KINGS AND PRIESTS

KINGS AND PRIESTS
 
What comes to mind when you think of a king? A crown? A scepter?
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In the natural, we think of the monarchs, like Queen Elizabeth. Or the King of a country. I used to live in a country where they had a King rule. He had complete authority over the nation.
Maybe you think of the movies you have seen with princes and kings. The Prince and the Pauper, Everafter, etc.  How about a movie with this theme—the prince is born into royalty, but he isn’t sure this is what He wants. He isn’t crazy about an arranged marriage—like in Everafter. He escapes from the kingdom, in search of his own life, or love.
In the movie Jack and the Beanstalk, the princess does the same—she goes off in the night on her horse. She doesn’t want to marry the arranged marriage the King has for her. She is running away from the destiny the king has for her.
Of course, in those two examples, the destiny the natural King has in mind is not the ideal one. Maybe they should run away! And, when they do run, they find the true destiny.
But what about us?  Are we running away from our destiny? What is our destiny? We know we are also referred to as ‘kings’.

Revelation 1:6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

And we belong to a royal priesthood:

 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Are we living like kings and priests?

Like in the movie “Everafter”.  A quote from that movie; “With great privilege comes great responsibility.” Are we afraid of the responsibility?  Do we trust the King, and His plans for us? Are we submitted to His kingdom rule? One thing is different from the natural king in the movies: Our King has good eyesight! He knows what the best plans are for us. Unlike the natural kings of the earth, they can be swayed by other voices, and arrange marriages by convenience. But our King will never do that. His motives are pure and He does nothing for selfish gain. In fact, His plans and destiny for us are the best.

We also have examples of good and bad kings in the Bible. It is shocking to see how many kings there were who didn’t pass the test in the Bible. Unfortunately, it was written of several of them: They “did evil in the sight of the Lord”.  I just found  42 references of this— referring to many of the kings of Israel. Some, like Joash and  Jehoash were two who did right in the sight of the Lord. So the majority of those kings failed the test.

But under the new covenant, we serve a King who did pass the test! He is called the King of kings.
 
 Revelation 17:4 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
 
Who are those kings that He is king over? I believe it is us. We are the kings. We are as it has been said, “in training for reigning”.
 
We serve the ultimate King, in the Kingdom not of this world. We are kings and priests of a royal kingdom, in which Jesus is King supreme! And, one day, we will rule and reign with Him.
 
Revelation 5:10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”

Revelation 20:4 And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.  6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
 
So let us realize who we are—kings and priests— and may we step into God’s plans for us!