Wait,…No Kings?...But I Am a Monarchist…

Monarchist = someone who supports having a monarch.

How beautiful it is to see people gathered in this country linking arms together and taking a stand of solidarity against the King of England. Sure, we took ‘em down hard almost 250 years ago. Back then, the English army was sent home to the other side of the pond after suffering a humiliating defeat by freedom lovin’ patriots. Thus, King George III had several years to reflect upon the 27 abuses by the king against the colonies as outlined in our nation’s Birth Certificate, the Declaration of Independence.

Fast-forward to today. The good people of England are being arrested for preaching the gospel, praying quietly outside of abortion clinics, flying the flag of their country, and for social media posts. Based on these unfortunate facts we can conclude our Founding Fathers made the right choices back in the day. And, because we are allowed to congregate and stand against the English king here in America, we can take comfort in knowing our free speech is still breathing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty.

Maybe, just maybe, some of the protestors are railing against the king described for us in the Book of the Revelation 9:11 They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon (destruction), and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon (destroyer). (Now this is a 9-11 verse if ever there was one!) Of course, if you have placed your faith and trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you will never fall under tutelage of such a wicked king.

In 2016 I was asked to sit on a panel with fellow Iowans for CBS. Our ‘First in the Nation’ status for the great race for President attracts the media from around the globe. The angle CBS wanted was our thoughts and opinions of the candidates running for the high office.  A very young CBS producer out of New York called me and lied to me to try and get me to be on the panel.

 “This will be taped so if you want to change an answer, you can do it,” she said.

Translation, CBS can edit it how they want it.’

I knew they would chop and edit going into it but decided to do the interview anyway. As the camera was rolling the CBS correspondent began asking each person on the panel what political party they identified with. When she got to me, I responded, “I’m a monarchist.”

Then I talked about Jesus. Shock of ages - CBS edited out my comments on faith. Still, after the whole process was over the correspondent came over to me and said, “I really like you.”

Mission accomplished.

There is One King and His name is Jesus and He will rule over all. We read about His kingship when the Apostle Paul instructed Timothy and any who would minister to live a life pursuing righteousness: 1^st Timothy 6:13-16 ¹³ I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, ¹⁶ who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

In further descriptions of Jesus in the Book of the Revelation we discover He is coming back to earth as a warrior king: 19:13-16 ¹³ He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. ¹⁵ From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. ¹⁶ And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

I will stand up and speak out for King Jesus anywhere, to anyone, anytime. So, it begs the question – will you?