there are only 43 monarchies left on Earth only 43 most of which are ceremonial in nature it’s more common today to have presidents and prime ministers or in some areas we all sadly know there are dictators but as our politics and democracies have evolved the world has deteriorated and one Global Think Tank issued a report on the world in 2024 which said 2024 will be a year of ballots and bullets the elections held in more than 70 countries will serve as a stress test for democracy we don’t know where this is

all going to lead us but ladies and gentlemen there is one thing we can predict with certainty one day the world’s Throne will be occupied by Jesus Christ King of the Jews king of Israel King of Kings king of all the world remember it is through the lens of biblical prophecy that we should view the conflicts of today and find Our Hope For Tomorrow I want to talk to you about the glory and majesty and power and authority of King Jesus and his kingdom he’s the redeeming King and we see that in the way he’s addressed in

Pontius Pilate the governor asked him are you the king of the Jews and Jesus said it is as you say addressing the mob before him pilate shouted do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews what then would you want me to do with whom you call the king of the Jews and their response was crucify him and pilate handed over Christ for crucifixion along with a strange order for the executioners he said I want you to make a sign and nail the sign on the top of the Cross and this is what the sign said the king of the

Jews that was our Lord’s title in his birth and in his death uttered by the Magi the magistrates the mob the markings on his cross and ultimately by the master himself the Bible tells us also he’s the king of Israel in a similar way Nathaniel in John 149 said Rabbi you are the Son of God you are the the king of Israel and on Palm Sunday when the men and women celebrated Jesus arrival in Jerusalem this is what they sang hosan blessed he who comes in the name of the Lord the king of Israel 5 days later as Jesus suffered on

golgatha one of his enemies shouted sarcastically if he is the king of Israel let him come down now from the cross and we will believe him according to this and other scriptures Jesus is the only rightful Everlasting heir to the throne of David he’s the king of Israel he’s the king of the Jews and he’s the king of Israel and the Bible tells us here’s one I love he’s the king of kings in Revelation there’s a beautiful picture of this it describes Jesus in heaven just before he returns he has on his

robe and on his thigh a name written king of kings and Lord of lords and we live in a disturbed World men and women let’s don’t doubt that and don’t debate it we know better but none of today’s politicians or leaders or villains or Rogues will ever gain supreme authority not even the coming Antichrist all will falter all will fail for only Jesus is king of kings and Lord of lords one day every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that my king is king of kings and Lord of lords and then one of the things that surprises

people about the kingdom the Millennium the coming golden age is that it won’t just happen in the Middle East but when Jesus sits on the throne in Jerusalem he will govern the whole world he will be in charge of everything that happens on planet Earth that’s why his fourth title is King over all the Earth the prophet Zechariah adds this title to our Lord he says the Lord shall be king over all the Earth and in that day it shall be the Lord is one and his name is one when King Jesus is King of the Earth

every knee shall bow and every tongue confess he will rule over the entire world finally he’s the king of glory the last royal title is found in Psalm 24 Psalm 24 reads like this lift up your heads oh ye gates and be lifted up ye Everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in who is the king of glory the lord of hosts he is the king of glory that’s our Lord’s Millennial title he’s the king of the Jews he’s the king of Israel he’s the king of kings the king over all the Earth and he is the

king of glory he alone is truly great he’s our Messiah he’s our intercessor he’s the compassionate servant The Humble teacher and the selfless savior but never forget this men and women he is Christ the King that speaks to his sovereignty that says he’s in charge of it all that his word is the final word nothing can stabilize our emotions like remembering we have a king in heaven who is in charge He commands he controls and nothing is exempt from his preeminent power that’s why so many people find him so much an

anchor for their souls is he your king I know he’s your savior if you’re a Christian but it’s one thing that have Jesus as your savior it’s another thing to have him be your king you see he doesn’t want to just be your resident in your life he wants to be the president of your life and when you put him on the throne you’re saying Lord Jesus thank you for being my savior and now I want to take this moment and ask you not just to be my savior but I’ve been trying to do a lot of things on my own and I’m making kind

king on the inside he wants to be your king he’s my king the Bible also says that not only is the king now but one day he’s going to be a king who Reigns over the earth when Jesus came the first time he came as a redeeming King and he established a group of people Jesus followers were called and he reigns over us and we do his work and we come to the church every weekend to celebrate that we love God and we love Jesus and we know he’s the king but the Bible is mostly full of scripture telling us about what’s going to happen when Jesus

comes back at the end of the tribulation and sets up his kingdom on this Earth so many people have said that what will happen then is the reverse of the curse for in the early parts of the Bible we realize what happened when sin entered and the curse was placed upon the world if Adam and Eve hadn’t sinned we’d be living in a much better different world but that world is coming back and in the Kingdom we’ll have the world that we would have had if there been no sin Robert Strauss was a brilliant political strategist who

served under several presidents from Jimmy Carter to George HW Bush he made this interesting statement about the world in which we live he said everybody in government is like a bunch of ants on a log floating down a river and each of them thinks he’s guiding the log but is just going along with the flow isn’t that true have you ever noticed how the self-importance of all of the government officials everybody thinks they’re running the show they’re not running the show they’re just going

with the flow that can be said of all the rulers of History all have died or will die and none has risen from the dead all of them have dominated the headlines for a period but none it’s divided history in two like Jesus did the rulers of this world enjoy limited Authority for a limited time only Jesus possesses infinite Authority for all eternity there will never be a time when he is not King so what will it be like when Jesus is King I want to give you a little taste of that today in this message first of all when he reigns on this

Earth his kingdom is universal he will rule over a universal Kingdom our Lord’s Kingdom will be based in Jerusalem Israel on its expanded geography and it will be the dominant nation in the earth you know Israel gets a lot of attention now for a nation that’s 70 miles wide and 263 Mi long it’s like a little postage stamp when you see it on a map surrounded by Nations that want to annihilate it but from that place in the Millenium our Lord’s reign will spread northward to Russia Eastward to Asia Southward to

Africa and the Pacific Rim and praise the Lord it will spread Westward into Europe and the Americas and the entire Globe will spin under the axis of Jesus all the nations will sway to his authority we need to remember that when we read the headlines one day all of this craziness is going to stop and we won’t have to deal with it anymore so the kingdom is universal he’s the king over all the Earth says the scripture and then his kingdom is physical this King will have an intimate relationship with his

subjects and nothing expresses that like the way he deals with the infirmities that will enter into the kingdom then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the death shall be unsto stopped and the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongue of the dumb sing for water shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert the miraculous presence of the Lord will change everything sickness will be destroyed and all of these maladies that I’ve read in this verse will be non-existent the same Prophet said this

in another place they shall build houses and inhabit them they shall plant Vineyards and eat their fruit they shall not build and another inhabit they shall not plant and another eat for as the days of a tree so shall be the days of my people and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands so the kingdom will be Universal it’ll be physical and then of course it’ll be spiritual his kingdom will be a time of spiritual Revival Satan as you know will be bound and Jesus will be in control and we’ll

see a heart Awakening that is unprecedented in history according to Zachariah the entire nation of Israel will return to Jesus Zechariah 12 says I will pour on the House of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of Grace and supplication then they will look on me whom they pierced in that day a fountain shall be open for the House of David for the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness during the millennium what is going on right now will be reversed what’s going on right now when

I first started preaching years ago I would have to say there was a general understanding and appreciation reverence for the things of God even people who weren’t Christians they kind of admired those who were many of them would say something like I’d be a Christian right now but it’ be inconvenient and I don’t want to change my life but there was a respect for God and a respect for for Christians how many of you know that’s not true anymore in fact as a pastor one of the things I have to think about and

all you who are teachers in this room you should think about it too you can’t assume the knowledge of the Bible and the knowledge of Christianity that you once could because many people have gone to churches where the Bible hasn’t been taught regularly and so you may say something you think everybody knows but you better explain it cuz there’s a lot of people out there that don’t know that’s not because we’re ignorant it’s not your fault that’s where our world is but listen to me when Jesus is on the

throne again the knowledge of the Lord will fill the land and you can go and talk to anybody about Jesus because they’ll all know about him it won’t make any difference where you are or who you are or where you’ve been or where you’re going run into somebody and say how’s Jesus doing with you today because everybody will know the Lord and his name will be on the tongue of all those in the millennium what a day that’s going to be his kingdom will be spiritual his kingdom is universal and

physical and spiritual and it’s ethical here’s a few things that won’t be in the Kingdom no more homelessness no more riots absolutely no more anti-Semitism no more thievery you think of all the bad things that are happening in our world today that are new to us that we haven’t known before those things are all gone the white hot Holiness of King Jesus Will purge them out and we won’t live in a world that’s troubled by all this evil that makes us say every night why don’t they do something about that Isaiah says

the king’s Delight is in the fear of the Lord and he shall not judge by the sight of his eyes or decide by the hearing of his ears but with righteousness he shall judge the poor and decide with equity for the meek of the earth he shall strike the Earth with the right of his mouth and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the Wicked the psalmist adds the king will judge your people with righteousness he will bring Justice to the poor of the people he will save the children of the needy he will break in pieces the

oppressor for he will deliver the needy when he cries and the poor also so and him who has no Helper and precious shall be their blood in his sight when King Jesus is on the throne the nation and the world will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord and finally the kingdom is eternal one of these days the Thousand-Year reign will be over and the Bible says and the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of God the kingdoms of Eternity so there’ll be just a transition when the Thousand-Year is over we go right from the thousand

years into our Eternal Heavenly spot with the Lord Jesus the Lord is king forever and ever that is what we’re looking forward to we have a king who is never going to outlast himself he’s never going to be replaced we don’t have to worry about his successor cuz he couldn’t have one and he doesn’t have a predecessor either he’s the holy king and he lives in the ever present and listen to me all these wonderful things I’m saying about him he’s my king the king of my heart he’s on the throne of

my life and I love my king and I’m so honored to serve him and I hope you feel the same way this king who will one day Reign on this Earth is the same King who wants to reign in your life and sit on the throne of your heart you don’t have to do life alone you don’t have to make all those mistakes and wonder why did I do that for the same Sovereign King who’s at the Throne of the father wants to be on the throne of your life right now on Earth he is the king you know there are only 43 monarchies left on Earth only 43

most of which are ceremonial in nature it’s more common today to have presidents and prime ministers or in some areas we all sadly know there are dictators but as our politics and democracies have evolved the world has deteriorated and one Global Think Tank issued a report on the world in 2024 which said 2024 will be a year of ballots and bullets the elections held in more than 70 countries will serve as a stress test for democracy we don’t know where this is all going to lead us but ladies and gentlemen there is one thing we can

predict with certainty one day the world’s Throne will be occupied by Jesus Christ King of the Jews king of Israel King of Kings king of all the world remember it is through the lens of biblical prophecy that we should view the conflicts of today and find Our Hope for tomorrow that’s where we’re headed things are going to get better they may get a little worse before before they get better depending on how long the Savior Waits but we got a great future ahead of us and a little bit of the greatness of that future is in our

hearts just to keep us hungry for when it will be the law of the land what a thrill it is to know the king and to address him in that way a travel magazine recently ran an article for people who wanted to visit the seven most beautiful Thrones in the world three of them are in India another one is in Russia and there’s a dragon throne in China the sixth Throne is St Edward’s chair in Westminster Abbey in England and the seventh is the silver Throne of Sweden which is designed to express Purity you can find all of these Thrones

in the history books and you can find the silver throne in the Hall of State in the Stockholm Palace but none of these seven are really very significant some are used for ceremonial occasions but most are just for people to come and look at they’re tourist traps the glory has faded the power has seeped away and it makes you wonder what kind of a throne is King Jesus going to have I want to end today by telling you that his throne is under construction one day he will have a throne in Jerusalem and it will be

something to see there’s one other Throne I want to tell you about and that’s the one that matters most it’s the throne God has placed in our hearts of all the kingly titles of Jesus Christ the one that is most personal to you and me is when we say Lord you are my king you are my king I vacate the Throne of My Heart Lord and I give it to you I want you to rule and reign in my life under my control I make too many mistakes and get in too many messes forgive me for ever thinking I could be my own Monarch that I could ever chart my own

destiny so here and now I say in the words of an old hymn king of my life I Crown you now thine shall the glory be the moment we receive Jesus Christ as Lord a coronation takes place inside of us Jesus becomes the king of Our Lives and we give him the glory and so I want to urge you to let Jesus Christ be your king you say how will that change me you won’t go off doing crazy things without having a discussion you will talk to the Lord about the thing you say well he’s not it oh yes he is he’s your king

you’re his subject he wants to know what’s going on in your life and he will give you Direction he will send you to the right scriptures to the right sermon to the right person he will show you the way you can count on it you can either do life as a Christian on your own and be miserable and frustrated the rest of your life or you can install Jesus Christ as King on the throne of your heart and watch him do the things he wants to do he wants to make his name famous through the influence that you give him I hope you will do that and

then of course he can’t be your king unless first of all he’s your savior you can’t install Jesus Christ as King on your life Throne unless you first of all invited him to come and forgive you of your sin and you’ve become a Christian only Christians can install Jesus as king of their life so the question I want to ask you as we close today and I’ve been asking this every week and I’m not going to stop is Jesus Christ not just your king but is he your savior have you ever trusted him and asked him to forgive

your sin and to come and live in your life [Music] thank you for joining us on turningpoint as Dr Jeremiah shared how we can be Kingdom ready living expectedly for Christ’s Thousand-Year reign in the Millenium your first step towards living in the Millennium is knowing Jesus Christ in a personal way and to help you Dr Jeremiah would like to send you two resources the first is a booklet called your greatest turn turning point which will help you begin your relationship with Christ and the second is our monthly devotional magazine turning