The Kingdom of Christ

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for You shall inherit all the nations! PSALM 82:8 + The Kingdom of Christ Worldly government will make no progress. The people are too wicked, and the lords dishonor God's name and Word continually by the shameful abuse of their godhead. Therefore [the psalmist] prays for another government and kingdom in which things will be better, where God's name will be honored, His Word kept and He Himself be served; that is the kingdom of Christ. . .. That is to say: He is Lord in all the world, for no empire has spread so far among the heathen as has the kingdom of Christ; and this verse cannot be understood as meaning any other than Christ. This God is a God by nature, to whom it is not said: "I have said that Thou ... continue reading