"The Humiliated King"

"All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that He would deliver him: let Him deliver him, seeing He delighted in him." (Psalms 22:7 & 8) I do not think that David had any time in his life that reflected this; although he had come close, yet the people did not say "Let's see if God saves him"; instead, they said, "There is no help for him in God"; Jesus on the other hand lived this out in every detail. What is most amazing to me about the case of Jesus being nailed to that cross, is that He had the power to deliver Himself, and yet, He humbled Himself to hang there, with all of the humiliation and the people judging Him as if He were a common criminal. If you might notice, I have taken the liberty to capitalise the "He" and "Him" in the two verses today, and have the "He" in the last part of the statement representing the Father. The reason that this is the way it may appear, is because Jesus was Him whom the Father delighted in!!! Looking at the account of this in Matthews gospel, we can see a key phrase in what was said by the chief priests, scribes and the elders, as they said, "He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let Him deliver him now, if He will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God." (Matthew 27:41-43) In other words; they realized the importance of him being the Son of God, and how that would reflect in whether or not God should show up and save him. But God, who delighted in His Son, was the one who willed Him to hang upon that cross; it was the Father's will, and that which He delighted in; not because His Son was humiliated and shamed among His own people, but because through His shame and humiliation was the world being won! If we look at John's account of what I am talking about, which is in Revelation 5, and shows how the Lamb of God was the only one found worthy to open "the book written within, and on the backside, and sealed with seven seals"; which was the Deed to the entire earth and everything associated with it, including every single soul that ever lived. Within this account, Jesus is also referred to as "The Lion of the Tribe of Judah" and "The Root of David"; both of which portray His strength as a brave and mighty hero, as well as His inherited right to the throne of David. This right He had to be King of Israel is what made the chief priests say what they did, and to assume that if He was, then He would have the power to bring Himself down from that cross. The blindness of a man's heart is so overwhelming to the truth that is right in front of their face; because, had these who knew the writings of the prophets and knew the law, only seen what was hanging before them, they would have not seen the King of the Jews, but what John saw standing in the midst of the throne... "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne. And when He had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings, and priests: and we shall reign on earth." (Revelation 5:6-10)