In Genesis, He's the Seed of the woman Who crushed the head of the serpent - the Lion of the tribe of Judah!
In Exodus, He's God's Son called out of Egypt and the Passover Lamb Who taketh away the sins of the world!
In Leviticus, He's the great High Priest Who offered Himself as a sacrifice for His people!
In Numbers, He's the Rock struck by God so that we might have living water, and He's the One lifted up like the serpent in the wilderness so that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life!
In Deuteronomy, He's the Prophet like unto Moses Who speaks God's Word and is God's Word!
In Joshua, He's the Captain of our salvation Who finally brings us into the promised land: safe, saved, and satisfied!
In Judges, He's the good and better Judge and Lawgiver!
In Ruth, He's the Kinsman Redeemer!
In 1 and 2 Samuel, He's the true and better King Who never sinned, was always faithful, and never needed to repent!
In Kings and Chronicles, He's the King of kings and LORD of lords!
In Ezra, He's the faithful Priest and Scribe Who loved God's Word and wept over God's rebellious people!
In Nehemiah, He's the Cleanser of God's temple and the Builder of God's Church!
In Esther, He's the true and better Mordecai Who saves His people from eternal destruction and more than conquers all of their and His enemies!
In Job, He's the blameless and ever-living Redeemer Who suffered for His people!
In Psalms, He's the Lord our Shepherd so that we lack no good thing - He's the Good Shepherd Who laid down His life for His sheep!
In Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, He's the everlasting Wisdom of God Who's always been and always will be!
In Song of Solomon, He's our true love and glorious Bridegroom - the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valleys – the pure, perfect, and beautiful Lover of our soul like no one else!
In Isaiah, He's the One born of a virgin, Immanuel, God with us, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, and the Suffering Servant Who was crushed and wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities but then rose up from the dead!
In Jeremiah and Lamentations, He's the weeping Prophet Who ushers in the New Covenant by His blood!
In Ezekiel, He's the great vision of the glory of God!
In Daniel, He's the fourth Man in the fiery furnace whose appearance was like a Son of the gods!
In Hosea, He's the eternal Husband, forever married and faithful to the sinful backslider!
In Joel, He's the baptizer with the Holy Spirit!
In Amos, He's the Judgment-Bearer Who silences the roar of God's wrath so that we might have everlasting mercy!
In Obadiah, He's the Savior and Deliverer!
In Jonah, He's the faithful Missionary to the nations Who was three days and three nights in the heart of the earth but then rose up from the dead to live forevermore!
In Micah, He’s the One born in Bethlehem Whose origin is from everlasting Who shall shepherd God's flock, be our peace, and be great to the ends of the earth!
In Nahum, He's the One Who drank the cup of God's indignation and judgment for sinners so that we might be citizens of the everlasting, heavenly city that will never fall!
In Habakkuk, He's all we have - He's the LORD God we rejoice in when all else is lost and destroyed!
In Zephaniah, He's the Man raised from the dead, appointed to be the judge on the day of the LORD, Who is the LORD, mighty to save, and Who will take great delight in you, quiet you with His love, and rejoice over you with loud shouts and singing!
In Haggai, He's the restorer of the line of David, the Temple of God Who makes us temples of God, and He's the Desire of all nations!
In Zechariah, He's that Fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's veins, opened in the house of David to cleanse from all sin and from all uncleanness!
In Malachi, He's the Sun of Righteousness Who shall rise with healing in His wings!
That's my King! I wonder if you know Him today?!
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