What makes Jesus different than anyone else in history? He cured the blind? That’s true. He calmed a storm? That’s true too. What is also true, and what really sets him apart, is that though he is a glorious king (the very Son of God!), he came to earth and lived like a poor man. He was made a human, born of a poor woman, raised in a small town, worked as a carpenter for most of his life, and ministered to the sick, dying, and demon possessed. The people that he called to follow him were fishermen, tax collectors, and other outcasts. Of course, the greatest thing he did (and the humblest!) was dying for us. The apostle Paul describes it like this: “Though he is fully God, he set aside his heavenly glory and became a man. More than that, he lived the life of total obedience to his Father and day-by-day service to others, even serving God’s people by dying a criminal’s death on the cross for them” (see Phil. 2:6–8). Such an unusual king! With a king like this, what is his kingdom like? Who belongs in such a king’s kingdom? Let’s listen in for Jesus’s answer.