Jesus Was Always the King, Part One by Larry Huggins

This begins Part Two of the series of blogs and livestream episodes derived from my manuscript, Codex Rex – The Book of the King. Part one established the fact that Jesus was not a poor, homeless vagabond who had no place to lay His
head. In Part Two, I will be sharing the lifestyle He lived and supply further proofs that He was indeed the true, promised, hereditary King of Israel. Now, He is not just the King of the Jews – He’s the King of Kings.

Jesus Was Known as The King of Israel

Today, we see Jesus differently than His contemporaries saw Him. We see Him as our Savior. They saw Him as their promised King. A few of His disciples knew there was something more, but Jesus commanded them not to talk about it.

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. (Mark 8:29)

And as they came down from the mountain (of Transfiguration), he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. (Mark 9:9)

In those days, the Jews pinned their hopes upon Jesus restoring their kingdom. When they saw that He was not going to satisfy their political ambitions, they felt betrayed, and they turned upon Him.

The horror is, with full knowledge, the Jews murdered their hereditary King! (This is going to be a bitter pill to swallow.) You might say that those, today, who have rejected the Kingly life of Jesus are, in a figure, murdering the kingly part of His legacy.

The fact is, Jesus was born the King of the Jews, and He represented Himself as such in every way.

Twenty-two Scriptural Proofs That Jesus Was a True King

1. It was prophesied He was King
2. He had the royal pedigree
3. Foreign kings knew He Was a King
4. He was paid tribute as a King
5. Herod feared Him as a King
6. In was common knowledge He was King
7. His disciples knew He was King
8. He called Himself a King
9. He dressed Like a King
10. He ate like a King
11. He traveled like a King
12. He commandeered like a King
13. He decreed like a King
14. He conscripted like a King
15. He was celebrated as a King
16. He was mocked like a vanquished King
17. He was tortured as a defeated King
18. Pilot (Rome) recognized Him as King
19. The High Priests contested His Kingship
20. He was declared a king in His death
21. He was embalmed like a King
22. He was entombed as a King

Here’s a question for you: Were you taught, as I was, that Jesus was a poor carpenter?

Larry Huggins is a father, a husband, a pastor and a missionary, an author, and a broadcaster. He has traveled to scores of nations, planting churches and bible schools, and conducting seminars and evangelistic crusades.