Crown Him With Many Crowns
Hebrews 1: 8, 9, 10, Part II
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8)
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Hebrews 1:9)
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: (Hebrews 1:10)
For your study of this great King sitting upon His throne, I would like to prepare the table with just twelve (12) of His thrones and titles.
1. The King
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. (Isaiah 33:17) Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. (Luke 19:38)
2. The King of Israel
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! (John 1:47)
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. (John 1:48)
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:49)
3. The King of the Jews
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (Matthew 2:2)
4. The King of Saints
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. (Revelation 15:3)
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.( Revelation 15:4)
5. The King Eternal
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17)
6. The King of Righteousness and Peace
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; (Hebrews 7:1)
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; (Hebrews 7:2
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. (Hebrews 7:3
7. The King of Heaven
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: (Daniel 4:34)
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Daniel 4:35)
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. (Daniel 4:36)
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Daniel 4:37)
8. The King of Glory
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. (Psalm 24:7)
Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. (Psalm 24:8)
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. (Psalm 24:9)
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. (Psalm 24:10)
9. The King of Kings
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. (Revelation 19:12)
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:14)
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (Revelation 19:15)
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Revelation 19:16)
10. My King and My God
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. (Psalm 5:2)
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. (Psalm 44:4)
11. King Over All The Earth
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. (Psalm 47:2)
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. (Psalm 47:7)
12. King of Nations
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. (Jeremiah 10:7)
These 12 points will give you a start concerning the magnitude of your King. Each one of these points (1-12) is a precious stone in His crown. Now, let’s consider the prophetic value of our three verses of Hebrews 1: 8, 9, and 10.
We will begin with the psalmist in 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. The psalmist is looking into the future with the eyes and mind of the Spirit of God, to a specific throne, and a heavenly coronation. In Hebrews 1:8, this prophecy is fulfilled. It is not merely to come, but it is a present reality. He, the Lord Jesus Christ, is sitting on that throne; He holds the scepter of righteousness or a right scepter, it is the scepter that comes by the work of the cross. It is He, who has fulfilled all righteousness. In Matthew 3:18, the Lord Jesus told John the Baptist, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. This is that scepter of gold, a scepter of righteousness forged in His suffering and blood. He rules all things we see, and the unseen world as well. God the Father has committed all things into His hand. He has a love for righteousness, and hates evil. There is a saying that many use, ‘God hates sin, but loves the sinner,’ I disagree; God hates sin, and hates the sinner as well. It is only by divine grace, and divine action of the Spirit of God that a soul can know divine love. As far as the sinner is concerned, and God’s hate for the sinner, we have the flood to prove that. God also declares, “Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated.” I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.(Malachi 1: 2, 3) As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. (Romans 9:13, 14, 15)
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; (Romans 3:9)
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Romans 3:10)
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. (Romans 3:11)
These were 2 brothers out of the same womb; yet, God separated them in the relationship to His divine love. God is no respecter of persons. Even though Jacob was known as the supplanter, he was brought in to the promises of God that had been made to Abraham by divine love and grace. His name was changed from Jacob to Israel (a prince with God). This was not because Jacob was seeking God, but God was seeking Jacob. If you draw a vertical line, | and put sin on one side, and God’s righteousness on the other side, the line divides them, and they have no comparability. On God’s side, He has divine righteousness with no compromise, anything or any being in opposition to that righteousness brings forth God’s judgment. Now sin is in opposition to God’s righteousness, so ‘all have sinned.’ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23) Therefore, when we come into the world, we come as sinners although we had not sinned. We are children of Adam, and Adam has passed sin to every man. So we, at birth, are opposite to God’s righteousness. Now we have God’s love . . . does that remove our vertical line, NO, the line must stay. It is impossible for sin to change, sin cannot become righteousness; God must perform a miracle in the heart and soul of the sinner. God through the death and sacrifice of His Son paid the price for sin, so that the sinner can be made righteousness. The line remains, but the new creation in Christ can cross over the line by the Spirit of God to the side of God’s righteousness. His sin and old man stay on the other side of the line For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3) We have been changed into a new being, we have not just been reformed, for if reformation was possible we would not need the cross. We have been completely changed, old things are passed away, and behold, all things have become new. We are made the righteousness of God in Christ. And this is called justification. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: (Romans 3:24) Everything on the side of sin has been judged in Christ, as that judgment fell on a divine being, the Son of God, Jesus Christ ‘who knew no sin, did no sin, and there was no sin in him;’ therefore, the statement in Hebrews 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity, He stands alone on the ground of righteousness. Man cannot stand in His presence unless God moves in a supernatural way to change that man. He ‘who knew no sin, became sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.’ The horizontal line — of the cross + became the bridge of grace for us. Even though the vertical line separated us from God because of our sin, God judging sin at the cross gave us a bridge of grace to cross over by the faith of Christ. The divine being, the Son of God, would not, and will not give up His divine nature which includes His righteousness to appease sin. As I previously said, sin does not change, but must be judged, and in judging sin, righteousness must replace it. The verse that ‘he so loved the world’ was because He is righteous, and has provided a way of escape from our sin. Though ‘he so loved the world’ He will not give up His righteousness. Again, Hebrews 1:9, His whole kingdom is founded on righteousness; therefore, He must hate sin, and the sinner until they are identified with the judgment of sin at the cross. Those who have the new birth in Christ have been freely justified because Christ became our propitiation, or mercy-seat for our sin. He in divine love, paid our debt that we could not pay; therefore, the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand, the hand that holds the righteous scepter. He has fulfilled all righteousness, and because of His obedience to the Father’s will, He with great joy is anointed with the oil of gladness far above the heavens, and above His fellows. In this statement by the Holy Spirit (Hebrews 1:9) the heavens opened and once more, we through the Spirit hear ‘this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ And from our heart we say, thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift in Jesus Christ my Lord.
© Copyright 2015, Michael Haigh
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All Scripture references are from the Authorized King James Bible. (KJV)
Words of this Hymn by Matthew Bridges (1800-1893), Music by George J. Elvey (1816-1893)
Tune to DIADEMATA S M D
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne;
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but it’s own!
Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee;
And hail Him as thy matchless King Thro’ all eternity.
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Crown Him the Lord of love! Behold His hands and side, —
Rich wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified:
No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his wand’ring eye at mystery so bright.
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Crown Him the Lord of life! who triumphed o’er the grave;
Who rose victorious to the strife for those He came to save:
His glories now we sing, who died and rise on high; Who
diet eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die.
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Crown Him the Lord of Heav’n! One with the Father known,
One with the Spirit through Him giv’n from yonder glorious throne!
To Thee be endless praise, for Thou for us hast died;
Be Thou, O Lord, thro’ endless days adored and magnified.