JESUS WILL COME AS KING OF GLORY !

_“... Lord  God Almighty reigns.  Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! ...”(Revelation 19: 6,7)_

McArthur writes further that the nation of Israel demands that Jesus comes back.  In the Old Testament we read repeatedly that God promised a kingdom to Israel, that Messiah would come and give them a kingdom.  Messiah did come, but they did not get a kingdom.  Isaiah 59:20 says,  “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins.”  Jeremiah 23:5-6 says, “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In His days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety.” Well, this has not happened to Israel.  The first time Messiah came, they killed Him and rejected Him.  But He will come back again.  They will trust Him. He will save them, give them peace, prosperity, security and a kingdom. In Matthew 26, we read of the death of Jesus.  When Jesus was arrested and made to stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned Him, “I charge you under oath by the living God.   Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”  Jesus said to him, “Yes, it is as you say. In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”  At this the high priest tore his clothes as he thought it was blasphemy.  They spit on Jesus’ face and struck Him with their  fists.  That was the last view the chief priest and other had about Jesus.  But Jesus will not let this end with His humiliation.  The world will one day see Him in power and they will see Him in glory. So Jesus is coming back to show Himself as the King of kings.  Now Satan is exalted in the world.  He is called “the prince of this world”, “the god of this age” and the whole world lies in his hands.  He has the power of death. But Jesus has broken that power on the Cross.  Now Jesus is coming back to dethrone Satan. Roman 16:20 says, “The God of peace will soon crush Satan.” 

So dear friends, let us not cast away our hope.  Jesus is coming.  There is eternal life ahead.

*PRAYER*: Dear Lord, when You came to this world the first time, You were humiliated by the Jews.  But You will come again as the King to fulfill the prophesies and rule the earth forever.  Let me be a citizen of this heavenly kingdom.  Amen.