What does Tribe teach about coronation?

At Tribe, the teaching on the coronation of Jesus as king takes the pomp and ceremony of an earthly coronation and holds it up against what scripture actually describes, and the comparison only ever runs one direction. Brian used the coronation of King Charles III, which had taken place the day before this service, as a scaffold to walk through what the Bible says about Jesus's kingship. Every element of the earthly ceremony, the throne, the stone, the anointing, the scepter, pointed toward something so much larger that the earthly version could barely hint at it. Where Isaiah sees a throne so vast that the train of God's robe fills the entire temple, and John in Revelation can only describe what he sees in terms of gemstones because his vocabulary has nothing better, an ancient chair scratched up by abbey boys and borrowed by a family of cats is simply not in the same conversation.

The anointing section pressed hardest on the difference in kind, not just degree. King Charles was anointed with olive oil. Jesus, as Isaiah 61 makes clear, was anointed with the Spirit of the sovereign Lord himself, and that anointing came with a mission: good news for the poor, freedom for captives, comfort for those who mourn. Brian put it plainly: tree juice against the Spirit of the living God, and with the Spirit a commission that no earthly investiture could contain. On the question of territory, Brian noted that King Charles the third, with all that unfolded, his position is symbolic, and he says, "What did our king do for us? He laid down his life for us." The crown Jesus wore was not ceremonial. Brian says, "Jesus wore a crown, but it was made of brambles, briars, and thorns, and it was thrust upon his head."

The scepter, a shepherd's staff in symbolic form, carried the authority to lead, guide, govern, and protect. Brian read from Hebrews 1 on a scepter of justice and from Revelation 2 on ruling with an iron scepter, and held them together to say that the gentle Jesus of the Gospels is real but not the whole picture. The reach of this king's rule is also unlike anything Charles III commands. As Brian put it, "His territory now exists in places that no earthly king could ever exert their influence, and that's within the human heart."

Taught from Isaiah 6:1-5 · Revelation 4:1-11 · Isaiah 61:1-2 · Hebrews 1:8-9 · Revelation 2:27