What kind of king?

Christ the King Sunday is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. As humans, we want our “kings” to be like us, but smarter than us. But what kind of king is Jesus? John 18:33-37 looks at just this question. Jesus was accused of illegally claiming to be King of the Jews. Jesus would not give a direct answer to Pilate’s questioning about whether this was Jesus’ claim. Pastor Phil Kniss highlighted that in Jesus’ answers, he set out his kingdom as not from this world. Jesus’ power was not based on power in this world. If this is so, then we as disciples of Christ do not pin our hopes on any one given earthly leader. If we say “Jesus is Lord”, then we are also saying “Caesar is not lord!” Do we place our hope and our identity in the body of Christ, the church?