The King

God’s Son – “That’s My King”
Shadrach Meshach Lockridge, an African-American preacher in the early 1900s
Is
9:6-7
2 Sam
7:12
Matt
1:6
Matt
2:1-3
Luk
1:32-33
The Son-King’s Rule - Psa 2
• Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship
– “And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven
lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for
the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah.
And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron,
to offer them on the altar of the LORD.”
• 2Chr 29:21 ESV
How many kings?
• “That thou keep this
• “to keep the
commandment without
commandment unstained
spot, unrebukeable, until
and free from reproach
the appearing of our Lord until the appearing of our
Jesus Christ: Which in his
Lord Jesus Christ, which
times he shall shew, who
he will display at the
is the blessed and only
proper time - he who is
Potentate, the King of
the blessed and only
kings, and Lord of lords”
Sovereign, the King of
kings and Lord of lords”
– 1Tim 6:14-15 KJV
– 1Tim 6:14-15 ESV
A Royal Priesthood
• “But you are a chosen • “Whatever you do,
race, a royal priesthood, a
work heartily, as for the
holy nation, a people for
Lord and not for men,
his own possession, that
knowing that from the
you may proclaim the
Lord you will receive
excellencies of him who
the inheritance as your
called you out of darkness
reward. You are serving
into his marvelous light.”
the Lord Christ.”
– 1Pet 2:9 ESV
– Col 3:23-24 ESV
The Throne of Christ’s Rule
Reestablishing David’s
Throne
Reverential
Forgiveness
Righteousness and
Protection
Refreshing Justice
Equity, Guidance, and
Blessing
• Luk 1:30-33
• Psa 130:4
• Psa 89:13-18 (Psa 97:2)
• 2 Sam 23:3-4
• Psa 67
Authority To “Rule/Reign” With Christ
Luk 19:10-28
Rev 2:26-27
• Vs 12 - “to receive for himself • Vs 26 - “One who conquers
and who keeps my works until
a kingdom and then return”
the end, to him I will give
• Vs 15 - “he returned, having
authority over the nations”
received the kingdom”
• Vs 27 - “he will rule them with
• Vs 17 - “you shall have
a rod of iron, as when earthen
authority over ten cities”
pots are broken in pieces,
• Vs 27 - “for these enemies of
even as I myself have received
mine, who did not want me to
authority from my Father.”
reign over them, bring them
here and slaughter them””
Heaven – God’s Throne, Shared.
• “I say to you, Do not take an
oath at all, either by heaven,
for it is the throne of God”
– Mat 5:34
• “​​For the Lamb in the midst of
the throne will be their
shepherd, ​and he will guide
them to springs of living water”
– Rev 7:17
• “Whoever swears by heaven
swears by the throne of God • The one who conquers, I will
and by him who sits upon it.”
grant him to sit with me on my
throne, as I also conquered and
– Matt 23:22
sat down with my Father on his
throne.
– Rev 3:21
God’s Authority
God’s Authority Shared
Priestly Judgment Thrones
• “In the days when the judges • Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say
ruled there was a famine…”
to you, in the new world, when
the Son of Man will sit on his
– Rut 1:1
glorious throne, you who have
• "Now Deborah, a prophetess,
followed me will also sit on
…was judging Israel at that
time. She used to sit under the twelve thrones, judging the
palm…and the people of Israel twelve tribes of Israel.
– Matt 19:28
came up to her for judgment."
• “I appoint unto you a kingdom”
– Judg 4:4-5 ESV
– Luk 22:25-30
• The Levites
• “Servants through whom you
– Deut 17:8-12
believed, as the Lord assigned”
• Absalom
– 2Sam 15:2-6
Old Testament Examples
– 1Co 3:4-5
New Testament Promise
Invited Up To The Throne – Est 4:11
Invited Up To The Throne – Est 4:11
• "On the third day Esther • …while the king was
put on her royal robes
sitting on his royal throne
and stood in the inner
inside the throne room
court of the king's
opposite the entrance to
palace, in front of the
the palace. And when the
king's quarters…
king saw Queen Esther
standing in the court, she
won favor in his sight, and
he held out to Esther the
golden scepter that was in
his hand. Then Esther
approached and touched
the tip of the scepter."
– Esth 5:1-2 ESV
Invited Up To Jesus’ Throne
• “When the king held out • Heb 1:8 KJV (Psa 45:6)
the golden scepter to
– “a scepter of righteousness
is the scepter of thy
Esther, Esther rose and
kingdom.”
stood before the king…”
– (Esth 8:4-5 ESV)
• Isa 33:17 ESV
– “​​Your eyes will behold the
king in his beauty; ​they will
see a land that stretches
afar.”
A Crown
of…
• Rev 2:10
• “They made the plate of the
– Life
holy crown of pure gold, and
wrote on it an inscription, like
• 1 Cor 9:25
the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy
– [Imperishable Wreath]
to the LORD.’”
• 1 Pet 5:4
– Glory
• 2 Tim 4:8
– Righteousness
• Jam 1:12
– Life
– Exod 39:30 ESV
• “I am coming soon. Hold fast
what you have, so that no one
may seize your crown.”
– Rev 3:11 ESV
• “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honour and power: for thou
hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created.”
– Rev 4:10 KJVR
• “In that day shall the LORD of hosts
be for a crown of glory, and for a
diadem of beauty, unto the residue of
his people”
– Isa 28:5 KJVR
• “Thou shalt also be a crown of glory
in the hand of the LORD, and a royal
diadem in the hand of thy God.”
– Isa 62:3 KJVR
“Casting
Crowns”
Rev
4:4
• “give glory and honour and thanks to him
that sat on the throne, who liveth forever
and ever. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to
receive glory and honour and power”
– Rev 4:9,11 KJVR
• “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive power, and riches, and wisdom,
and strength, and honour, and glory, and
blessing. And every creature which is in
heaven, and on the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, and all
that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing,
and honour, and glory, and power, be
unto him that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb forever and ever.”
– Rev 5:12-13 KJVR
“Glory
and
Honor”
Psa 8:5
A Crown
of Thorns
Matt
25:31-46
What is the
hidden key
difference
between the
sheep and the
goats?
• The Sheep
– “The King”
– “Then the King will say to those
on his right, 'Come, you who are
blessed by my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world.”
• Mat 25:34 ESV
• The Goats
– “He”
– “Then he will say to those on his
left, 'Depart from me, you cursed,
into the eternal fire prepared for
the devil and his angels”
• Mat 25:41 ESV
Does this
definition have
any merit at all?
Rom
5:14-21
Col
3:15
Rom
6:12-23
“What a relief it is to know that I
“The Kingdom of
am slave to Christ. Of all the
Heaven (or The
masters that I have known, I’m
Kingdom of God) is compelled to life this life, free for
God ruling in the lives you. You’ve written on my very
of His people.”
heart where no man can legislate.
International Children's Bible
The law of your love has taken hold
Dictionary, Lynn Waller, Word
Publishing, 1987.
with your holiness and grace.”
– Sara Groves, “Compelled”
“take my heart it is Thine own, it shall be thy royal throne”