Ep.108 - What is the Kingdom of God?

In today's episode, the guys discuss the Kingdom of God. Many people either misunderstand God’s Kingdom or ignore it altogether. However, the idea of Kingdom is pronounced by the first chapter of the New Testament. A good starting point for understanding the Kingdom is to ask ourselves why Jesus lived. The most common subject throughout the gospel is the Kingdom of God. It was the ultimate paramount for everything Jesus taught and the reason he lived. Kingdom carries with it the idea of God’s reign. It can create a realm or people, but is not synonymous with those things. In its truest essence, the Kingdom of God is the reign of God manifesting itself in the Heavenly realm and through his people. A common thread found throughout the Scripture is of man trying to establish his kingdom over God’s Kingdom. 

When we become a citizen of this new Kingdom presented by God, our value systems will drastically change. While man’s value system is motivated by fear and envy, in God’s system the only thing to fear is God Himself. This doesn’t mean that we should remove ourselves from the human world, but should do everything we can to allow righteousness to rule. When we find ourselves worried about things happening on earth, we should look up to God sitting on His throne to remind us that we are fighting a spiritual battle more than a physical one. Further, we should be careful in recognizing that the Kingdom of God is not just spiritual, it is also physica. It is not just where we go when we die. It is actually in the world making its presence known and penetrating our everyday experiences. We should see the earth in the same microscopic perspective as God sees it. The way God goes about bringing Heaven on earth is totally inverted from the way man brings about power, and we must trust in His way of doing things.  

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