The Lord God refers to himself as the King of kings, meaning He is the King and highest entity over all other kings. Often, we hear the term King of kings and Lord of lords.
Malachi 1:14b(NASB) “I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is feared among the nations.”
Psalm 95:3(NLT) For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods._
Psalm 24:7-10(NIV) Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty – he is the King of glory.
So important was God’s kingship in ancient Israel that the prophet Samuel really resisted the people’s desire for a human king. While it was understandable that they wanted to be like the other nations around them, Samuel knew that human kings would bring with them many dangers. Every nation in human history has had its issues with power corrupting too! The kingship of God, however, is a far purer form of rule. God is in charge; God rules; all else is secondary and subject to divine authority and control.
The Kingship of God also speaks powerfully to us in times when someone or something seems to have us under its control against our will. We are not immune to the problems of life; we live in the same world as everyone else. We will inevitably witness tragic situations. Just as the presidents, and corporate giants, are not the kings of our universe, so also the terrorists and the drug lords are not king. Cancer, depression and addiction and other such agonising diseases are not in charge. God is our King and in control.
“One of the most breath-taking concepts in all of Scripture is the revelation that God knows each of us personally and that we are in His mind both day and night. There is simply no way to comprehend the full implications of His love by the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is all-powerful and all-knowing, majestic, and holy, from everlasting to everlasting. Why would He care about us – about our needs, our welfare, our fears? We have been discussing situations in which God doesn’t make sense. His concern for us mere mortals is the most inexplicable of all.” – James C. Dobson
Revelation 19:13&16(ESV) He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. (16) On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
1 Timothy 6:13–15(ESV) I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will display at the proper time – he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.”