Through the four weeks from All Saints Day till the day before Advent Sunday – the Kingdom Season – we’re reflecting on kingship in the Bible. In week one, we reflect on leadership before the kings, and then in week two we home in on the people’s desire for a king, God’s response, and the lives of David and Saul. Week three surveys the kings from Solomon on, as the kingdom divides and the people go into exile. Week four finally looks at the kingship of Jesus.
The one who is seated on the throne Revelation 21.1-8(New International Version) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth disappeared, and the sea vanished. And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared and ready, like a … More What kind of king? – Saturday 28th November
The crucified King Matthew 27.11-14,32-50(New International Version) Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked. “So you say,” answered Jesus. But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders. So Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear all these … More What kind of king? – Friday 27th November
A king on a donkey? John 12.12-19(New Revised Standard Version) The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,‘Hosanna!Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!’Jesus found a … More What kind of king? – Thursday 26th November
Anointing and the Forgiveness of Sins Luke 7.36-50(New Revised Standard Version) One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, … More What kind of king? – Wednesday 25th November
Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Mark 4.35-41(New Revised Standard Version Anglicized edition) On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he … More What kind of king? – Tuesday 24th November
The Price of Kingship Matthew 2.1-18(New Revised Standard Version) In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come … More What kind of king? – Monday 23rd November
Two sides of the coming King Zechariah 9.9-10(New Revised Standard Version) Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he,humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.He] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war-horse from Jerusalem;and the battle bow shall … More What kind of king? – Sunday 22nd November
The return from exile Haggai 2.15-23(New Revised Standard Version) But now, consider what will come to pass from this day on. Before a stone was placed upon a stone in the Lord’s temple, how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to … More What kind of king? – Saturday 21st November
Esther saves her people Esther 7(New International Version) So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet, and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will … More What kind of king? – Friday 20th November
King Josiah – an old head on young shoulders 2 Kings 22(New Revised Standard Version) Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked … More What kind of king? – Thursday 19th November
