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July 13, 2025 - For the Church at the St. John Church of Christ
Politics #2 of 7:
Jesus told us that we should seek His kingdom first – this statement basically tells us, as Christians, that we should look to Kingdom politics and make them our priority. There is certainly a connection between Kingdom politics and earthly ones, but we must first understand the contours of Kingdom politics before we can apply them to earthly politics. We will look at six key principles to help us define Kingdom-first politics. Principle #1 – Earthly kingdoms rise and fall. Daniel 2:44 says, “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.”
Daniel was shown a vision of toppling kingdoms: Assyrian, Babylonian, Medes, and Persians. The Greek kingdom would rise and fall and so would the Roman Empire. Every earthly kingdom will come to an end (including the U.S.A.) Only the kingdom of Christ endures forever.
Principle #2 – Jesus resisted efforts to establish a typical earthly kingdom when he was here on the earth. On numerous occasions in his earthly life, Jesus resisted becoming a typical, earthly king. John 6:15 says, “Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.” Mark 8:33 (when Peter rebuked Jesus for announcing his pending death), “But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
Jesus consistently rejected earthly power grabs to build a kingdom. It must have been confusing for his Jewish followers who longed to throw off the yoke of the Roman empire. But Jesus knew his Kingdom goals could not be accomplished through earthly politics. Jesus’s perspective on earthly power should temper our own.
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