KINGDOM COME

KINGDOM COME

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. Luke 23:44-46

Most people never think of the Kingdom among us, they envision a time when we will go off to Heaven. We imagine a far away place that has gates of pearl and streets of gold. But I don't think that is the Kingdom Come. As unlikely as it might sound, maybe the kingdom came in the form of a child? And this child would grow to be a man laden with sorrow and familiar with suffering (Isaiah 53:3). And his suffering would serve as a bridge between God and any man or woman looking for redemption.

The Kingdom came heavily on the shoulders of Christ, but to what end? Some might suppose Christ came for our comfort, don't think so. Some say Christ came for us to obtain riches, I doubt it. Some say he came to remove the suffering of this world, and I would beg to differ. If Christ came to be beaten, bruised, pierced and murdered for us to be comfortable and rich, it would be a sad and superficial thing indeed. I don't think the Kingdom has come among us for you to acquire stuff, but to bring you into the family of God. I would say that the Kingdom has come... for you.

Think of it this way, the sacrifice of Christ is like God's open hand, extended to you. It does not matter what you've done, where you've been or where you are now. The Sacrifice covers everything wrong with us if you will let the Kingdom Come into your heart.