Yeshua is everything to us:  our salvation, our hope, our future, to name a few. It is important to get to know Him as well as possible.  We can do this by interacting with Him and also by reading the Bible.  It is the word of Yehovah and Yeshua is the living Word of Yehovah.  This series, entitled “Who Is Yeshua?” will consist of twenty-one articles. Each article will explore a different section of the Bible to discover different titles and roles of Yeshua and our response to each role. In the eighteenth article in the series, Yeshua is the Promised King.

While the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years, they were governed by Moses who took his orders directly from Yehovah (Ex 3).  Yehovah was King and ruler over the people. Moses passed on the commands of Yehovah and Moses judged the people according to the law he had received from Yehovah (Ex 19:25). 

When Moses died, Joshua took over the role of leader and judge, still guided by Yehovah (Num 27:18-23).  After the Israelites were settled in the Promised Land, they were governed by a series of judges (Judges 2:18-19).  The Israelites began clamoring for a king because the other nations had kings to rule over them (1 Sam 8:4-9).  The Israelites had forgotten two things:  they already had a King and His name was Yehovah and they were not to strive to be like the other nations but were to be set apart. For you are a people holy [set apart] to [Yehovah] your God. [Yehovah] your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be His people, His treasured possession (Deut 7:6).

In order to interact with Yehovah, the Israelites had to operate in the spiritual realm because Yehovah is a Spirit.  Most of the Israelites were not ready to deal in the spiritual realm; thus, the need for prophets and judges who were guided by the Holy Spirit. Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God (2 Pet 20-21). [Yehovah] replied, “Take Joshua, son of Nun, who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. Present him to Eleazar the priest before the whole community, and publicly commission him to lead the people (Num 27:18-21).

As we read in Scripture, the judges did not always obey the voice of Yehovah.  The people recognized that there was a problem, but dealt with the problem in the physical realm.  The human judges weren’t working out, so the Israelites clamored for a human king.  Why did they forget that Yehovah was their King?  They were relating more to the human leader than to Yehovah.  Having a human king did not resolve the problem, but in many ways exacerbated the difficulties.  In 1 and 2 Kings, we see that most of the kings were actually leading the people away from Yehovah to follow false gods. 

Yeshua is not only our perfect Lamb, our Deliverer, and our Resurrection, but He is Yehovah’s gracious answer to humankind’s clamor for a human king who will always obey Yehovah.  Yeshua is both the only begotten son of Yehovah as well as a human like us!  He is the promise that Yehovah gave through Moses.  [Yehovah] your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die” (Deut 18:15). Yeshua is Yehovah, but He is also a human with whom we can relate.

Yeshua will return to the earth one day to reign as the promised King.  “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, … (Matt 25:31-46).  Those of us who belong to Yeshua yearn for Him to come soon.  Blessed is He who comes in the name of Yehovah (Matt 23:39)!

This is an excellent time to ask forgiveness for your sins and invite Yeshua (Jesus) to be Lord of your life.  When we commit sin, we incur a debt that none of us can ever pay on our own.  It cannot be paid with earthly currency or even with great sacrifice on our part.  This debt can only be paid for by the blood of Yeshua which has already been shed for us. This is the greatest gift to ever be offered.  Don’t miss out.  After you have accepted Yeshua as your Lord and Savior, ask for baptism in the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit will be your constant companion and Counselor and will equip you for Kingdom living.