King Forever?

Recently there has been a lot of turmoil over who is in charge. When a presidential election takes place where the incumbent wins, there are going to be people unhappy because they wanted a change. Even though another four-year term will pass with the same leadership in place, at least there will be another democratic election at the end of that term to put a different public official in the highest office of the United States. Some people have been crying for change with the University of Tennessee football program. Regardless of what the outcome is for their current coach, rest assured that the status of the program will not stay this way forever. We know that with elected officials and coaches that their tenure is not forever.

However, there is a kingdom which does have an unlimited tenure. The kingdom that we know as the church was prophesied in Daniel 2:44 as the kingdom that the God of heaven would set up that would never be destroyed. Christ is now the head of the church (Eph. 5:23), reigning from Heaven at the right hand of the throne of God (Heb. 10:12). Once the end of this world has come and death has been abolished, Christ will hand this authority back to the Father according to 1 Corinthians 15:24. Isn't it wonderful knowing we will never have to worry about having concerns about leadership in Heaven? Rulers in this world are human beings. They will make mistakes. They will make decisions we don't agree with. They will let us down at times. Don't let earthly leadership thwart your picture of heavenly leadership. God and His Son will never provide reason for turmoil in their rule over us. John reminds us of the eternal nature of God's kingdom in Revelation 5:13 when he writes '"To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."'