Kings- King David to King Jesus
- Adrian Espinosa
- Apr 12, 2022
- 4 min read
'But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7 ESV
'For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:2-3 ESV
As we read the word, we see that God uses parallels in prophecy and in the Old and New testaments. The Lord does this so that Israelites and the Gentiles (everyone that isn’t an Israelite) can see the fulfillment of what God promised in the Old Testament fulfilled in the New Testament. Let’s begin our journey in seeing this play out, first in the life of David, King of Israel.
When Israel entered the promised land with Joshua, they had no king for at least 300 years. They had no ruler except for the word of God and those God favored to judge in each region, called “Judges”. In fact, it wasn’t until Saul, that Israel had a king. Saul was considered the most handsome, tallest, and strongest of his tribe of Benjamin. He looked like a king to Samuel the prophet and to the rest of Israel. However, despite having the appearance of a king, he wasn’t, he was a coward. He hid during his coronation, he disobeyed God’s order to kill the evil Amalekite king, and he refused to fight Goliath even though that was his job as king. When God rejected Saul for his disobedience, He led the prophet Samuel to a young man named David.
David was from the tribe of Judah, ruddy, possibly an illegitimate child, and was nothing special compared to Saul. However, despite not looking like a king, he had the heart God wanted for a king. He was humble but never flaunted his anointing as king, braver than most by fighting Goliath, and forgave those who had wronged him. David was the king God wanted, so that the children of Israel could get an image of what He had in store. Now he wasn’t perfect, he was human and gave into sin. God never intended for David to be perfect, but rather a shadow, of a parallel of someone who would come later.
The king arrived, His name is Jesus. Like David, He wasn’t considered to be someone who was fit to be King nor did He ask for an earthly throne like David. He was a plain man, born of a virgin but thought of as an illegitimate child by his community, and was considered a second class citizen because he was from Nazareth. However, despite the negative stigma, He is God’s one and only son, bravely challenging the religious leaders of his day with the truth, and laid his life down for the sins of others. Unlike David, Jesus lived a sinless life and never gave into sin, even when tempted by Satan himself. In the same way that David delivered the people of Israel from an unrighteous king Saul and the Philistines, Jesus delivers us from Satan and the authority of sin.
Jesus in living a sinless life for thirty three years, dying a brutal sinner's death, and resurrecting three days later became the King of all Kings. Surpassing David! His throne isn’t made from man’s hands like David’s who ended, but rather a heavenly throne that will never end. Now many of us are nervous or scared about those who make themselves rulers and governments. However, we know we serve a holy God, who does nothing out of selfishness but from the place of righteousness, and rules over our lives if we choose to accept Him as our king and savior. That means we can choose to serve God and be part of His royal family by repenting and choosing God instead of our own desire for sin. We can also choose to reject the true king, choose to live how we want to live. However in the end, the king of kings will judge and bring accountability of what we have or haven't done. If we are not part of His kingdom at that time, He will bring justice against us and all others who rebelled against Him.
So in short, I encourage you to choose Jesus to be the King of your life today. He isn’t like any ruler you have ever known. He is good, loving, and merciful beyond our own understanding. A perfect king is inviting you to be part of his family and share in his kingdom, it would be foolish to refuse. So don’t, come to get to know your father the King of Kings. King Jesus!
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