Is Jesus a King or servant? This question may be easy for the mature Christian to answer but it is worth pondering again in these current perilious and majestic times on earth.
Jesus Christ is a servant only insofar as the Redeemer, in giving His life to us unsaved souls that we may gain eternal life through the redemptive mercy of God, served the gift of eternity to mortal mankind. In simpler words, He died that we may live. He became low to the point of being scorned, tortured and killed, that we may rise up to the throne of God.
Which Son of God would come down from Heaven to take the flesh of man and die for mankind who do not even know him? Which samaritan would give his life for a complete stranger?
Is there a religion in this world that a divine being would come down to the level of lowly creatures who are plagued by wickedness and sin in their hearts, to rescue them from their folly?
The reason He did it is, not only because God the Father asked him to do it. He gave His precious life and sacred blood as an offering to save something truly great and majestic in man, namely the genetic blueprint that we have in our spirit and soul.
So once we are saved, what is our relationship to Jesus? Is He still a servant or is a King? In Romans, Paul says we are to reign with Him as we are co-heirs with Christ in the Heavens.
Romans 5:17 says, “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”
First, the gift of righteousness is a gift given to us not because of what good deeds we have done but because of the blood shed by Jesus. Whenever the devil accuses us in front of God, Father God sees His Son in us, for we carry the crown of righteousness.
Second, having received this gift, we are to reign in our lives on earth. It does not mean to take physical dominion and prosper but to reign as Christ reigned his own life.
In Romans 8:17 Paul says, “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
To reign as co-heirs of Christ means we have full rights, as God the Father's adopted sons, to receive His inheritance just as Jesus, Father God's only begotten Son, is the natural heir of the Father.
Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, is the natural “heir” of the Father. “ Thus, being a co-heir with Christ means that we, as God’s adopted children, will share in the inheritance of Jesus.
In Galatians 4:7, it is written: “You are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.” So these powerful words speak of the redeemed as part of the family of God the Father.
But when Jesus comes to take us as His bride, we will still be co-heirs with Him. But more than that, we become betrothed to Him in marriage. As His bride, we are to show love, honour, respect to Him as our King and spiritual husband.
He is thus, no longer a servant in this realm. He will guide us, counsel us, train us and mould us for God's divine purposes. There are many glorious mysteries which God has not revealed. But we are not to speculate further and implant our own understanding of this new relationship with Jesus our bridegroom.
Being the Son of God and our bridegroom, Jesus is our kingly husband, to all redeemed man, woman and child. In no way are we to refer to Him as our servant King. He may still have the attributes of a servant leader, but that fact doesnt inform our relationship with Him.
Now, when Jesus comes back to the world, He will come back twice, once for the Rapture and the second time, in the last battle of Armageddon on the Day of Judgement when all peoples on earth, good and evil, kings and servants, rich and poor, will be judged and separated as sheep on His right and goats on His left.
So in these end times, Jesus is a King as He chooses who to rapture to be His bride and who to take to Heaven after the tribulation has refined many people and caused many, especially the Jews, to open their hearts to Him.
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