JESUS’ ROLE IN THE TRINITY How does the Son relate to the Father? This is a question that many nonbelievers …show more content…
In the case of the Lord Jesus, the realm that we are referring to is all of creation. In John’s vision, Jesus is returning to judge the world and establish His earthly kingdom, as He predicted in Mark 13:26. The idea of Jesus being King of kings and Lord of lords means that there is no higher authority. His reign over all things is absolute and inviolable. God raised Him from the dead and placed Him over all things, “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all” (Ephesians 1:21–23). One of the most important aspects of Jesus as King, that I have not yet addressed, is Jesus’ crucifixion. After Herod’s death, the Roman occupation of the Holy Land continued, in Galilee under Antipas and in Judea under the governance of Pontius Pilate. Jesus and his contemporaries knew kings and rulers as sources of war, heavy taxes, corruption, violence, and the oppression of military …show more content…
Yet he spoke of himself frequently as one who was announcing a new kind of reign, the kingdom of God. Jesus sometimes spoke of this kingdom as something that was coming in the future and sometimes he spoke as if it was already present. In his parables and pronouncements, Jesus was stating that God, not Caesar, was king of Israel. Unlike the oppressive, death-dealing earthly kings, God’s kingdom was one of freedom and hope. Much of Jesus teaching was a description of what the kingdom of God is like. Signs of the arrival of God’s kingdom included the release of prisoners, the restoration of sight to the blind, and freedom for all who were oppressed (Luke