kingdom politics

This is a cross post from the Vintage Church blog

i was reading this morning Acts 1 and was struck by something the disciples said to Jesus just before he was taken up to heaven. “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” now after all these guys had seen and done you would think that they would have got it! Jesus wasn’t coming to start a new political kingdom, to establish mosaic law and to govern society!

As the state and federal elections grow closer this little incident in Acts 1 begs us to ask this question. Are we still looking for a political Messiah?

Although we have been blessed not to have our faith wrapped up so closely with our politics, as we see in the US, there is still a battle for the hearts and minds of the “believers” vote.

So as we head into this election time let us not think any political party will “establish God’s kingdom” but let us acknowledge that it is though us, though the church being Jesus’ hands and feet here on earth, that we see the Kingdom of God!