Christ - King or Kaitiaki?
Dan 7:9-14 John 18:33-38 Christ the King Sunday. What comes to your mind when the word king is mentioned - crowns, thrones, jewels, wealth, pageantry? Do you think of a despotic king shouting “off with his head” perhaps some sort of demented Henry the 8th in period costume? or do you think of foolish kings from fairytales such as in the emperor’s new clothes? Many of today’s kings & royalty are little more than celebrities - fodder for the tabloids and symbolic figureheads rather than possessing any power. If we take a contemporary concept of Kingship and apply it to Jesus we may see Jesus as somewhat distanced, privileged and possibly something of a tyrant - most definitely this is not the kind of king Jesus is or will ever be. There was a slightly daft song released in the 80s called “Star trekkin’ “ - parodying the tv series Star Trek and I found myself thinking of a line from it “It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we k