John 19:21 Meaning The Chief Priests of the Jews Therefore

The ruling powers of a person, the fixed beliefs that police the mind, will always object to the claim that the awakened self reigns. They want the title read as accusation, as something merely spoken and disowned, never as an established fact written over the head of the crucified man. What hangs on the cross is the divine nature stretched into flesh, and the crown it wears is authority over the whole inner realm. The mind's old officials fight to keep that authority provisional, a rumor rather than a coronation. The crucifixion itself is where the inner ruler is proclaimed, because the higher self is enthroned exactly at the point where the body is offered up.

The title over the cross states plainly that the true governor of a human being is the awakened I within, not the priestly habits that would rather it stayed a mere claim.

King of the Jews: the ruling, awakened self that governs the whole inner life from the crown of the head The cross: the point where spirit is stretched into flesh and the higher nature is lifted up in the body