Blessed is the King
by Andrew Jacobson
The picture of the true King the Old Testament painted/
so that those who read the Scriptures knew for whom they awaited.
The first royal couple had been removed from their throne/
the treason they had committed was the undoing of Shalom.
But God promised that one would come the serpent to subdue/
A royal seed from Adam one who would redeem and renew.
Abraham, the father of the faith, our God did call/
that through him would come kings to overthrow the fall.
Over Judah was a most magnificent blessing made/
A global King from his line this imagery portrayed.
Through Moses were many divine laws laid down/
Specifically one to govern him who would wear the crown.
A King like all the other nations Israel did choose/
But because of Saul’s disobedience God did him refuse.
After his own heart God chose a shepherd boy/
to be Israel’s better king God did David employ.
God made a covenant that one would come making David look the lesser/
A King who sets up an eternal reign would one day be David’s successor.
A baby in Bethlehem was born who from David, Judah, Abraham, and Adam proceeded/
Yet all these men of redemptive history this baby far exceeded.
The mighty works he performed proved he was no mere man/
but “the promised one” sent here to fulfill God’s divine rescue plan.
On a donkey into Jerusalem did he humbly ride/
while “blessed is the King” a multitude of disciples cried.
But on an earthly throne he did not come to sit/
He came to do a work so that sinners he could acquit.
A thorn of crowns upon his head did he wear/
that we, the chief of sinners, might he spare.
It was for our sins and the law of God that we had failed/
that the arms and feet of the true King to a cross were nailed.
“It is finished!” was the King’s last cry/
to the full payment of our sins did his words testify.
In the grave the King did not long lay/
because he rose victoriously that first Easter Sunday.
The victory won so that ransomed sinners like us could sing/
“Blessed be our Savior Jesus, the true and promised King.”
