John 18:36 (The Message)
36 “My kingdom,” said Jesus, “doesn’t consist of what you see around you. If it did, my followers would fight so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But I’m not that kind of king, not the world’s kind of king.”
Jesus kingdom is not of this world. It is a kingdom where things are reversed in a strange yet powerful way. The first are last and the last first. The great are the lowly and the masters are the servants. The little is much and the poor are rich. The widows mite is much and the rich peoples much is little.
A Kingdom where money is not as important as love and relationships; where nothing can happen which is beyond becoming a blessing, redeemed by God’s love. It is a Kingdom which cannot be destroyed and will never end.
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I (Napoleon Bonaparte) have built great empires. but upon what did they depend? They depended on force. But centuries ago Jesus started an empire that was built on love, and even today, millions will die for him.”
“All the armies that ever marched,
all the navies that ever sailed,
all the parliaments that ever sat,
all the kings that ever reigned,
put together have not affected
the life of man on this earth
as much as the one who was born
to be a king...of another kingdom.”
Author unknown
Prayer thought for the week: “Lord, may your Kingdom indeed come on earth, and help me to be a part of it.”
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