Is Jesus King

Is Jesus King

Joh 18:37  "Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." 

               Let us examine the text itself.  Jesus claimed to be a king.  When Pilate asked Him if He was a King, He answered "Thou sayest that I am a king.  This was an affirmation of the fact.  When He said, "To this end was I born," we learn that His kingdom was the purpose of His incarnation.  His birth was like no other man's.  He, Who was God from eternity, came to earth by way of the virgin's womb.  Thus God became man, and He did it that He might become king.  This was also the purpose of His ministry.  This He stated when He said, "and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth."  It is generally taught that He will become King.  The fact is that He was King when He came the first time, and He still is.

               His people will one day be king over the earth.  This was His plan from the beginning.  His command to Adam and Eve in the garden was "...let them have dominion over ...all the earth..." Gen. 1:26.  God said unto them "...and subdue it:  and have dominion over ...every living thing that moveth upon the earth, Gen. 1:28.  In the garden there came the most awful abdication of all time.  Satan, who was a subject of Adam and Eve, tempted the woman.  She ate and gave to Adam, and He ate.  His act of eating the forbidden fruit was an abdication from king ship to servant making Satan the god of this world.  Jesus and His purpose, however, are not defeated.  In John 16:11 we read, "...because the prince of this world is judged."  Satan, Bless God, is a defeated foe.

               Jesus is in the process to making man king over the earth.  He fulfilled Daniel's Prophecy 2:44, "...shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:  and the kingdom shall not be left to other p[eople, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these things."  Granted His kingdom was spiritual, but it will be physical.  He is coming back to reign with His people.  See Luke 1:31-33, "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:  And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."   It does not say that the throne of His Heavenly Father shall be given Him; rather it says that the throne of His father David shall be given unto Him.  Then in Rev. 22:3-5 we are told that His people will also reign for ever and ever.

               Yes, Jesus was a King, He is now a King in exile, and He will return to take His throne and be a King forever.  For this kingdom He taught us to pray, "...Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."