THE KING OF THE JEWS
John 19: 19 “And Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the
cross. And there was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS”.
The original name for the people
we call Jews was Hebrew. Hebrew was first used in the Torah (first five book of
Moses) Gen. 14:13. The Jews now
refers to all physical and spiritual descendants of Jacob.
At the time of Jesus birth, King Herod was not at ease
when he heard about the birth of the “King of the Jews” (Matt. 2:2)
The Jews never believed in Jesus as the Son of God talk more
of believing in him as their King, rather they saw Caesar as their King. However, Christ was not referring to himself as the physical king of the Jews. It was
more spiritual than physical which was beyond the human Interpretation of the Jews.
John 18:36 “Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world:
if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should
not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence”.
This is the truth; Jesus Christ is the King and for this
reason, he came to the world to bear witness to this truth. This was the truth that
Pilate seek to know (Jn. 18:38).
When Pilate was told by the Chief priests to change the
Inscription, he answered saying, “What I have written, I have written”. This could
be seen as a prophetic declaration that Jesus is the King of the Jews, they
shall have no other Messiah forever.
Halleluiah!! We have a Most Glorious King.
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