¡The Kingdom of God is real!

The biggest news story on the landscape is rarely taken seriously. But it is our only hope — and it will revolutionize everything. The Kingdom of God is real!

On the interstate highway between Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, there are a lot of signs, but one of them stands out in my mind. On the one hand, there are the Ten Commandments. On the return trip, drivers see gigantic letters on the back of the notice: “INFI ERNO IS REAL!” 

Some scoff at the notices, but it's hard not to notice them. I appreciate the genuine attempt by the maker of that poster to share their beliefs. I agree that the Ten Commandments are of vital importance, and I even agree with the statement about hell (although probably not in the same way that the manufacturer claims to do). All three types of hell mentioned in the Bible are real, but the non-biblical ideas popularized by Dante and others are not.  

But my real point in mentioning this is to tell you what I would put in that ad. There is an even more important theme in the Bible that many relegate it to inconsequential spiritualism. It is also related to the Ten Commandments and is much more positive. In fact, it is the best news you can hear:

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS REAL!

Good news ignored

Not only do we not hear this important news in the lay media, the reality of the Kingdom of God is also rarely discussed in religious circles.

Some teach that the Kingdom of God is in their hearts or that the Church is somehow the fullness of the Kingdom of God.

But for Jesus Christ, the apostles and prophets of the Bible, the Kingdom of God was a solid and concrete reality. Even the disciples wanted to know if Christ was establishing his Kingdom at that time (Acts 1: 6).

His time was out of place, but his concept was correct: a true King ruling over a real, earthly territory, with subjects and laws. Keep in mind these real predictions of the peaceful and utopian Kingdom that God promises:

“The seventh angel sounded the trumpet, and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdoms of the world have become of our Lord and his Christ; and he will reign for ever and ever ”(Revelation 11:15).

"It will come to pass in the last days, that the mount of the house of the Eternal will be confirmed as the head of the mountains, and will be exalted on the hills, and all the nations will run to it. And many peoples will come, and they will say: Come, and let us go up to the Mount of the Eternal, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk on his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and out of Jerusalem the word of the Eternal. And he will judge among the nations, and will rebuke many peoples; and they will turn their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles; nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any more ”(Isaiah 2: 2-4).

The servants of Jesus Christ must prepare to help you restore and give respite to this devastated world.

“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out; so that times of refreshment may come from the presence of the Lord, and he may send Jesus Christ, who was previously announced to you; who in fact it is necessary that the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since the world began "(Acts 3: 19-21).

His followers must now prepare to help govern people in a way that really benefits them (Matthew 20: 25-28).

Our only hope

This new government — the Kingdom of God — is desperately needed. The current trends coincide with the warnings that Jesus gave of a world that is precipitating towards self-destruction:

"For then there will be great tribulation, which has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor will there be. And if those days were not shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened ”(Matthew 24: 21-22).

Will you be among those followers chosen by Christ who will be earnestly praying for the Kingdom of God to come soon (Matthew 6:10)?

Are you going to prepare diligently for it and are you going to long for it urgently, as the apostle John did?

“He who testifies to these things says: I am certainly coming shortly. Amen; yes, come, Lord Jesus ”(Revelation 22:20, emphasis added).