John 12:9-19: Behold, Your King!

Scripture Reading

Revelation 7:9–12 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Intro

What does it mean that Christ is King and what is the hope of His Kingdom?

Christ as King means He is the Warrior King who conquers all our enemies and the Covenant King who by His substitutionary sacrifice secures all the blessings of Salvation and Eternal Life for all who believe in Him forever and ever.

And Christ as King means He rules over all.

All truths we see in Jesus’ Triumphal Entry.

We all know the story.

Jesus rides into Jerusalem on the foal of a donkey with people waving Palm Branches in the air.

But even though its a beloved story you might ask what’s the point of all this?

And what I want to look at today is that the Triumphal Entry is not just a man riding into town on a donkey.

It is a moment loaded with theological significance.

Its the story of a King entering victoriously into His Kingdom.

The Big Idea we have for today is this…

Jesus is the promised Shepherd-King and Prince of Peace who saves His people and victoriously rules over all.

Who is Christ as King?

What is the Hope of His Kingdom?

The Triumphal entry… in light of its Old Testament context answers that.

There are two points we are going to have today.

Number 1… Jesus is the Victorious King of our Salvation

And Number 2… Jesus is the Victorious King of the World.

Lets start with point number 1…

I. Jesus is the Victorious King of Salvation

John 12:9–11 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

Its the week of Passover and there’s a buzz in the air.

An excitement… not just about the Passover, but about Jesus who had just raised Jesus from the dead.

At this time there were probably thousands and thousands, perhaps millions of Jews who had traveled to Jerusalem and when they heard near Jerusalem just two miles off, a large crowd went out to meet Him and Lazarus whom He had raised from the dead (Phillips, REC John 1st ed., 81).

And while there believed in Him.

And Because of this the chief priest made plans to put Lazarus to death as well.

And then we come to verse 12…

John 12:12–13 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”

The Triumphal Entry was a celebration literally hundreds of years in the making.

Ever since God had made His promises to David in the Davidic Covenant… Israel had long been waiting for their Messiah and Shepherd King.

To David in 2 Samuel 7:8-13 God had said Thus says the Lord of hosts…

I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

These are all pictures of what the Messiah… the True and Greater David eventually would be.

A loving Shepherd… leading and caring for the Sheep.

A Mighty Warrior who would conquer all His enemies and give His people rest.

A Mighty Shepherd-King whose Kingdom and Reign would a blessing to all His people.

And that’s verse 10…

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more.

This idea of rest, peace, and security.

And violent men shall afflict them no more…And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

God promised two things.

This Messiah King would one day build God a House… Build God a Temple where the people of God could draw near to worship Him and have all their sins forgiven.

And two: that God would establish the throne of His Kingdom forever…

His Kingdom of Life, Blessing, and Peace… all the things God promised… would be an eternal Kingdom that would never fall away and never be destroyed (Daniel 7:14).

Jesus of course is this King.

He is the True and Better Son of David, Shepherd and Warrior King who has conquered all of our enemies (Matthew 1:1).

And the True and Better Solomon who built God’s True Better House.

The True Temple where we draw near to God and have our all sins forgiven once and for all in His death and resurrection on the Cross.

Jesus had said Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days and the Temple He was speaking about was the Temple of His body (John 2:19, 21).

Ever since the days of Solomon, Israel had been looking forward to this King.

Solomon’s early days were life and blessing.

1 Kings 4:24–25 tells us He had peace on every side and the people of God all lived in safety every man under his vine and every man under his fig tree, all [his] days.

Life and blessing.

But that Kingdom was lost.

There was wicked king after wicked king and Israel was taken into exile and trampled by the nations.

Pagans ruled over them and by their sin they were spit out of the Promise Land.

For almost their whole history Israel had been looking forward to this True and Better King.

This True and Better David and True and Better Solomon who would once for all restore the Kingdom of God and secure the blessings and promises of God for all God’s people forever and ever.

Peace on every side and every man under his fig tree… life and abundant blessing.

And so when Jesus came on the scene, they all thought this was it!

He gives us free food!

He heals the sick! He raises the Dead!

This is the King we need!

And already, in the Gospel of John... they had tried to take Him and make Him a King by force, but He was always able to slip away (John 6:15).

But now finally, here… in Jerusalem… the week of Passover no less!… Jesus was coming into the city to take His rightful place on the throne and enter His Kingdom!

“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” (John 12:13).

Messiah of Jesus’ Day

You see… Israel wasn’t looking for a Savior. They were looking for a political Messiah.

This is why most of the Jews of Jesus’ day were blind to the glory of Jesus.

They were looking for a worldly, political Messiah.

A Warrior-King like David who was going to come in and raise up an army to finally overthrow the tyranny and yoke of Roman oppression.

Someone who would cleanse the Temple and restore the True Worship of the One True God.

A King who would establish Jerusalem over all the nations…

Make them a super-power again where all the nations, including the Romans, would bow down to them, bring their wealth into Jerusalem and make all of Israel rich, and most importantly never oppress them again.

They were looking for a King and Military Commander who would make them top dog and establish that Kingdom forever.

For them the Messiah was a Political Savior… not a religious one.

That’s why they were spiritually blind to Jesus.

They did not see that their primary need was spiritual and not physical…

That what they needed most was not a King who would come and overthrow the Romans but a King who would come save them from their true spiritual enemies of Sin, Satan, and Death.

The Old Testament Kingdom was a type or a shadow… a carnal, fleshly, earthly picture… of the true… spiritual realities of the eternal Kingdom of the Messiah…

A Kingdom that is one of Life and Salvation.

Didn’t Jesus say Unless one is born again he cannot [even] see the kingdom of God (John 3:3).

Jesus was this conquering King.

He was coming in to conquer His enemies… liberate His people… and bestow on them all manner of abundant life and blessing.

But its just that He was the Victorious King of a spiritual salvation… and His Kingdom was one of Eternal Life.

But that’s where the irony comes in… because at this moment… the people didn’t see it.

They were praising Jesus and celebrating His name al the while completely missing the true spiritual significance of His Kingdom.

Luke 19, even tells us that when Jesus drew near to the city, he wept over it saying, “Would that you, even you, [O Jerusalem] had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes” (Luke 19:41-42).

Jesus was not a political Messiah coming in to conquer and overthrow the Romans to give the people of Israel a political salvation.

He was the King of their Eternal Salvation!

And the only One who could save them from all their sins.

And the great tragedy was that most of them couldn’t even see it.

A least not the full spiritual significance of it even as they were shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” (John 12:13).

Hosanna

Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord comes from Psalm 118, where there Hosanna is means Save us, we pray!

Its a prayer of hope and praise looking to God alone who has the power save.

Lord Save us! Do not delay!

OT Context

And here’s what I want to do. I want to look at the context of the Psalm over all.

Because this is an important aspect of Biblical interpretation.

When a New Testament Author quotes an Old Testament verse… generally speaking… they are referring us to the entire passage of that Old Testament verse as a whole.

They want us to read the verse in its full context to understand the full weight of the words the NT Author has in mind.

We are going to see that here and again in verse 15 where John quotes Zechariah 9.

Because the True, Spiritual Significance of the people’s words might have been lost on the Jews praising Jesus and praying for a political salvation.

But that does not change the fact that Jesus was, in fact, riding into Jerusalem a victorious, conquering king on a mission to save.

So Psalm 118 as a whole is a song of praise to the Lord after a great salvation or deliverance and drawing near to worship the Lord in His House or in His Temple.

And then we come to verse 19…

Psalm 118:19–27 Open to me the gates of righteousness,…

The gates of the Temple representing salvation where you draw near to God in the forgiveness of your sins.

that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it. I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

So you have this worshiping and rejoicing.

And the celebration of this cornerstone which was the foundation stone that gave the shape and stability to the entire building, in this case the Temple.

And then our verse…

Save us, we pray, O Lord! [Hosanna] O Lord, we pray, give us success! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us.

So here’s what’s interesting.

That cornerstone is a very important verse in the New Testament.

Jesus applies that passage directly to Himself and multiple NT authors use it to say Jesus is the Cornerstone rejected by the builders… the Jews of Jesus’ day and anyone who rejects Him since.

And everyone who believes in Him will not be put to shame…

While the one who does not believe stumbles over Him as a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, tripping over Christ to their own destruction.

So in the context of Hosanna, Save us, we pray! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord…

The Psalmist praises the Lord for His salvation and celebrates Jesus who was rejected by the builders but chosen by God as the cornerstone of Salvation and God’s New Covenant Temple so that whoever believes in Him will never be put to shame but have eternal life.

Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, celebrates Jesus as the King of our salvation.

And He is a Victorious King who actually accomplishes salvation for everyone who believes in Him.

That’s what the Palm Branches are all about.

Palm Branches

Its interesting that John is the only one out of all the Gospels that gives us this unique detail.

The significance of the Palm Branches comes from Israel’s history in the time between the Old and New Testaments.

About 150 years earlier the Syrians had occupied Jerusalem and desecrated the Temple and under a man named Simon Maccabaeus, the Jews drove them out of Jerusalem and restored the Temple and the worship of God.

To celebrate this they waved Palm branches.

So for the Jews, the Palm Branches were a symbol of Victory, Deliverance, and the conquering of one’s enemies…

All the things Jesus was coming into Jerusalem to do.

Not by ousting the Romans like the Jews were expecting, but by conquering Sin, Satan, and Death… and all the principalities and powers whether on earth or in the spiritual realm… by His death and resurrection on the cross.

He was riding into Jerusalem to take His place on the Throne.

But instead of ascending to some earthly throne in Jerusalem He was going to be lifted up on a cross.

Instead of being highly praised and exalted, He would be rejected, despised… mocked and ridiculed… humiliated in His death.

And instead of a crown of gold He would wear a crown of thorns to bear our sins and to bear our curse.

The Road to the Throne was through the Road to the Cross.

That’s how Jesus delivered us and saved us from all our sins.

And He saved us as victorious King conquering all our enemies.

All our sins are fully paid for in Him.

He crushed the head of the serpent and bound the strong man with His death on the cross.

And He conquered death because it was not possible for Him to be held by death when He rose again to give us Eternal Life.

Jesus is the Victorious King of our Salvation.

He accomplished our salvation on our behalf.

And now we… the church get to celebrate the fulfillment of the Palm Branches from the Triumphal Entry.

Look what John said in the Book of Revelation…

Revelation 7:9–10 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

The Jews that day celebrated what they did not know.

Jesus was the Victorious King of Salvation riding into Jerusalem to usher in a Kingdom of Salvation for everyone who believes in Him.

And this Kingdom will extend to all the ends of the earth.

And that’s point number 2.

Not only is Jesus the Victorious King of Salvation…

He is…

II. Jesus is the Victorious King of the World

John 12:14–19 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!” His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”

Now what I want to do here is focus in on the donkey and the quote from Zechariah 9.

Donkey

We normally think of Donkeys as low animals but in Jesus’ day they were associated with humility and peace.

And Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey really did two things.

Number one it fulfilled prophecy which we are going to see.

And number two it showed who Jesus was as King and the nature of His Kingdom and what all His kingdom would bring.

When a King rode into town on a donkey… it was a symbol of peace.

It was not a War-Horse that a King normally would ride out into battle to make war and to conquer.

A horse or noble steed to exalt His majesty.

It was a humble, lowly, animal of peace.

And so when Jesus comes into Jersualem as a King riding on the foal of a donkey what He was saying was that He was the Prince of Peace.

The King of Peace who rules and reigns over a Kingdom of Peace.

And a King whose Kingdom would not grow by warhorses, chariots, and the blood of His enemies.

But by peace and the King shedding His blood on behalf of His enemies to give them Eternal Life.

And as I said… this was all a self-conscious fulfillment of prophecy.

Prophecy

The prophecy Jesus was fulfilling was the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9.

As John says just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

So as is common for NT authors to sometimes to do, John takes multiple OT passages and combines them into one as a summary of those biblical passages to combine all those same themes of those passages at the same time.

Fear not comes from Isaiah 40:9 promising good news, which is the Gospel and Behold your God who comes with might and salvation for HIs people to gather His people as a shepherd gathers His flock.

Isaiah 40:9–11 Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!” Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.”

Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the seep to save all the sheep of His fold (John 10:11).

Zechariah

And then John quotes Zechariah 9:9, behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!

And here’s what I want to do.

I want to look at Zechariah 9.

I want to look at it in context just to see all what God has promised with this Messianic King.

What was the expectation of this prophecy that the King would come in riding on the colt of a donkey?

The prophecy itself expands on a much earlier Prophecy in Israel’s history going all the way back to Genesis.

An early messianic prophecy there in Genesis 49:10-11 promised a ruler from the tribe of Judah who would also ride a donkey and would establish and eternal Kingdom and to him shall belong the obedience of the peoples… or all nations.

And Zechariah as a whole is looking forward to this King.

The Jews in Zechariah’s day did not have a king.

Their last king had died in the Babylonian captivity, under a time of God’s judgment…

And its in that background that God promises a King, one who would fulfill all the promises and the Messianic expectations of the Old Testament.

And that’s where we come in, in Zechariah 9:9.

Zechariah 9:9–10 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

That’s the verse John is referencing.

And it hits many of the same themes we’ve been seeing throughout this sermon.

Righteous and having salvation is He.

A victorious King coming in to save His people.

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off,

In other words the weapons of war would be destroyed.

His kingdom would not advance by conquest or military might.

Rather…

and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

This King, humble and mounted on a donkey would have a universal world wide dominion over the whole earth.

And His reign would be one of world peace, life, and blessing.

That’s the context of John’s quotation of Zechariah 9.

This is the prophecy Jesus fulfilled when He entered into Jerusalem humble and mounted on a donkey.

And now this worldwide dominion of Christ… this gospel going out to the ends of the earth and bringing about the obedience of the nations (Romans 1:5, 16:26)… is the hope and expectation we can have as a church… another brick in the road striving to carry out the Great Commission.

Now and Growing

Because let me ask you… when is this Kingdom?

Jesus road in Jerusalem at the Triumphal Entry… when is the rest of this going to be fulfilled.

Now you get into some eschatology here, but my answer would be: This Kingdom is now and it is growing.

Now

Jesus came preaching the first words of His public ministry Mark 1:15 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.

The Kingdom is right here… its at hand… you can reach out and touch it.

Zechariah doesn’t have a 2000 plus year pause between the Triumphal entry and worldwide dominion.

In His death, resurrection, and ascension to the right hand of the Father… Christ is King now.

Peter affirms this in Acts 2.

That when Jesus ascended into Heaven He sat down at the right hand of the Father on the throne of David…

Not an earthly throne in Jerusalem… but a Messianic Throne God had promised forever and ever.

Christ’s Ascension was the fulfillment of Daniel 7:13–14...

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

The Kingdom of Christ is a present all encompassing reality.

Christ is reigning today, right now!… as King of kings and Lord of lords.

Its the most quoted verse of the whole New Testament Psalm 110:1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father now!

He is reigning and ruling now, not from an earthly throne in an earthly Jerusalem, but a heavenly thrown in the heavenly Jerusalem… the Heavenly Mount Zion as Hebrews 12:22 says.

And Christ rules in the midst of His enemies and and His scepter… the symbol of His rule and power… goes forth extending His rule to all nations (Hebrews 12:22).

So Christ’s Kingdom is Already and Not Yet.

So Christ is reigning and ruling now… that’s true…

And at the same time we do not yet see His reign and rule everywhere we go.

As Hebrews says everything has been put in subjection under His feet, but At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to Him (Hebrews 2:8).

And that’s where the Growing comes in.

Growing

In Scripture the Kingdom of God is something that grows.

It does not arrive in fullness all at once.

Stone

In the Book of Daniel, Daniel sees a small stone not cut by human hands, that’s Christ and His Kingdom…

And that stone strikes the Kingdoms of men and shatters them to nothing but dust.

And then that stone grows… and grows into a great mountain that fills the whole earth (Daniel 2:34-35).

Mustard Seed

Jesus Himself said Matthew 13:31–32 The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.

Leaven

It like leaven.

He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened” (Matthew 13:33).

The Kingdom grows and permeates everything.

Until it was all leavened.

Increase

And maybe most important for our passage Isaiah says in Isaiah 9…

Isaiah 9:6–7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;

Clearly Jesus…

and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Humble mounted on a donkey…

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Right there what do you see?

The Kingdom grows.

Of the Increase of His government and peace there will be no end.

There is no increasing in the Eternal State.

At the consummation His government and His peace is total.

This is Christ’s Kingdom in History.

And it will happen!

He will have dominion from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth because Isaiah says the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

How?

How does this Kingdom grow if its not like the Kingdoms of this world with warhorses and chariots?

The Zechariah Prophecy… He will speak peace to the nations.

Its the proclamation of peace by the blood of His Cross.

Its the Great Commission.

Great Commission

Matthew 28:18–20 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

I’m the King.

Not just in Heaven… Not just spiritually and in people’s hearts…

All authority has been given to me in Heaven and on earth...

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

The Great Commission is a world encompassing mission.

Therefore Go.

Because Jesus is King. Because the nations belong to Him.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations.

His rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth (Zechariah 9:10).

This is where we are.

Christ is growing His Kingdom and we are sent to be a part of it through 1. Prayer… 2. Preaching… and 3. The Power of the Holy Spirit.

As one theologian has said… “Would [Christ] assert His sovereign Lordship so vigorously and command His disciples so majestically were it not His intention that they fulfill His obligation?” (Gentry, He Shall Have Dominion, 226).

In other words would Jesus leave the church… His Bride… with an impossible mission that would never actually be fulfilled?

Of course not!

And within the Great Commission itself He’s given us two Great Assurances that the Great Commission will ultimately be fulfilled.

Number 1… His Authority… All authority in Heaven and on earth.

Christ has all authority and power to do as He wills.

Nothing can stand in His way.

And Number 2… His Presence… Behold I am with you always to the end of the age.

Will Christ fail? No.

He has all authority and power and has promised to be with us to the end of the age.

As Isaiah said, The Zeal of the Lord of Hosts will do this.

Conclusion

That’s our great hope.

Every Tribe, Tongue, and Nation confessing Christ as Lord.

The gospel going out and transforming the world!

We started this sermon by asking what practical difference does the Triumphal Entry make in your everyday Christian life.

What I hope you’ve seen throughout this sermon is every difference.

A Great Hope for our salvation.

And A Great Hope to take the gospel out to the world.

When you look at the Triumphal Entry in its Old Testament Context what we see is…

Jesus is the Victorious King of our Salvation.

He has conquered our all enemies and saved us once and for all from sin, Satan, and death by His death and resurrection on the Cross.

And He is the Victorious King of the World.

The Gospel goes forth, and to Him belongs the obedience of the peoples.

He will reign from sea to sea.

And we get to be a part of it!

That gives us great hope!

Christ’s Kingdom will continue to grow!

He did not send us out on a losing mission.

He shall have dominion.

It will surely be fulfilled.

And therefore, because of that hope… we can pour out our lives for the Great Commission and follow Christ wherever He goes!

Whether we’re doing family worship in the family living room or moving overseas to be a missionary…

We can labor in hope looking forward to the day where Habakkuk 2:14 will be fulfilled… where The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

And Psalm 22:27–28 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations.

Jesus is the promised Shepherd-King and Prince of Peace who saves His people and victoriously rules over all in an eternal, unstoppable Kingdom.

Let’s Pray