Furthermore, if Jesus must return to planet earth in a visible, physical form and sit on a great throne in Jerusalem, Israel or in London, England then the Kingdom of God does come by observation and you can say, “Lo here! or, lo there! because the Kingdom of God is in London.” The whole church world is looking for Jesus to ride out of the skies on a white steed with a sword coming out of His mouth to smite the nations. His feet will land on the mount of Olives and the mountain will split asunder. He will fight in the valley of Megiddo and defeat all His enemies; then He will set up His Kingdom in Jerusalem and rule over the Jews and the whole earth. But you see, precious friend of mine, there is something dreadfully wrong with this scenario. The Kingdom of God comes not with observation. Hear it! The Kingdom does not come with outward show. It doesn’t come by sudden apocalyptic events that shake the earth and startle the nations. I tell you the truth — it doesn’t come that way. It never has. It never will. There is no abrupt butting into a wall of time when suddenly everything will be changed by climatic outward events. That is not how the Kingdom comes. I have this on the authority of the King. But that is what the religious crowd thought then, and that is what the religious crowd still thinks today. The Kingdom is not coming, it’s at hand — today.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:14:26 +0000
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