Three images of God the King and the response of his people to him.  The Israelites rejected God as their king when they asked Samuel to “anoint them a king like all the other nations.  Finally the king returns to his people, but he comes not as a conqueror, but as a servant. But wait, this isn’t the end; on Easter morning the King rises from the dead; he exits the tomb. He is now the victorious king; the exhalted king; the King over all kings. What a great event we are celebrating today.