Our Citizenship is in Heaven

The spiritual nature of the Kingdom of God and of His Christ was never fully comprehended by the Jews. In fact, I seriously doubt if most Christians truly comprehend the depth, richness, vastness and greatness of this everlasting Kingdom. God has always been the Sovereign over His creation and thus Israel needed no “earthly” king. Their desire to be like the other nations prevailed upon Jehovah to give them what they asked for. He told Samuel in 1 Samuel 8:7, “. . . Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.” Israel first of all failed to understand that relationship, to their downfall. Israel secondly failed to see this new relationship and awaited some futuristic earthly kingdom. Jesus ushered in a unique dimension of God’s eternal…