Three Kings

 

 

Three Kings are mentioned

Two in the book of Luke,

No doubt in your mind

Emerges a certain dispute.

 

Whether there were three

Or whether more

So, let me hasten very quickly

To close that door.

 

The kings bearing gifts

Are not what I am about,

You have gone into Matthew

Without any doubt.

 

So, back to Historian Luke

Two are recorded there:

Not the kings mentioned in Matthew

But the two right here.

 

In Luke chapter 2

Let us take note of the first,

At this juncture of world history

This one is immersed.

 

 

And it came to pass

Meaning this is no fairy tale,

Since Caesar Augustus was the King

We know this account is real.

 

Rome was the world power

The Fourth one up to this time,

And as we consider these Kings

We must bear this in mind.

 

The Emperor Caesar Augustus

Ruled over the earth

And this was the time in History

Of another king’s birth.

 

Jesus the King of all kings

Came forth in the fulness of time

Born of a royal family;

King David comes to mind.

 

 

 

Caesar was deluded!

There was one greater than he,

This being was around

For as long as eternity.

 

He was omnipotent, omniscient

And all-knowing as well

And he was the reason

Why all the other kings fell.

 

He sets up kingdoms

And he takes them down,

You could ask many former kings

But they are no longer around.

 

That’s King #1 and King #2

And off we go to King #3

Who is not mentioned in Luke

But in Matthew we see.

 

 

That is King Herod

And he was a vassal of Rome

And hence, certain policy decisions

He dared not make on his own.

 

He was a puppet king,

Just like in Sesame Street

And he reigned over Jerusalem

But at Caesar’s feet.

 

Three kings at this time

But two were greatly deluded

Yet history has recorded

The greatest was excluded.

 

Jesus, the King of kings

In Bethlehem’s manger lay

But neither Caesar nor Herod knew

That he was the only way.

 

 

Seek him while he may be found

Call upon him now he is near,

There is a Christmas coming

When he will again appear.

  

This time to judge the world

Over which he is King

And not a king then or before

Will be able to do a thing.

 

With whom do you stand?

You will be standing in vain

If you are not standing with Jesus

When he comes again.

 

Stewart Russell © December 26, 2021