Worship Christ the King!
The
Christian year ends celebrating Christ the King, in victory. We gladly bring honour to Jesus who has not
only saved us from our sins by his sacrifice, but also triumphed for us in his
resurrection and ascended victoriously to the right hand of God. Our celebration of the work of Jesus culminates
in the great finale called the Celebration
of Christ the King, on Sunday. We rejoice that his Kingdom has come on
earth, just as it is in heaven.
And yet, his dominion is also still coming to
us and to the world. We still live in hope, and in faith that we
truly heard the Word of God that testifies that he certainly will come to us in
glory to effect, in the smallest detail, his glorious reign. Yet, until he
comes, we celebrate his heavenly rule, and the coming of his dominion over
everything and everyone with great expectation. Even now he is the King of our
lives and of his Church. Our renewed
lives testify to the truth that his complete and perfect dominion is coming !
On
Sunday we celebrate that Jesus of Nazareth, the eternal Son of God, takes his place as King of kings and Lord of
lords in our lives, our faith and we celebrate that he indeed will bring
justice and righteousness to us, to his people and to the whole world.
People ask, if Jesus is the King on the glorious throne
of God, why are so many things wrong, impure and painful in this world? If the
promised Messianic Kingdom of the Prince of Peace came when Jesus went to
heaven to be crowned King of all, how must we understand that so much of our
experience of life is still about injustice, sadness, sin and death?
Now consider the Word of God: “When the Son of Man comes in
his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious
throne. All the nations will be gathered
before him and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats. Matt. 25:31 - 32
Until Jesus comes
again there are both goats and sheep in the world. He reigns and cares for
his sheep amidst the reality that the sheep and goats have not yet been
separated. Jesus tends his sheep and
leads them to his new heaven and earth and glorious dominion, in spite of the
fact that his sheep follow him while
goats are all around, often being influential and seemingly winning much
too often!
This is how we
glorify Christ the King! We live for
him. We make his will visible, we show
his heart and we allow the light of his dominion to become visible in this dark
world through our faith and love. The
world can only begin to believe in Christ the King, when we live as true
followers of our Lord.
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