King of the Jews

King of the Jews

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.” ¹² And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

Matthew 27:11-12

Was Jesus as a human on earth actually the King of the Jews? By human standards we would have to say no. There was never a coronation. Jesus was never crowned. He signed no documents or spoke no vows. So how can Jesus say that he was the King of the Jews? The answer is not found in the New Testament but the Old Testament.

What the Jews and leaders didn’t understand is that the human standing in front of them was the same voice, and God, who proclaimed himself King to them.

¹⁰ The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood,
And the Lord sits as King forever.

Psalms 29:10

Jesus is the Godly King which spoke and guided all the Jews from the very beginning. As the elders and scribes accused Jesus of Blaspheme you can only assume that they were busy quoting God from the Old Testament. What they were blinded too is that it was Jesus himself who spoke those very words to them originally.

The Jews had twisted the words of God so much that they could not see the one who spoke them. They made the Bible say what they wanted to hear and no more. They emphasized the verses they liked while ignoring the ones they didn’t.

Is Jesus your King? Do you accept all that the Bible says? Do you pick and choose the ideas and commands? Solomon said that there was nothing new under the sun. He meant that people are cursed to repeat many of the same errors as those of the past. The Bible itself calls our generation Laodicea- those who think they are rich, wise and faithful but who are really weak, poor and blind.

Let us not be like the leaders in these verses, who speak to Jesus and yet don’t recognize who he truly is. Let us study and read and really know the voice of God in our lives.

 

God bless,

Pr. Steven Couto