Christ the King: Part 2. Before His Manifestation.

[Marilyn C]

King of Glory.


Glory - Gk. `doxa,` dignity, glory, honour and worship.


Glory is the crowning diadem of all the attributes of deity.

God`s word reveals that - holiness, righteousness, faithfulness, goodness, graciousness, loving-kindness and all such virtues are glory crowned.

`The Lord of Hosts He is the King of glory.` (Ps. 24: 10)

`the Lord of glory..` (James 2: 1)

`to the praise of the glory of His grace.` (Eph. 1: 6)

`you crowned Him with glory and honour...` (Heb. 2: 7)

`O worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness.` (Ps. 96: 9)



Beauty - Heb. `hadarah,` meaning splendour, comeliness, honour, majesty, excellence, glorious, glory.



Christ`s character is the fullness of the Godhead.

`the Son....being the brightness of His (Father`s) glory and the express image of His person...` (Heb. 1: 3)



The three disciples had a glimpse of His glory on Mount Transfiguration.

`Jesus...was transfigured before them, (Peter, James and John). His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow...` (Mark 9: 2 & 3)




Then John had a vision of the Lord Jesus Christ as He is known in the heavenly realms.

`His head and His hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass,...His voice as the sound of many waters;...His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength....` (Rev. 1: 14 - 16)



Such glory is beyond expressing, but one day we shall behold Him as He is for we shall be like Him.

`...we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.` (1 John 3: 2)

 

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King of Heaven.

After the King of ancient Babylon was humbled, he then recognizes the heavenly King.

`I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honour the King of Heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those that walk in pride He is able to abase.

I praised and honoured Him that lives forever, for His dominion is an everlasting dominion.` (Dan. 4: 37, 34)


The immensity of this King`s dignity and the range of His dominion dim into insignificance the dominions of this world. His dominion will never suffer from disaster, defeat or destruction as those kingdoms of the earth.


The King of Heaven`s might and majesty will never diminish or decay, for He reigns forever. He ever lives, ever loves and ever lasts. He held this high and honourable office ages before His manifestation, as He said, `My Kingdom is not of this world.` (John 18: 36)

God`s word tells us that there are the heavens, (Atmosphere & Universe) and then there is the `heaven of heavens.`

`Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God,..` (Deut. 10: 14)

`Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you.` (1 Kings 8: 27)

`Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Oh, sing praises to the Lord, to Him who rides on the heaven of heavens which were of old..` (Ps. 68: 32 & 33)


In these undefinable realms the Lord has prepared and established His throne.



`The Ancient of Days was seated;....His throne a fiery flame...a thousand thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him...` (Dan. 7: 9 & 10)

When the apostle Paul was caught up into the third heaven and had a glimpse of the celestial court, he said he saw things that could not be lawfully uttered, meaning by this that all known laws of magnitude and standards for measuring magnificence are useless because of the inconceivable glory. (2 Cor. 12: 1 - 4)



We are told that the host of Heaven is innumerable, and their worship is beyond grandeur and splendour.

`The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands..` (Ps. 68: 17)

`You alone are the Lord: ........the host of heaven worships you.` (Neh. 9: 6)

 

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King of the Ages.

`Now unto the King eternal (of the ages), immortal (incorruptible), invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever (unto the ages of the ages) and ever.` (1 Tim. 1: 17 Newberry margin).


The apostle Paul penned these words, for he relates to the One who stopped Him as it were in his tracks. And then the revolutionary change that took place in his life as God saved this `chief of sinners.` Paul realised that this One was none other than the King of the centuries.

With His almighty authority this King shapes all history, and supervises all national and personal activities. He is likewise King of the future, whose prescient eye enables Him to plan well ahead of time.

In His administration He is directing, designing and determining the course of events in this world.

He is the framer of the laws of the Universe, the One who fashions the ages, who forms the stage and sphere for the enactments of life, and the very lives of those who play a part in this great drama.

`”I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,” says the Lord, “who was and who is and who is to come, the Almighty.”` (Rev. 1: 8)


This King is the Commencer and Consummator of all revelation as the Alpha and Omega.

He is the Originator and Objective of all creation as the Beginning and the Ending.

And He is the Perfector of all administration as the One which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.


Do we realise there is a King at the center of this great universe, who in His mystic being and majesty knows and loves and cares constantly for our well-being and future welfare?

Things may seem trivial at times, are yet in the line of a train of events, administered by a Controller who has all power in heaven and on earth, directing everything toward the achievement of an eternal purpose.



Saul of Tarsus, (Paul) realised that he was included in the thought and plan of this overseeing and overruling omnipotent King and that his life was being carefully planned.



Looking down through the ages we can see the lives of great people of faith and how this King has led and guided them in their journey of trust in Him. And we are part of that too.