The Rule and Reign Of God
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Who is ruling over your life? Who are you looking to for hope and for salvation?
We are all ruled and governed by something of someone.
The Kingdom God is often referred to as the rule and reign of God.
We long for and need God to rule over our fragmented lives and over this broken world.
In the time of Israel’s destruction and exile, God’s chosen people were longing for the messiah to come and to rule over their lives and over the world occupied by pagan nations who conquered them and took them captive.
God spoke to his people through the Prophet Zechariah, saying, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” (Zechariah 9:9, ESV).
The Israelite people could rejoice because God was coming to save them. God the King was coming in humility to save his people and to usher in his divine kingdom.
May we anticipate with great joy the rule and the reign of God as we await our humble king and the kingdom and salvation he will bring.
In Christ alone, Robbie
A Prayer For The Coming Of God’s Kingdom: “Hasten, O Father, the coming of your kingdom; and grant that we your servants, who now live by faith, may with joy behold your Son at his coming in glorious majesty; even Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.” (#115, Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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