A monarch is like a fixed star, the North Star. In some strange way, we navigate and orientate our lives around them. They symbolise law and order and reflect the values, culture and history of the society over which they reign. A monarch also represents and symbolises the … [Read more...] about Long Live the King
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Jesus, Holding the Sceptre
What is it we're asking people to see and believe when we share the gospel? In Matthew 27 we see Jesus. We see a king. Innocent, robed in scarlet, wearing a crown, holding the sceptre and suffering for sin. That is the Gospel. That's what we want people to see and believe. Now … [Read more...] about Jesus, Holding the Sceptre
Jesus, Thy Kingdom Come
A quick survey of John 18-19 which covers his betrayal and trial reveals that Peter had denied Jesus three times and the Jews had denied His kingship three times. In the centre of the events, Pilate surprises us by affirming the kingship of Jesus three times. And at the centre … [Read more...] about Jesus, Thy Kingdom Come
Jesus, Born King
Two thousand years ago a group of men walked into Jerusalem and asked, “Where is He who is born King of the Jews?”, and so threw Jerusalem into a panic (Matthew 2:2-3). They already had a king. Herod. The appearance of another king in the same neighbourhood already on the brink … [Read more...] about Jesus, Born King