Of course, as John Killinger reminds us, this is not a careful list of attributes, since kingdom, power and glory mean pretty much the same thing. Resurrection confirms the kingdom, the rule, the reign of God in our lives. It is the final affirmation of who Jesus Christ is, the final witness to his Lordship in our lives. The kingdom is His. In just a few moments we will sing Handel s glorious celebration of the Resurrection.
Text comes from the grand chorus of praise in the Book of Revelation.
Here, in this real world, on this day, the kingdom of God is made known in the Risen Christ, living in the lives of his people. The kingdom of this world, this broken world, still tinged with evil and touched with sin, is become the theater of God s great drama of salvation. The kingdom of this world is now His kingdom, and he shall reign forever. I ve shared with your before my appreciation for the work of E. Stanley Jones, great Methodist missionary to India, prolific author and world Christian. His constant theme was the Kingdom of God.