers of eternal life, to preach the gospel and use it as a net to encompass mankind with the truth of the Living God. Pointing man to the Giver and Gift of Life and that life is eternal life. The Lord proclaimed that He that liveth and believeth in Him shall NEVER, NEVER, NEVER die, believest thou this. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (John 11:25) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:26)
➤ And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. (Matthew 9:9) The power of Christ can be seen through the calling of His disciples. The men that He directly called had no questions, they just followed Him in the power of His Spirit. Matthew as government agent, a tax collector, for the Roman government, and that government could not hold Matthew for he was one of the elect of God chosen by the Master to follow Him.

➤ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Matthew 16:24) To pick up your cross and follow Christ is not just suffering in the flesh, it is suffering in the heart, in the soul and in the spirit seeing the dregs of sin in the world. Seeing scores of lives disappearing into eternity, forever lost, lives fading away before our eyes, lives needing light and the Christian has light. Picking up your cross is giving of yourselves with His cross in your heart, soul and spirit. To deny oneself, to deny what man strives for: vanity, pride, popularity, possessions, dominance, fame, and fortune, cast off all of man’s desires aside and take to heart the words of the Lord Jesus: follow Me.
➤ Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. (Matthew 19:21) What you loose on earth will be bound in heaven. Naked came I out of my mother’s womb and naked I will return to dust. No king of this earth ever took his kingdom with them out of the earth. No rich person has ever taken their wealth with him out of the earth. No famous person has ever taken their fame with him out of the earth. All returned to dust. Here is a thought on eternal life: as I step through the veil as John in Revelation Chapter 4, my eyes will see the treasures of heaven, but most of all it will see the brightness of God’s glory in Jesus Christ.
➤ And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Mark 8:34) This call was to all the people; no one is left out. He called to them and to US today, follow me. For never a man spake like this man from heaven. Can we who are born of the Spirit of God still hear that voice saying, Follow me.

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FOLLOW THE KING
FOLLOW ME

● And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19)
● But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Matthew 8:22)
● And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. (Matthew 9:9)
● Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Matthew 16:24)
● Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me. (Matthew 19:21)
● And as he passed by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. (Mark 2:14)
● And when he had called the people [unto him] with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Mark 8:34)
● Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. (Mark 10:21)
● And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. (Luke 5:27)
● And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (Luke 9:23)
● And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (Luke 9:59)
● Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. (Luke 18:22)
● The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. (John 1:43)
● My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
● If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour. (John 12:26)
● Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. (John 13:36)
● This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. (John 21:19)
● And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. (Acts 12:8)

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THE EVER-EXISTING KING
I AM THAT I AM
The ANGEL of the LORD

   The only voice that we should follow is the voice of the Master. In the book of Acts, that was the angel of the Lord, or we could say, the Lord as an angel (a messenger). The angel of the Lord is mentioned in sixty-four (64) verses in Scripture and there are many reasons that this was the Lord Himself. The most convincing reference was with Moses at the burning bush. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. (Exodus 3:2)

● And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. (Exodus 3:4)
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. (Exodus 3:5)
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. (Exodus 3:6)
● And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? (Exodus 3:13)
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (Exodus 3:14)

  As we see the burning bush, the angel of the Lord IS IN THE BUSH, and from out of that burning bush, the same voice proclaimed to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. That same voice proclaimed that He was the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. This was all brought together in John’s gospel in 8:58. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. In John’s gospel Christ claimed His eternality as the great I AM. This was so convincing that the Jews picked up stones to kill Christ because they KNEW that Christ was referring to Exodus Chapter 3 and the I AM. There is no other God before me, this is a position that Christ held since He created the heavens and the earth. You can hold fast to unbelief, or you can hold fast to true faith, and through true faith receive the blessing of following the Lord Jesus Christ. Follow all the references to the angel of the Lord through the Scriptures, it is just as believable as Revelation 19:11-13. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. (Revelation 19:11) His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (Revelation 19:12) And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)
   While we are examining the phrase, the angel of the Lord, how about this phrase, the angel of His presence. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. (Isaiah 63:9) The Holy Spirit reveals the angel of His presence, that it was and is the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. A Cherubim or Seraphim cannot redeem man. Only the Lord Jesus is the Redeemer of man. The angel of His presence is His Eternal presence. We so much desire to limit the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ that we can only think of His manifesting Himself as Jesus. We know from Scripture that He manifested Himself as a HAND writing on a wall, and as the Son of God in a fiery furnace, and as the angel of the Lord in a burning bush, and as a Deliverer from a Roman prison, and now at the end of the world, the manifestation that we love, the Man from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. The world will soon see Him when He manifests Himself as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

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THE CONTINUOUS CROWN
of
The KING of GLORY

   Through this article we have seen many crowns, is there a continuous crown? Yes, there is. The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. (Psalm 10:16) The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. (Psalm 29:10) He is the LORD of His kingdom, and He is a King forever. There is no other King besides thee, and we need neither doubt His Kingship nor His Kingdom, for they are for ever and ever. After seeing the many crowns that the Lord Jesus wears, they all make up the crown of eternity. Although they may be seen in our hearts from afar off, we KNOW that one day we will see Him as He is.
   In the personal experience of the children of God, we see the Lord Jesus wearing the crown of our King, and our God. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. (Psalm 5:2) Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. (Psalm 44:4)
   The children of God do NOT have a king as other nations. We are a NATION of redeemed souls, redeemed by the blood of our King. He is a KING of the heart, soul and spirit, therefore, we can sing ‘King of my Life I crown thee now.’ He is gone into the deep darkness of death to redeem us from that darkness and to deliver us from the fiery pit and to place our feet on heavenly ground. All my brethren, past, present and future, have been called with a heavenly calling in Christ Jesus. One day, we will all follow Him out of heaven wearing white raiment, which is the righteousness of saints. There is still much to learn as children of God, we seek knowledge of the holy, we keep looking and searching the mysteries that behold the King of glory.

Amen and Selah.

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And every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS to the glory of God the Father.

Who is the King of glory?
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He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. (Song of Songs 2:4)

1) King of my life I crown Thee now,
Thine shall the glory be;
lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow,
lead me to Calvary. Refrain:
Lest I forget Gethsemane,
lest I forget Thine agony,
lest I forget Thy love for me,
lead me to Calvary.

2) Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid,
tenderly mourned and wept;
angels in robes of light arrayed
guarded Thee whilst Thou slept. [Refrain]

3) Let me like Mary, through the gloom,
come with a gift to Thee;
show to me now the empty tomb,
lead me to Calvary. [Refrain]

4) May I be willing, Lord, to bear
daily my cross for Thee;
even Thy cup of grief to share,
Thou hast borne all for me. [Refrain]

Author: Jennie Evelyn Hussey (1921)
Tune: [King of my life I crown Thee now] (Kirkpatrick)

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Published on February 9, 2026 @) 1:05 PM (EST).
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All Scripture references are from the King James Bible. (KJB)