The Sunday Service Choir appear first, wearing identical brown costumes as they enter a stone room that the skylight shines on through the roof's natural lens.

[2][3][6] West performs at a late point in Jesus Is King after only appearing briefly, singing "Street Lights" while sweeping the floor with a broom and wearing the same costume as the Sunday Service Choir members.

[11][12] Jesus Is King features songs arranged by West in a gospel style and music from the album, fully "presented in the immersive sound and stunning clarity of IMAX".

[3][4][13] It includes an interpolation of the refrain of the gospel track "Ultralight Beam" from West's 2016 album The Life of Pablo, as well as revised versions of "Say You Will" and "Street Lights" from 808s & Heartbreak (2008).

[3][6] Old works are performed by the Sunday Service Choir in a gospel style: "O Fortuna", "Perfect Praise", "When I Think of His Goodness", "More Abundantly", "Count Your Blessings", and "Alleluia",[2][3][14][15] the fifth of which was eventually included on their album Jesus Is Born on December 25, 2019.

[4] IMAX President Megan Colligan issued a statement about collaborating with West, saying that the company took "an opportunity to create a cultural moment with a visionary artist" for expanding their brand.

West subsequently took conference calls with the artist and spent time with him inside a piece named "Perfectly Clear" at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, a month before the rapper donated US$10 million to help finish Roden Crater.

[4] Discussing collaborating with the rapper in an October 2019 interview, Knight drew a heavy comparison to how he worked with fashion designer Alexander McQueen, after "understanding his world and his desires".

[20][25][26] A temple-like illustration of Roden Crater appears while the choir sing, with the setting showing stairs that lead out to a light and as the trailer progress, the camera zooms in on this.

[26][27][28] The trailer then ends with a quote from Mark 1:15, reading: "In the words of Jesus Christ, 'The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel.

[43] Writing for TheWrap, Todd Gilchrist viewed the film as "largely and predictably" appealing almost entirely to West's fanbase, asserting the performances are "more staged" and "abbreviated" than the Sunday Service Choir's concerts.

David Ehlrich from IndieWire graded the film a B−, praising the lack of appearances from West in favor of the Sunday Service Choir, its spiritual immersion, and the diverse production design.

Ehlrich noted Jesus Is King's contradictoriness due to being equally "reverent and narcissistic, humble and grandiose", calling it "both a tribute to the Lord and a testament to West's unparalleled ability to get in his own damn way".

He complimented the music, cinematography, Sunday Service Choir's presence, and advantageous lack of appearances from West, though noted that the film did not reach its full potential.

[7] The Atlantic's Spencer Kornhaber complimented how the film's religious ethos is established early and the group's performances, while feeling impressed by the minimalism and the mixture of "ancient spiritual signifiers" with the unique tones and shapes of West's Adidas Yeezy clothing line.

[45] In a mixed review for Vulture, Alison Willmore saw its sole audience as West's hardcore fans, noting how the experimental film "feels too ethereal to bear up under much solo scrutiny" and pales in comparison to Runaway due to the lack of a clear narrative or concept.