Jesus is King of Kings, Lord of Lords

This is a familiar phrase to church folks especially at both Christmas and Easter but what does it really mean to us?

This Sunday, Nov. 22, is the last day of the church year. (Nov. 29 is the first Sunday of Advent which is the beginning of the church year.) The question is raised for those who have been through the church year cycle, “Now that you have heard of Jesus’ life and teachings, death and resurrection is your allegiance with yourself or your government and its status quo or is you allegiance going to be with Jesus?”

Consecration Sunday was one of the ways we demonstrate our allegiance.

What does it mean for us to say that Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords? The closest any of us have probably come to a king is the King of Spades in a deck of cards or to a boat load of fries at Burger King.

There are dangers in the use of King language. It is too easily taken literally as political power and the power of control and manipulation. Jesus has to actively reject and flee from that notion of king:

John 6:15 When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

John 18:36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."

I Pledge Allegiance …. To whom? To what?

As a church we do make the declaration that Jesus is our Lord and then once again throughout Advent and the rest of the church year we will again explore what that really means to the way we live our life. What kind of King is Jesus?

Join us for this great ADVENTure!