Old Covenant Scriptures speak of the coming Messiah who would be God’s anointed One to deliver Israel and all mankind.

In Psalms 45 we read a prophetic chant to the Messiah. The psalmist begins the poem with this introduction: "My heart overflows with a good theme: I address my verses to the King" (Psalm 45:1). Then the song reveals a prophetic message.

Psalm 45:6-7 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

This prophecy about Jesus was repeated and expanded in Hebrews 1. It was decided before the foundations of the earth were laid and before man was ever created. The Godhead knew that the creature they would create would fall and need a redeemer.

Hebrews 1:10-12 And, “In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like clothing;  like a cloak you will roll them up, and like clothing they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will never end.”

Christ’s throne is not an earthly throne. The kings who foreshadowed Christ may have sat on earthly thrones for a time, but Christ sat down with his Father on God’s throne for eternity —the true throne and kingdom of Heaven, not an earthly shadow of it.

Christ’s Scepter

A scepter is a rod or staff (adorned with gold and jewels) that a king holds to indicate that he is in authority —the shepherd of his people. "Shepherd your people with your scepter" (Micah 7:14).

Jesus is our Kingand he also is the Shepherd, and ourselves are the sheep.

Yeshua HaMashiach – Anointed to Save

Yeshua HaMashiach is Hebrew for “Jesus the Messiah.” Yeshua is a shortened version of the name Yehoshua, which means “Adonai saves.” Mashiach is the Hebrew word for Messiah and means “anointed one.”

Daniel 2:44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever

As we can see more than 2,000 years after His resurrection the Kingdom prevailed, and we know from Scripture that will never be destroyed.  The gospel of Luke starts with this prophecy.

Luke 1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

Politicians today rule outside the principles of the Kingdom of God, but they will perish one day and history will forget them, however the kingdom of our Lord will last forever. 

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