This is a hard passage for me because I'm not a bureaucrat or a politician and I've never wanted to rule anything.
Having now studied ancient history and been to Israel, however, I get the importance of Jesus words to a people whose nation was fractured, occupied, and whose people longed for unity. Israel is similar today in these regards.
This issue is so important to Israel and their neighbors that I feel unqualified to weigh in. But what stands out as I'm writing this is Jesus words, "I confer on you these things." It's a done deal.
I long to feel truly home, but as a traveler, that seems unlikely in this lifetime. Yet as Christ's disciple, the kingdom has already been conferred. Here and now. As He also said, "the kingdom of God is within you.”
He tells the disciples they have stood by Him in His trials. They eventually floundered and failed, but always returned true to their King, even unto physical death.
May we do no less, for we know the kingdom is ours.
Sharon Keene
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