The phrase
"earthly kingdom" refers to a kingdom or reign that exists here on Earth, as opposed to a heavenly or spiritual kingdom.
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The statue is broken to bits by a stone, not cut by human hands; the eschatological kingdom of God brings to an end the succession
of earthly kingdoms (Daniel 2).
When we allow our political differences to disrupt our unity as Christ - followers, we essentially proclaim our allegiance to
earthly kingdoms over the Kingdom of God.
I believe we can live as good citizens of
whatever earthly kingdom we find ourselves in, while still making sure that our loyalty and allegiance is to the Kingdom of God.
He preferred to see himself as the apocalyptic figure of Daniel 7, whose coming would spell the end of the
bestial earthly kingdoms, and to whom the Ancient of Days would give the kingdom of God, rather than seeing himself a king in David's line, even an apocalyptic one.
Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron.
Jesus states that his kingdom is not
an earthly kingdom — but, if it were, then his followers would fight for it (John 18:36).
Lutheran two kingdoms doctrine squarely relegated marriage to «an estate of
the earthly kingdom... subject to the prince, not the Pope.»
Calvin enjoined a strict code of marital morality and mores, and so added a spiritual dimension to marriage in
the earthly kingdom.
Considering that most of the contemporary followers of christ believed he was the messiah promised in the OT, sent to liberate the Jews from oppression and establish
an earthly kingdom.
Zechariah 14:3 - 4 prophecies that when the Messiah comes to set up
his earthly kingdom, He will come to the Mount of Olives.
It could be argued that the coming of Jesus was intended all along as «Plan A» and that the first «attempt» of God in setting up
an earthly kingdom through Israel was just to show the futility of such actions, but then we face the problem of why God would command Israel to engage in such violence if He knew it was futile.
In the Old Testament however, God was trying to set up
an earthly kingdom, one that had rulers and laws with a system of taxation, government, and military might.
It almost seems like God tried to set up
an earthly kingdom through Israel, but when that didn't work, the Trinity sent Jesus to try a different tactic.
Judas saw Jesus as a means to an earthly end (
an earthly kingdom, power, wealth, notoriety, etc...).
It was not that they should possess
an earthly kingdom with their own Jewish king.
There are many references to
earthly kingdoms, as any concordance will indicate, and at three points, in the poetry of Psalms 103:19, 145:11 - 13, and Daniel 4:3, 34, «his kingdom» or «thy kingdom» in the mood of exalted worship clearly has the Almighty as the antecedent of the pronoun.
But they are also citizens of
some earthly kingdom.
One day his kingdom, and his only, will be the standard by which
all earthly kingdoms are judged, and following that judgment day, every knee will bow, in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, as his reign is fully realized in the renewal of all things.
Jesus, as we said, stood in the apocalyptic tradition and devoted a great portion of his teaching to «the kingdom of God,» the kingdom that God would bring in; «the kingdom of heaven,» qualitatively different from
all earthly kingdoms.
In the mature apocalyptic of Daniel, the kingdom of God is that stone, not cut by human hands, that falls on
all earthly kingdoms and demolishes them, supplanting them by an everlasting kingdom (Dan.
As we discussed last week, the point of Jesus for President is to remind followers of Christ that they are to be a set - apart people, that their first allegiance is to the Kingdom of Heaven, not to
any earthly kingdom.
To what extent can we apply the teachings of Jesus to
an earthly kingdom?
Chief among them are these — 1) To what extent can we apply the teachings of Jesus to
an earthly kingdom?
If they really meant it, and knew what they meant,
earthly kingdoms would tremble.
Is it a conflict of interest to pledge allegiance to
an earthly kingdom at all?
When Jesus said that the kingdom of God / heaven was near, everyone thought He was going establish
the earthly kingdom.
Like the Jews of Persia, we have no earthly king, no earthly prophet, and
no earthly kingdom.
Get so preoccupied with the power struggles of
an earthly kingdom that I forget my first allegiance is to a heavenly kingdom that expands through patience, love, mercy, and grace.
It sends a message that Christians must focus on perceived threats to
their earthly kingdom more so than on threats to the Kingdom of God.