Who's in charge here?

We won a critical pot online the other day, when a key card came on the river. That led to this chat discussion:

Dealer: flopblog wins Main Pot ($1025) with Two pair, aces and nines
Me: alleluia
Me: Lovely river.
init_2winit: amen
init_2winit: u r the king of rivers
Me: not me.
Me: Simply a child of a King.

After thinking it over, maybe we understated our position a bit. Consider Revelation 5:9-10 from the Moffatt paraphrase Bible:

"Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation; thou hast made them kings and priests for our God, and they shall reign on the earth."

With apologies for quoting some old English, the "Thou" here is Jesus Christ our redeemer for sin. Revelation 19:16 declares Jesus "King of Kings and Lord of Lords." But did you notice the Lord makes humans kings as well? (And we don't making "a set of Kings" at the poker table.)

Christian groups debate whether believers can claim the title of "King" now, or have to wait for the return of Christ to take it. Either way, it's quite a promise. Have you accepted the One who paid the ransom price, so you can wear a crown? If you'd like to know more about that, e-mail us -- we'll be happy to help.