to govern the mountains of Esau.
And the kingdom will be the LORD’s. - Obadiah 1:23 NIV
Aren't you glad that this kingdom, this world is not all there is? If it were, there would be not hope. In fact, for those that don't have faith in God and all his promises, there is no other kingdom. No wonder there is so little hope.
If anything makes you lose hope, it is reading through the final chapters of the Old Testament. For God's people, the situation just kept getting worse and worse. They had lost the kingdom of Israel and were losing the kingdom of Judah. That should say something about kingdoms, governments, and nations of themselves. They have never been, are not now and will never be permanent. They are nothing to put our hope in or hope for. An everlasting kingdom? That's just around the corner. Turn a few pages and you will glimpse the only kingdom that will last.
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place.” - John 18:36 NIV
As Jesus said, his kingdom is from another place. A place where there is only one kingdom. A place many have tried to storm, a place where the battle continues to this day, but that kingdom will endure and with it will come a new kingdom for the children of Israel and for all of God 's chosen. And that kingdom will be the Lord's.
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