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(Dn.7:13-14;\xa0\xa0 Ps.93:1-2,5;\xa0\xa0 Rv.1:5-8;\xa0\xa0 Jn.18:33b-37)\xa0 \u201cMy kingdom does not belong to this world.\u201d \u201cThe Lord is King, in splendor robed,\u201d our psalmist cries.\xa0 \u201cKing\u201d is our word for our great Lord; it is the best our imperfect thoughts and pale vocabulary can utter.\xa0 But much more than king is our Lord Jesus Christ, for kings do come and go but \u201cHis kingship shall not be destroyed\u201d; His \u201cthrone stands firm from of old\u201d \u2013 it is \u201cfrom everlasting\u201d to everlasting.\xa0 More than a king\u2026 He is God. \u201c\u2018I am the Alpha and the Omega,\u2019 says the Lord God, \u2018the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty.\u2019\u201d\xa0 He has no beginning or end but is Himself the beginning and end of all things.\xa0 He \u201ccame into the world to testify to the truth,\u201d and now His truth is spoken, and His kingdom is coming.\xa0 \u201cBehold, He is coming amid the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him.\xa0 All the people of the earth will lament Him.\xa0 Yes.\xa0 Amen.\u201d\xa0 None shall be able to hide from the Truth, from the King of \u201call peoples, nations, and languages.\u201d\xa0 And the same vision as John has Daniel had so many centuries before: \u201cI saw one like a Son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven,\u201d He whom the Ancient One gives \u201cdominion, glory, and kingship.\u201d\xa0 And the testimony of two witnesses holds truth, cannot be broken.\xa0 He is coming, and all are called to \u201cserve Him.\u201d Brothers and sisters, He \u201cloves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood,\u201d which He offers without a fight before Pilate this day.\xa0 By His sacrifice He \u201chas made us into a kingdom, priests for His God and Father.\u201d\xa0 And the kingdom we are is not of this earth, is \u201cnot here\u201d; and the sacrifice we offer now is heavenly \u2013 it comes down to us from above\u2026 this miraculous blood we drink and shed ourselves in His Name. Here our King stands before us, standing in the hearts of all His holy ones.\xa0 He who lives forever now draws us into the kingdom where He ever remains.\xa0 Not of this world, we come before His radiant majesty.\xa0 \u201cTo Him be glory and power forever and ever.\xa0 Amen.\u201d Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Vision of Children" from The Innocent Heart, first album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, your Son\u2019s kingdom is not here, is not of this world, but remains forever in Heaven \u2013 let us meet Him in His reign. YHWH, from you Jesus has received dominion, glory, and kingship.\xa0 From all eternity He is your Son.\xa0 To Him be glory and power forever, and may we join Him at your side. To testify to the Truth He came into the world, to reveal your presence unto us, dear LORD.\xa0 And so that we might become holy as He, as you, He died to take away our sins.\xa0 May our hearts be set upon the Truth you are, the Truth He declares by His very presence among us, and may we follow Him through this world on His way to Heaven. To this world He does not belong, and so should we transcend this place.\xa0 Its honors and its power are as the dust, but with Him is life everlasting.\xa0 He is the One who is and who was and who is to come \u2013 He is all things, dear God.\xa0 And with Him we shall be made into a kingdom, and share in your eternal glory.