Jesus shows us what being a true King, a true leader looks like. He shows us a new way, a way opposite of the world - He shows us the way God intended our leaders to be:
"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth…the wolf and the lamb shall graze together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox…they shall do no evil or harm in all my holy mountain, says the Lord….Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall raise up for David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness I the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is his name by which he will be called, ‘The Lord our righteousness.’” (Isaiah 65:17, 25; Jeremiah 23:5-6)
In addition to this prophetic vision, the way in which Jesus lives radically alters the human understanding of kingship. For, the earthly ministry of Jesus was not one of power, military might or oppression. Indeed, Jesus turns the whole concept on its head.....
For those who care to see and hear in a new way during this season of Advent, Christ, the King Sunday points us to King Jesus who did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, being made in the likeness of humans. It is before the rule of this servant-king that one day all will bow. (http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=45b75085e6ab57e339ea89d67&id=5c816f522e&e=edebcd0bee)
Someday the world will be made right again and we will see our beautiful King ruling with justice, love, and peace. Let this season of Advent fill us with deep JOY as we think about a world with no more corrupt leaders, no more pain, and no more hurting. And let the joy and hope of Advent's reminders spill out of us to the world around us, so we help make it a little more the way God intended it - until the perfect King comes and makes all things new.
until then.
can't wait.
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