Season 3 Podcast 90 The Kingdom of God on Earth
The Kingdom of God on Earth
We are tribal in nature. Our family is a tribe. Our country is a tribe. Our friends are a tribe. Our school is a tribe. Our religion is a tribe. Political parties are a tribe.
Tribes may be formed by blood, by ideology, by skin color, by sexual orientation, by special interests. All tribes have important elements in common, even if that element is a common enemy.
We are loyal to our tribes. Sometimes rival colleges are war zones. The battlefield is the football stadium, the basketball court, or the soccer field. The Olympics are held at a designated battlefield where athletes decide which nation is superior. It is human nature to divide into tribes.
One of the greatest tribal divisions of all is the God or Gods who are worshiped. Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Christians are world examples.
Those who worship the Lord Jesus Christ form a tribe called Christians. Of course, there are many divisions within the tribe, usually designated as denominations. Sometimes they even go to war against each other.
This podcast is about a particular tribe, The Kingdom of God on earth. I am not going to take sides of this denomination or that denomination. That is a choice every Christian must make for himself or herself. I am simply going to explore scriptures from the Old and New Testaments that teach us about the Kingdom of God on earth. Let me begin with the words of the Psalmist.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. (Psalm 24:7-10)
It follows that the Kingdom of God must be led by the King of glory? David asks, “Who is this King of glory.” Then he answers his own question as is typical of all prophets. The answer is “The Lord of Hosts. We know that “The Lord of Hosts” is one of the many names of Jesus Christ. Isaiah informs us:
4 As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 47:4)
We are also told that The King of Glory will come to earth, taking upon himself a body of flesh and bones. Again it is Isaiah who informs us of his coming along with many other titles that he will wear.
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. (Isaiah 9:6-7)
When Christ came to earth, he called twelve apostles and established his kingdom on earth.
1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 3:1-2)
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