Jesus Revealed as King of kings and Lord of lords

Brethren, hear it well: Jesus Christ is revealed as King of kings and Lord of lords. This is not a mere title. This is the eternal declaration of His supremacy, His dominion, His unstoppable rule. Deuteronomy 10:17 declares that “the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons.”

Do you see it? No king, no power, no idol, no prince of darkness can stand beside Him. He is above all. Friends, this is the foundation stone – God Himself enthroned over every authority.

And the psalmist cries, “O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth forever” (Psalm 136:3). What a paradox of power and mercy! The One exalted far above all gods, as Psalm 97:9 says, is also the One whose mercy never fails.

Brethren, does this not strike your heart with both fear and comfort? He reigns in majesty, yet stoops in mercy. Psalm 95:3 adds, “For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.” Look around you – every ruler, every throne of men, every empire crumbles, but His throne is unshaken, eternal, everlasting.

Even kings of the earth confess it. Nebuchadnezzar, humbled by a dream none could interpret, declared Daniel’s God to be “a God of gods, and a Lord of kings” (Daniel 2:47). Imagine that, friends—a pagan monarch compelled to confess what saints already knew.

And Daniel 7:14 lifts the curtain of prophecy, showing the Son of man given “dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him.” Can you picture it? Every language, every tribe, every nation bowing before Christ. That’s not a dream. That’s destiny.

Step now into the New Testament. Paul writes that the Father will reveal Jesus as “the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords” (1 Timothy 6:15). This is not borrowed glory – it is His by right. And when the battle lines are drawn in Revelation 17:14, we hear it thunder: “The Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings.”

The Lamb! Not a lion tearing flesh, but the sacrificed Lamb, victorious by blood. And Revelation 19:16 seals it—His very garment bears the inscription, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Friends, could the Spirit speak any clearer?

Jesus Himself proclaimed after the resurrection, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18). That means no corner of creation is exempt. Paul, with equal urgency, wrote in Philippians 2:9–11 that God has “highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow.”

Every knee – whether in heaven, earth, or under the earth. Think on that. Every tongue—confessing Him as Lord. You will bow. I will bow. The only question is whether in joy or in dread.

Ephesians 1:20–22 shows Him seated “far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,” with all things under His feet. Not some things. Not most things. All things. Colossians 1:16–18 reminds us that “by him were all things created” and that “he is the head of the body, the church.”

Friends, this is personal. The King of kings is not far off, ruling from an unreachable throne. He is Head of the church, your Shepherd, your Lord, your Savior.

So, what shall we say? Jesus is revealed, once and for all, as King of kings and Lord of lords. The Old Testament whispered it. The New Testament shouted it. Prophets foresaw it. Apostles proclaimed it. Heaven confirms it. And the day is coming when every eye shall see it.

O my soul, will you resist, or will you rejoice? Will you stand defiant, or will you kneel in faith? The choice is urgent. The King is coming. Bow now, brethren, for every knee shall bow. Confess now, for every tongue shall confess. Christ reigns—eternally, supremely, mercifully—as King of kings and Lord of lords.