Day 42 with David: One day we will live happily ever after in the Kingdom of God w/ our forever King

“All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You. For the kingdom is the Lord’s, And He rules over the nations.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭22:27-28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Castles, knights, courts, Royalty, etc., make up the fabric out of which many a fairytale has been sown. Let’s give it a try:

“Once upon a time, in a far away kingdom there was a wonderful king who was very sad. Now, he was sad because his subjects had been taken captive by a deceitful monster who made them believe a lie. Not willing to give up on them, the king sent messengers to them and showed them great signs and wonders. But nothing worked to free the people from the rule of the evil one. No matter how hard they might try, they always fell back captive to the lying one.

One day the king did something unthinkable; he sent a representative who the people would surely embrace: his perfect only son. His wonderful son would explain to the people who their king really was. He would tell them that he would set them free from the evil kingdom’s control.

Well, the wonderful son came to the place ruled by evil; he came without all the trappings of his royalty; he came as a servant. Sadly, the leaders of the people hated him and had him killed. But—what they did not know is that his kingdom could not be destroyed. And then—as he was dying—he spoke the words that would bring their release from the bonds of evil. He said, ‘Father, forgive them. They don’t understand what they’re doing!’ With that, the evil spell was broken for those who looked on this dying man, who also happened to be a king.

Happily, because his kingdom could not be destroyed, he came back from the dead and went back to his Father’s Kingdom to prepare for the subjects’ return. And—sure enough—when he comes and gets the formerly vanquished subjects, he’ll take them to his forever kingdom where he will be their forever king.

And they’ll all live happily ever after!”

The End (of sin and suffering)”

“And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be— “The Lord is one,” And His name one.”

‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭14:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

In our portion from Psalms today we see David speaking at once in the place of the suffering messiah, and also praising Him for the work He has done, then forecasting His future glorious rule.

David, even though he was a king, understood that his authority came from—and was subservient to—another. He saw the day when the King’s representative would suffer and he also saw the day that the King’s representative would be King of kings and Lord of lords!

Thankfully, David understood that none of this is a fairytale. It’s all true. It is also true that the Lord will be King forever and our suffering will be over.

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

One day we will live happily ever after in the Kingdom of God with our forever King.

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