The Coronation

The regal day had arrived; the day by divine right that the heir would assume authority.  The streets were lined with shouting citizens.  The soldiers attended the parade, clearing the streets and making way for the King.

He was adorned in purple, but not in splendor.  The crown that he wore had no value, no jewels, just twisted barbs and thorns.  The scepter of gold that he deserved to hold, was replaced by a Roman spike.  Where most kings are presented on glorious days with gifts of land and tribute, he was offered spits of saliva and mucus.  And where he should have been lauded for his omnipotence, he was insulted and profaned by the very people he came to lead.

When the moment came for him to be exalted to His position of authority, it was not upon a throne he sat, but nailed to a wooden cross.  The scene was tragic and ironic, the abuse, barbaric and brutal, but the all-powerful weight of his noble work was affective to achieve his purpose.

From that criminal’s position, a kingly proclamation was made.  An edict was issued that superseded any previous law.  A human emancipation was enacted, which in one moment freed all men and women, of every origin, in every place, for all time from the totalitarian government of sin and death.  Never before or since has there been such a coup.  The powers of darkness disarmed, all eternal debts cancelled.  The new regime, under this benevolent dictator would usher in a new dawn of love for the unlovable, mercy for the undeserving, and abundant life for those sentenced to death’s capital punishment.

When the royal decree had gone out, it was signed and sealed in the very blood of the sovereign, and establishing the everlasting tenant that can be neither altered, amended, annulled, vetoed, nor ignored, he declared “It is finished.”

Psalm 24:7-10 ⁷ Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. ⁸ Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty; the Lord, invincible in battle. ⁹ Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. ¹⁰ Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies— he is the King of glory.