The King is Coming! A number of years ago, I was in the Galilee with tourists on the day when the headline news rang out, "The King is
coming!" The media was set to record and broadcast the event. The Israeli Prime Minister and officials were to meet the Jordanian King Hussein Ibn Talal and his entourage at the center
of a new bridge built in his honor and escort him officially into Israel. The Jordanians began their entrance, but no Israeli was to be seen. Was there a mistake? Who missed the cue? All of
a sudden, Israeli children came running toward King Hussein to greet him with flowers. Some say the King wept. However, the media waited until the officials arrived and only then did the
filming begin. Did someone miss the point?
A Way to Honor a King: Imbedded in the Jewish genetic memory was a protocol; the way to honor a King is to extend
the tenderness and innocence of children. Two-thousand years earlier and close by, children gathered around the Savior. Some objected to the little ones
"bothering" the Lord. ". . . Jesus called . . . Suffer (allow) little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the
kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein." (Luke
18:16-17)
Grandson Sees Peace Grandfather Yearned For: In 1951 Hussein was a child standing next to his grandfather, King Abdullah, as he was shot to death
while in prayer at the Al Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem. The underlying reason for the assassination was that Grandfather Abdullah envisioned a peaceful coexistence with the Jews of Israel.
Moslem fanatics apparently thought that killing the king would eliminate peace. It did not; peace was spared. Among the shots was a bullet that glanced off a medal on young Hussein’ s
chest. His life was spared. Somewhere tucked in the genetic code of his royal blood, Hussein was destined to become the king who would see the peace his grandfather yearned for. Although not
the first peace treaty a Moslem nation would have with Israel, it is by far the warmest peace agreement Israel has with any Arab neighbor in the Holy Land.
Ready to Bring Children to the Lord? The "Holy" of the land was Jesus of Nazareth. He was born in
Bethlehem, moved to Egypt, returned to Galilee, visited beyond the Jordan River, and fulfilled his mission in Jerusalem, the Holy City. His influence reaches out from these places to all the
world. Now, I ask you, are you ready to bring your children to him? The peace you will experience will warm your heart. His purpose was and is to bring peace.
". . . Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid." (John 14:27)
Lord Requests Little Children: When the King of Kings appeared on the Western Continent, thousands who had
survived the destruction at his mortal death were touched to the heart with the peace he brought as the resurrected Lord. He requested the children to be brought to him.
"And they arose from the earth, and he said unto them: Blessed are ye because of your faith. And now behold, my joy is full. And when he had said these
words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them. And when he had done this he wept
again; And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones. And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they
saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did
minister unto them." (3 Nephi 17:20-24)
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