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| Janette Hicks has a similar thought |
On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
king of kings and lord of lords.
Revelation 19:16
I like the ambiguity of this statement. Commentaries do not even hint at my thought. Is this a tattoo?
The ideas given are that clothes often speak of who someone is, but here it is also written on the person, so that the name is assured.
King and Lord are both very antiquated concepts. Modern countries are likely to reject both. But Jesus goes back a long way. In fact you can argue that the Creator holds the definition of King (ruler, top dog), which is similar to the meaning of Lord. In Hebrew it is Adoni.
What about the hymn 'All glory laud and honour to thy redeemer King'? Or in contrast, the verb in the pejorative; 'he lorded it over his family as if he owned them.'
But the genuine article does not need pomp and ceremony. They do not need garments that say 'I'm the top dog here', or 'over here, it's me'. We have a king who is born in a cattle shed and grows up in obscurity. We know that he is a King because we recognise the authority. No language is actually needed.
PRAYER: I know who you are because you reveal yourself.
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