Daniel 7:27 The kingship and dominion
and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven
shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High;
their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey them.’
As Pastor Jenn said in her sermon yesterday, Christ the King Sunday was introduced at a time when the leadership of Hitler and Stalin and Mussolini were on the rise. Christians in Germany and Italy and Russia (and elsewhere) were caught up in very pressing and real considerations about whether to serve their earthly ruler OR to serve Christ as king. The demands and expectations of the earthly kingdom were quite starkly opposed to the demands and expectations of followers of Christ the king.
That's really not my issue... I don't know if it's yours. While I agree with certain politicians and disagree with others, it's hard for me to say that one is doing things of the Lord and others are doing things anti-Lord. Maybe that's why Christ the King Sunday has always felt a little bit strange to me. It's just not my issue.
And yet, when I'm going to wake up on Monday morning and read my newspaper... and that newspaper will surely have stories of wars and rumors of wars, of debates about what is the right thing for government to be doing about healthcare, of children killed in some way or another... when I'm going to read that newspaper, it's a good thing to be reminded that one day, the Most High will reign over an everlasting kingdom.
Come, Lord Jesus!
Pastor Seth
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