“The man that cometh after the King” is that company of believers who have
forsaken self to come forth in the likeness of their King. A change of nature is
wrought in them, because they are willing for the work of the cross to be
applied to their self-life. If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whosoever will save his life shall
lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it. Matthew
16:24-25.
To come after the Lord is to partake of His divine nature, to become as He is.
The disciple is not above his Master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is
enough for the disciple that he be as his Master, and the servant as his Lord.
Matthew 10:24-25.
God has a purpose for this “man company” that forsakes all to become as his
King. They are the kings and lords referred to in I Timothy 6:15, “the King of
kings, and Lord of lords.” And their works have been foreordained by God. For we
are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10.
Those works have already been done in God. When Jesus prayed to the Father in
John 17:4, He said, I have finished the work which You gave Me to do. Then on
the cross, He said, It is finished! (John 19:30). Provision has been made for
the final victories. It only remains for a people who “cometh after the King” to
do “that which has been already done.” The Lord gives us (if we are a part of
that company, of course) the privilege of executing the judgments written. Let
the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high
praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute
vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings
with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute upon them the
judgment written: this honor have all His saints. Psalm 149:5-9.
Now, before you run off to do “that which has been already done,” I remind you
that you must first “come after the King”; that is, you must become as He is.
The privilege of doing “that which has been done already” is reserved for “the
man that cometh after the King.”
Copyright © 1997 by Henry DuBose