It was a significant day for my wife and me: the day we paid off our mortgage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After years of making payments (and with a little help from my parents), we walked into the bank, wrote the final check, and walked out with a title in our hands. We held legal proof that the debt had been paid and that we owned our house with no strings attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our home belonged to us, and we could prove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, we have other proofs of ownership around our house. They take different forms, but they all validate \u201cpossession\u201d in one way or another. We have the titles for my car and my wife\u2019s van, showing that they are paid in full. We have birth certificates proving that our kids belong to us. I have a driver\u2019s license that identifies Tennessee as my state of residence and a passport to verify that the United States is my homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In so many areas of our lives, ownership is a big deal. It\u2019s an itch we all long to scratch. It\u2019s a goal for the future, a victory that provides incredible satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s just something special about saying, \u201cThis belongs to me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout the Old Testament, we catch glimpses of God claiming ownership and authority over everything He created. In Psalm 2, we see how He laughed at the nations that try to stand against Him. Despite their best efforts, no earthly power can stop Him from installing His Son (the Messiah) as the ultimate King over all things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later, the prophet Daniel acknowledged God\u2019s ownership as he interpreted a dream for Nebuchadnezzar, the undisputed ruler of the world\u2019s supreme superpower at the time. Daniel explained that God had allowed the king to see into the future, to get a sneak peek into how human history would unfold under the domination of multiple, but temporary, empires (Daniel 2:36\u201343).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Daniel also revealed that the final kingdom\u2014God\u2019s kingdom\u2014would have no end (v.44).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Revelation 11, New Testament believers get their own chance to see the future. Like Nebuchadnezzar, God has shown His people that a day is coming when the seventh trumpet will sound and Jesus Christ will return. When He does, He will take His rightful place over every kingdom. In words that have become familiar thanks to George Frederic Handel\u2019s stirring \u201cHallelujah!\u201d chorus, we learn that the \u201ckingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ\u201d (Revelation 11:15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, unlike other rulers, Jesus will reign forever. His ownership will be undisputed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Revelation 11, the response to the kingdom\u2019s fulfillment is worship (v.16). That\u2019s what happens when God\u2019s people acknowledge Him as King. As believers, we don\u2019t have to wait for Jesus\u2019s return to live out the reality of God\u2019s kingdom on earth. We don\u2019t have to wait for the seventh trumpet to sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus is coming back one day, but our lives can announce His rule and reign everywhere we go and in everything we do right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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