King of Kings and Lord of Lords

“These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.”  Revelation 17:14

There is coming a time - perhaps not too far in the future - when all the kings and other rulers of the world will, “have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast” (Rev. 17:13), the great humanistic world system of the last days, whose Satan-possessed leader will then have “authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him” (Rev. 13:7).

Only one opponent will remain - the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, against whom “The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, ‘Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!’” (Psalm 2:2-3).

So they will proceed to “war against the Lamb,” but they will lose! At the final “the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 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” (1 Tim. 6:14-15). He, Who as God’s sacrificial Lamb, “takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29), is greater than all kings and rulers.

No longer as the submissive Lamb before His shearers (Isaiah 53:7), but as the “The Word of God,” out of whose once-silent mouth now “comes a sharp sword” with which He may “strike down the nations.” He will have “on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, ‘KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS’” (Rev. 19:13, 15-16).

Indeed, the kings and leaders of the whole world will think they can successfully wage “war against the Lamb,” but He “shall overcome them.” In that great day that is coming, it will be far better to be with Him, than with them!