Getting to Know Jesus by Name #56: Majestic One

 Isaiah 33: 20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed settlement,
A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its ropes be torn apart.
21 But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—
22 For the Lord is our judge,
The Lord is our lawgiver,
The Lord is our king;
He will save us—

Of all the Old Testament prophets, Isaiah had the most to say about the coming Messiah.  In this chapter he was speaking to those who had been taken captive into exile, many transported in ships, encouraging them that there would be a return, and that once they came back, no ship would come by and take them away again.  In the middle of this promise, He points to Christ, the Majestic One, who is Lord of the seas, King over all, Who would save them and bring them back to His palace, where they will never be taken away again.  As Diann Cotton points out in her book "Majestic" means "stately, large, impressively beautiful." He is overwhelming - much greater than all the empires with their ships, palaces and mighty towers - His "tent" is much more stable and glorious than all the buildings of this world.