Our King is Coming Soon (Matthew 24:29-31)

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” (Matthew 24:29-31 NKJV)

Who is our King? King rules and reigns over the people. The worldly kings rule and reign in order to put order and harmony among people with authority usually supported by police and military. All power is driven by God the Father in heaven as Jesus says to Pontius Pilate. No power and authority is from the earth but from heaven above. “Jesus answered, ‘You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.’” (John 19:11 NKJV) The kings and nobles and dignitaries are exercising power not their own but the authorized from above. And the power is supposed to fulfill the righteousness of God, but often lopsided and biased.

But there is the ultimate king who will rule and reign in perfect and impeccable righteousness and justice. He is Christ Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords. Prophet Isaiah prophesied Christ Jesus the Lord in a marvelous statement.

“For unto us a Child is born,

Unto us a Son is given;

And the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called

Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of His government and peace

There will be no end,

Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,

To order it and establish it with judgment and justice

From that time forward, even forever.

The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7 NKJV)

Upon the request of the people of Israel, God gave a king Saul who was taller than anyone in Israel. When the Holy Spirit empowered him he was made a different man. When the disturbing news of imminent invasion of the enemies was delivered to Saul, he was furious and mustered the army of Israel and defeated them completely. But he was not a kind of king God wanted to give upon the people of Israel. Soon, Saul relied on his own mind and thoughts than the counsel of God. His life was so miserable and frustrated that he was tormented by the evil spirit and ended in a tragic death in the battlefield.

Although he was a king anticipated and welcomed by the people of Israel, he was not the king God had in His mind. Instead, God prepared a boy David as the future king of Israel through much tribulations and sufferings. After all, King David was called a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14). He was the picture of the Messiah who was to come as a babe in the land of Bethlehem. Christ was born in the likeness of man and died, buried, and rose again from the dead in order to be King of kings and Lords of lords. Christ conquered the last enemy death and snatched the captives into the bosom of the Father in heaven and dispensed them His gifts according to the will of the King.

Just as the King who died and buried and rose again from the dead ascended into the heavens so He will come again with power and great glory. The coming of the King will be the day of eternal victory to the believers but the day of eternal judgment to the non-believers. “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:7-8 NKJV)

The Day of the Lord for each individual will be the day of physical death. At the last breath of physical life on the earth, each genuine believer shall see the King Christ Jesus coming in the cloud with great glory and honor and power and the great trumpet call. What a glory, what a day that will be for those who shall see Christ face to face! What a tragedy, what a terrible day that will be for those who shall be cast out into the eternal pit of fire separated from God eternally! The question is, “Do you anticipate and expect the True King Christ Jesus to come in your hearts now?”