“And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be a king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all” Ezekiel 37: 22

In my recent article in Thy Kingdom Come, “Monarchs of Destiny – King Edward I,” I suggested that Edward’s life should remind us of every man’s terrestrial struggle with shades of good and shades of evil. I also suggested that it was indeed sad that Edward didn’t quite understand the significance of his special role in God’s Celestial Sovereignty. King James I was different. He did seem to have an appreciation of his unique part in God’s Great Plan and as we shall see, his actions proved it. Yet, as we view his reign from a historical perspective, his earthly struggles were mind-boggling. This was a king placed on the Throne of David at a most significant point in time, yet, for as much as he achieved what God had intended, his stewardship was rife with self-indulgence.

Before ascending the throne, James I was James VI, King of Scotland. He was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots and when she was beheaded for a plot against Elizabeth I, James became the legitimate heir. When Elizabeth died, James ascended the Throne of David, not without opposition, but through his ascendancy, he brought the warring nations of England and Scotland together into a single kingdom, as prophesied by the prophet Ezekiel centuries earlier (see Ezekiel 37: 22 above). Ironically, what the great King Edward I could not do by force was accomplished peacefully and orderly through the ascension of James I. Enemies became partners and foreign nations no longer had an ally in Scotland in their conflict with the English. This was important because at the time James became king, England was still technically at war with Spain. With Spain closely allied with the Holy Roman Empire and both being stirred up by the Papacy in their bid to counter the Reformation, the island kingdom was facing a huge potential threat. James I dealt with that threat in both statesmanlike and iniquitous ways.

Still, this was a king who knew his destiny. When he succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603, he claimed that God had made him king of Israel and had the statement “I will make them one nation” (from Ezekiel 37:22) inscribed on the reverse of a freshly minted coin, “The Unite.” He knew full well that the throne upon which he was sitting was an extension of the Throne of David. Other succeeding monarchs knew this as well, most notably Queen Victoria and King George VI, but sadly, in these days of the Esau Dominion, the truth is being concealed.

God used James I in three other significant events. The most notable, of course, was the introduction of the King James Version of the Bible and here the king must be given full marks. What began as an offhand suggestion by a college president, i.e., that a new Bible version be produced, James I spearheaded as a righteous cause. Churchill wrote that James saw it as a way of “ridding the Scriptures of propaganda and producing a uniform version that could be entrusted to all.” For nearly 300 years from when it was introduced in 1611, no other versions were deemed necessary. Sadly, as true Israel found us in the midst of the lukewarm Church of the Laodicea period and the great falling away prophesied by the Apostle Paul, new translations, most of which contain many incorrect changes in doctrine to fit society’s new reality, have been churned out with great regularity. Identity believers who understand the continuation of Israel’s Throne within the British monarchy should note that only the KJV was uniquely authorized from the throne.