Majesty in the Upside-down Kingdom
Psalm 93: 1-4 The LORD is king, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is girded with strength. He has established the world; it shall never be moved; 2 your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. 4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters, more majestic than the waves of the sea, majestic on high is the LORD! Majestic is defined as having or exhibiting sovereign power, dignity, or splendor. This Psalm this a proclamation of God’s majesty. We read it in the lectionary this Easter Sunday. But “majestic” is not the word that I think of when I think of Jesus’ death on the cross. That type of death was undignified, dirty, violent, and demeaning. Was that a death fit for a majestic King? Yet, Pilate wrote on the inscription on the cross, “The King o