they shall behold the
land that is afar off" (Isaiah xxxiii:17). "A King shall reign and
prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth"
(Jerem. xxiii:5). "And there was given Him dominion and glory, and a
kingdom, that all people, nations and languages, should serve Him;
His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,
and His Kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed" (Dan. vii:14).
"The King of Israel, the Lord, is in the midst of thee (the earthly
Jerusalem); thou shalt not see evil any more" (Zeph. iii:15). "And
the Lord shall be King over all the earth" (Zech. xiv:6).

These and many, many more utterances of God's blessed prophets give
us a vision of the King, of the Glory of Him, who was crowned with a
crown of thorns, the thorns of man's curse, and over whose cross it
was written, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

And the New Testament fully brings out the same Glory of Him as
King. He is "King of Peace" (Heb. vii:2); "King of saints" (Rev.
xv:3); "The Lord of lords and King of kings" (Rev. xvii:14).

At last the unfulfilled message of Gabriel will be gloriously
fulfilled. "The Lord God shall give unto Him the Throne of His
father David; and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever;
and of His kingdom there shall be no end" (Luke i:32).

But nowhere is He called "King of the church," nor are we authorized
as believers to address Him "Our King." He will be King, but then He
will not be our King, but we shall _be Kings with Him_. He is not
King of the church, but the Head of the Body, the church; Head and
Body together, Christ and His church, will rule and reign over the
earth. Glory to His Name! In loving tenderness He looks upon us, who
possess His life, He is not ashamed to call us "brethren," for He is
Man, the second Man, and He beholds in us those, who will ere long
share His Kingly Glory, His Kingly rule.

Oh, Beloved readers! does it not warm our hearts! Does it not make
us feel like falling down on our faces and confess to Him our
indifference and our nothingness, and humble ourselves in the dust.
How little, oh how little we enter into all this. The Lord help us
to have through His Word and in the power of His Spirit a greater
vision of the King and our blessed, eternal lot with Him.

They crown Him King on high;
Shall we not crown Him here,
The blessed Christ of Calvary,
To ransomed sinners dear?

They worship Him above,