Crowning Wisdom: Prussia

On the 9th November, 1918, it was announced that the German Emperor, then residing at Spa, Belgium, had abdicated. The Great War had been a disaster, the economy was in tatters and his beloved military was in mutiny. The Hohenzollern family’s 500-year rule over Prussia came to an end, and their 47-year stint at the imperial palace concluded at the same time. Wilhelm had hoped to abdicate as Emperor while remaining King of Prussia, the crown of which is modelled above. It was clear, however, that by vacating the one, he vacated the other, for the two were intertwined. The King might become an emperor, but the Emperor could not become a king. Kaiser Wilhelm II therefore became plain Herr Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert Hohenzollern.

For surrendering one crown, he lost both. Jesus Christ taught in Matthew 16:25:

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

What we lose for King Jesus, we get back with much more besides; all which we determine to keep at His expense, shall be eternally lost- and we with it.