Ep 506 – Revelation 11:15-19

One of the reasons Christians long for the second coming of Jesus Christ is because it is what has to happen before His Kingdom if fully and finally established on earth. While we, as believers in Christ, worship Him as our King and Lord, He is not recognized as such by the majority of the people on this planet, and never has been. Even when He came the first time, His own people, the Jews, refused to accept Him as their Messiah and Savior. Instead, when offered the choice between releasing Jesus or a common criminal, they chose Barabbas. And then they demanded that Pilate put Jesus to death. Since His initial arrival on this earth, Jesus has been rejected by mankind. For the most part, the rulers of this earth have consistently refused to acknowledge Him as King. And the vast majority of human beings have preferred to set themselves up as gods or have turned to something other than God as their deity of choice. But as we will see in Revelation 11:15-19, there is a day coming when Christ will reign over an earthly Kingdom. He will return to earth for a second and final time, in order to establish His Kingdom ­– a real, physical, earthly-bound Kingdom – in Jerusalem, where He will sit on the throne of His ancestor, David. All in keeping with the promise God made to David thousands of years ago. God told David, “I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever” (2 Samuel 7:12-13). And John provides us with a welcome reminder that God’s promise will one day be fulfilled.