There Is Royalty In My Family

There is royalty in my family.  Years ago, I began genealogical research because of the urging of my mother.  Later on, I turned over what I had acquired to my husband. John loves to delve into the ancestors in our backgrounds and prides himself with the fact that he has over 6,000 names listed.  He is very meticulous in his research and can go back to royalty in the 1500’s and never skips a generation just so he can post a name.

If you could go back in time and find royalty in your lineage, how would you address them?  Would you walk up and say “Pleased to make your acquaintance, Cousin.”  I think not.  I rather doubt that anyone I know personally would be able to have an audience with the Queen of England or the Pope in Rome.  You might stand for hours in a line to see such royalty.  You might even be able to touch the robe of the pope. The Queen might smile at you as she walked by. But, that would be about as close as we peasants could come to royalty.  I may have Cromwells of England in my lineage hundreds of years ago but that’s about as close as I can come to claiming any sort of royalty.

As we think about the Blood Moon and the prophecy it brings to mind and as we consider this Passover time, think on this: You may not have ancestors who were royalty.  But you may be able to touch royalty at some time or other if you visit England or Italy. However, if you are a Believer, you ARE royalty because you are a child of The King; you are His child; His son or daughter.

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of  God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God" John 1:12-13 NIV. 

Your Heavenly Father is the King of King and Lord of Lords. He is a King yet, He is approachable.  He is always there to listen to us and speak to us. He never tires of listening to our needs and our desires.  And, He never closes His ear to our whining and grumbling.  He is there all the time; day or night.

“In his mouth he held a sharp sword to strike down the nations; he ruled them with an iron grip; and he trod the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God.  On his robe and thigh was written this title: “King of Kings and Lord of Lords.” Revelation 19:15-16 TLB

So, never let anyone look down on you because you don’t have royal blood flowing through your veins for, as a Believer, your Father, the King of Kings, shed His blood to bring you into His royal family.

“God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver as you very well know.  But he paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.” 1 Peter 18-19 TLB