The Kingdom of Righteousness

Today I read in Isaiah 33: 1-8 describing what it will be like when the Messiah King will finally come:
"See, a king will reign in righteousness
    and rulers will rule with justice.
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
    and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
    and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,
    and the ears of those who hear will listen.
The fearful heart will know and understand,
    and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
No longer will the fool be called noble
    nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
For fools speak folly,
    their hearts are bent on evil:
They practice ungodliness
    and spread error concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.
Scoundrels use wicked methods,
    they make up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy is just.
But the noble make noble plans,
    and by noble deeds they stand."

This passage seems to be describing the coming of a king into a world where there are still rulers ruling over peoples. The righteousness that the king will bring will have important impact on these rulers and those who used to be blind and deaf (not in the physical sense) and those who are afraid to speak out. Instead of oppressing their peoples, the transformed rulers will provide and protect those who are vulnerable. The king will also call out and set right those who are foolish and bent on evil. He will reveal the lies of the ungodly who keep their followers hungry and thirsty (again not in the physical sense). But those who submit themselves to the righteous king will be called noble, who makes noble plans and live lives accordingly.

We now know that this Messiah King is Jesus. What Isaiah prophesied a long time ago is now clearly a "mystery solved". The new testament passage I read this morning also talked about this king:
" I (the apostle Paul) have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:25-27)
Christ was described as:
"The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross." (Colossians 1:15-20)
This Messiah King is capable of accomplishing the impossible. He has been given the power of God Himself. Worldly rulers are but His creation and under His authority. He is able to bring us to God through the shedding of His own blood on the cross. He has done the impossible:
"Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation" (Colossians 1:21-22)

This is a direct fulfilment of Isaiah's prophesy. God has done it. Praise be to God!