Psalm 3:8 “Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Selah.” ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Jesus Christ is a Threefold King: First, His enemies’ King; Secondly, His saints’ King; Thirdly, His Father’s King. First, Christ is His enemies’ King, that is—He is King over His enemies. Christ is a King above all kings. What are all the mighty men, the great, the honorable men of the earth, as compared to Jesus Christ? They are but like a little bubble in the water; for if all the nations in comparison to God be but as the drop of the bucket, or the dust of the balance, as the prophet speaks in Isaiah 40:15, how little then must be the kings of the earth! Nay, beloved, Christ Jesus is not only higher than kings—but He is higher than the angels; yes, He is the head of angels, and, therefore, all the angels in heaven are commanded to worship him. Colossians 2:12, Hebrews 1:6 ... He is King over all kingdoms, over all nations, over all governments, over all powers, over all people. Daniel 7:14 ... The very heathen are given to Christ, and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession. Psalm 2:8
Secondly, Jesus Christ is His saints’ King. He is King of the bad, and of the good; but as for the wicked, He rules over them by His power and might; but the saints, He rules in them by His Spirit and graces. Oh! this is Christ’s spiritual kingdom, and here He rules in the hearts of His people, here He rules over their consciences, over their wills, over their affections, over their judgments and understandings, and nobody has anything to do here but Christ. Christ is not only the King of nations—but the King of saints; the one He rules over, the other He rules in.
Thirdly, Jesus Christ is His Father’s King too, and so His Father calls him: “I have set MY King upon my holy hill of Zion.” Well may He be our King, when He is God’s King. But you may say, how is Christ the Father’s King? Because He rules for His Father! There is a twofold kingdom of God committed to Jesus Christ; first, a spiritual kingdom, by which He rules in the hearts of His people, and so is King of saints; and, secondly, a providential kingdom, by which He rules the affairs of this world, and so He is King of nations. --William Dyer (1632-1696) “Christ’s Famous Titles”, 1665 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Christ the King! When we look up and attempt to view Him sitting at the right hand of the Majesty on high in all His exalted dignity and power as King of kings and Lord of lords—then we feel as if dazzled and overborne with a sight and sense of His surpassing glory. In the days of His flesh, the beloved disciple could lean on the bosom of Jesus and stand by His cross; but when in Patmos’ lonely isle He appeared in His majesty so that “his eyes were as a flame of fire,” and “his countenance was as the sun shineth in His strength,” John fell at His feet as dead! Yet if He has made us willing in the day of His power, has brought us to His feet in all humility to touch the scepter of His grace and own Him Lord of all, we may, in company with His saints, “speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power; to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.” (Psalm 145:11, 12.) --J. C. Philpot - 1802-1869 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* “Yet have I set My King”
Psalm 2:6 “Yet have I set My king upon My holy hill of Zion.”
Notice: 1. The royal office and character of our glorious Redeemer: He is a King, “This name He has on His vesture and on His thigh.” Revelation 19:16.
2. The authority by which He reigns; He is “My King,” says God the Father, and I have set Him up from everlasting: “The Father judges no man; but has committed all judgment unto the Son.” The world disowns His authority—but I own it; I have set Him, I have “given Him to be Head over all things to the church.”
3. His particular kingdom over which He rules; it is over “My holy hill of Zion”—an eminent type of the gospel church. The temple was built upon Mount Zion, and therefore, called a holy hill. Christ’s throne is in His church, it is His headquarters, and the place of His peculiar residence.
Notice the firmness of the divine purpose with respect unto this matter. “Yet have I set” Him “King;” that is, whatever be the plots of hell and earth to the contrary, He reigns by His Father’s ordination. --Stephen Charnock, 1628-1680.
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