When I think of kingdoms my mind immediately thinks of castles, kings and queens and other “royal” things. I also have this affinity for sandwiches, so the finest meats and cheeses flash before my eyes in a dizzying array of types and flavors spread out over a banquet table. But there is something very interesting about Kingdoms, there is someone in power at the top. They have absolute control and depending on their moral compass this could be a good thing or a very bad thing. But knowing how we are as humans the good usually does not come out of absolute power. So that means the further you are away from the royal family tree the less important you are in the world.
In these few characteristics (and I say a few because I am no expert on kingdoms) is where there becomes a great chasm between the kingdoms on earth and the Kingdom of God. I am not going to spend much time trying to explain the Kingdom of God in this post. Because I believe that the band As I lay Dying said it very well in there song the “Powerless Rise.” ”This is a kingdom born upside down. This is kingdom where the broken are crowned.” One kingdom was established to consume and put to death. The other was created to produce and create life. That is the downside of an up kingdom.
