The Glories of His Kingdom
“And in the days of those Kings shall the God of heaven set up a Kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, and the Kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these Kingdoms, and it shall stand forever” (Dan. ii:44). “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancients of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages should serve Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed” (Dan. vii:13-14). A closer study of these two fundamental passages from Daniel’s great prophecies will establish the fact that this promised Kingdom comes with the second coming of Christ. It will be preceded by a judgment blow at the earth Kingdoms; Nebuchadnezzar beheld this in his prophetic dream.
This Kingdom is an earthly Kingdom and all the nations will be gathered into that Kingdom. Jerusalem and a converted Israel will be the center of it. The Lord Jesus Christ and His Saints will reign with Him over the earth and over this Kingdom. And what will be His work then? But a few of the many things can be mentioned. “He shall speak peace to the nations” (Zech. ix:10). “With righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth.” (Isaiah xi:4). “He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles” (Is. xlii:1). “And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people, and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Isaiah ii:4). He shall also “set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth” (Isaiah xi:12). “And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people” (Zech. ii:11). “And the Lord shall be King over all the earth” (Zech. xiv:9). “Behold a King shall reign in righteousness” (Isaiah xxxii:1). “A King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth” (Jere. xxiii:5).
Many more passages predicting and describing the Kingdom and its glories might be added. All these blessed words mean exactly what they say. Righteousness and peace will characterize that world-wide Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. His glory will cover the earth as the waters cover the deep. Nations will worship Him. “Yea, all Kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him.” “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth” (Ps. lxxii:8, 11). Every wrong will be righted on earth and present-day evils and oppression, crime and vice, poverty and sickness will be abolished. Only He has the power to do this. Oh! the glories of the Kingdom! May we pray, “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” Thy Kingdom come.