The Lord Jesus Christ is the constitutional monarch of the kingdom of heaven. The privileges guaranteed to him in reference to the kingdom are the following:

      As King, he is to be the oracle of God--to have the disposal of the Holy Spirit--to be Prophet and High Priest of the Temple of God--to have the throne of his Father--to be Governor of all nations on earth, and head of all hierarchs and powers in heaven--the supreme Lawgiver, the only Saviour, the resurrection and the life, the ultimate and final Judge of all, and the Heir of all things.

      These honors, privileges, and powers are secured to him by the irrevocable grant of the God and Father of all; therefore, as said Isaiah, "The Lord cometh with a strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him." "I have set my King upon my holy hill of Zion." "Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." "I have made him a leader and a commander to the people"--"a light to the Gentiles"--"salvation to the ends of the earth"--"a Priest forever after the order of Melchisedeck." "Sit thou at my right hand till I make thy foes thy footstool." "The government shall be upon his shoulders." "All things are delivered to me of my Father." "He is Lord of the dead and living." "Angels, authorities, and powers are subjected to him." "The Father gave the Spirit without measure to him." "He received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit." "The kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the governor among the nations." "He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth." "They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure to all generations." "The Father has committed all judgment to the Son."

      But, not to weary the reader with quotations and proofs, we shall give but another: "Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him. He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in the earth; and the Isles shall wait for his law. I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand and keep thee, and give thee for a covenant [a CONSTITUTION] of the people for a light to the Gentiles--to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house."¹

[A. C.]      

Source:

Alexander Campbell. "The King." The Millennial Harbinger Extra 5 (August 1834): 408.

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