There once was a great king who ruled all the land. He had much honor from all his subjects and was well respected for his great wisdom and judgment. He ruled well, and his subjects and his nations had great love and respect for him. One year, natural disaster struck the crops and there was a famine throughout the land. The king heard that his many people were suffering from the lack of food. He heard of their great distress and suffering. Determined not to sit idly by and do nothing about it, he determined to not say a word to any in his court that he would secretly disrobe and leave his throne in order to go and see how much the peasants were suffering with his own eyes. So, he snuck out, leaving his fancy clothes, jewels, palace, servants, and all his luxuries behind, and put on a begger's clothes.

He walked down the street of a town he owned. He turned the street when he suddenly saw a man with a knife threatening a man and his family who were backed into a corner. The King raised his voice, "Stop that right now!" The man, not wanting to get caught, immediately put away his knife and ran across town. The King made sure the family was alright, and not wanting to be identified, hurried away unto the next town. The family said,
"Wow, that gentleman looks like a begger, but he has the voice of a king!"

The King came to a very poor town, where there were many beggers lining the streets waiting for someone who came back from harvest to give them a little bread or some wheat-flour, or an alm to sell for food. The King had great compassion for his people. Still dressed in rags, he took out a pouch of gold coins of the royal currency and very quickly handed all of them out to each one. Each hurried away, running and rejoicing that the gold coin was more than enough to last them the entire length of the famine! They said amongst themselves, "No one but one who has the royal blood could ever afford to give us such a precious gift!"

As he was leaving the town, he spotted a blind man. He could not see. As he passed by, he got a whiff of the King's perfume. "Oh my - a king is passing by!"
Not wanting to be identified, the King said, "Who told you that I am a king - I look like a begger."
But the blind man said, "But you smell like a King. Only those who sit in royal palaces have the smell of Spikenard so strong. Though I cannot see, I know for sure that you are a king."
The King left at once.

When he arrived home, he was moved with compassion over what he saw. Because he was a great king, wanting to rid the people of the famine, he took account of everything that he had, wrote down its worth, and sold it to all the surrounding regions. He sold his entire palace and raised enough to buy food and grain to feed all the people. For the next 7 years the people enjoyed free grain, without price. The surrounding regions were so impressed with the king's wisdom and compassion that they gave him back everything he had sold. Even while he was in rags, appearing as a begger, and even having sold everything that he owned, it was still plain to the people that he was King. Word of that king spread and his reputation was even greater than it was before.

Thus ends the typological discussion of the free grace afforded us from God through the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus Christ, who saves us from our sins. To the glory of God.