Predicted by the Prophets
His kingly work was announced by Gabriel to the Virgin. “The Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David and He shall reign over the house of David forever; and of His Kingdom there shall be no end” (Luke i:32, 33). According to this message He must occupy the throne of His father David, He must reign and possess a Kingdom. This is but heaven’s confirmation of what God’s prophets for many centuries had uttered in announcing the coming of the Messiah. The entire prophetic Word has its climax in the visions of the King and the Kingdom, He will receive on this earth. These visions of glory to come, for Him who was despised and rejected of men, are the glittering stars shining throughout the dark night of the past and present age. They dazzle the eyes of faith. They inspire hope and courage. We quote a few Scriptures which relate to the Christ as King.
“Yet I have set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord has said unto Me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten Thee. Ask of Me, and I shall give Thee the nations for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession” (Ps. ii:6-8). “It is He that will judge the world in righteousness” (Ps. xi:7). “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee. For the Kingdom is the Lord’s and He is the governor among the nations” (Ps. xxii:27-28). “Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of Glory” (Ps. xxiv:9-10). “All ye peoples clap your hands, shout unto God with the voice of triumph! For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great King over all the earth” (Ps. xlvii:2). “He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and the poor with judgment.” “Yea, all Kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him.” “His name shall endure forever — all nations shall call Him blessed” (Ps. lxxii:1, 11, 17). “Also, I will make Him my Firstborn, higher than the Kings of the earth” (Ps. lxxxix:27). “Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness” (Is. xxxii:1). “Behold the days come, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth” (Jer. xxiii:5). “I saw in the night visions, and behold there came with the clouds of heaven one like a Son of Man — and there was given Him 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 which shall not be destroyed” (Dan. vii:13-14). “Behold the man, whose name is the Branch, and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord. Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both” (Zech. vi:12, 13). “And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth” (Zech. xiii:9).
All these prophecies and many more speak of the Lord Jesus as King and bear witness of His Kingdom. The glories of His Kingdom are likewise described by the holy men of God, the mouthpieces of the Spirit of God.