The King
John 12:12- 36
"Then Nathanael declared, 'Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.'"
(John 1:49)
There are still a few places in the world that are governed by a king or queen. In the past many nations had kings that ruled over them. The task of the king was to protect and provide for his subjects. The ideas of kingship and kingdom are central in the Scriptures. Adam and Eve were to rule over the creation, and God commanded Moses about how the king in Israel should rule.
Ultimately, no king will be truly righteous and perfectly just other than our King, Jesus Christ. Everything that you and I see or do not see is under His perfect control. He is a good king that cares for each of us, no matter how 'small" or how "big" we are in His kingdom. He provides us our daily needs, in His goodness giving us the sun and the moon, in His great wisdom giving us the ability to invent things, in His kindness giving us a world to live in. The blessings of our King pour out on us like rivers. Even through the disasters and sorrows that this life holds, our King reigns supreme and will see us through.
INSIGHT
"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen."
(1 Timothy 1:17)
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Isaiah 31-32
Psalm 86
Acts 8
John 12:12- 36
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
"Hosanna![a]"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"[b]
"Blessed is the king of Israel!"
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
15 "Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see, your king is coming,
seated on a donkey’s colt."[c]
16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.
17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, "See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!"
Jesus Predicts His Death
20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. "Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus." 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
23 Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
27 "Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!"
Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
30 Jesus said, "This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up[d] from the earth, will draw all people to myself." 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
34 The crowd spoke up, "We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?"
35 Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light." When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
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