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I sometimes think it is hard for us as Americans to really get our minds around the idea of Christ as "king." In the American Revolution, the American colonists fought a bloody battle to rid themselves of a distant, impersonal king. Now we have a Congress and a President, a type of "first among equals," as it were.
While Jesus was one of us in the very real, human sense, he is far more than a "first among equals." He was also fully God, the second person of the Trinity, and is now the true king. He does not depend on popularity or opinion polls. He does not have to run for election. He is king, whether we like it or not. His is the throne. "And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead that in everything he might be preeminent" (vv. 17-18).
Craig K.
While Jesus was one of us in the very real, human sense, he is far more than a "first among equals." He was also fully God, the second person of the Trinity, and is now the true king. He does not depend on popularity or opinion polls. He does not have to run for election. He is king, whether we like it or not. His is the throne. "And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead that in everything he might be preeminent" (vv. 17-18).
Craig K.
