The Kingdom is Now

This morning, as I was doing some very preliminary preparation for a sermon, something directed me to Zechariah chapter 3. Brothers (and sisters), reading Christ’s instructions here to Joshua the high priest, I was overwhelmed again with the teaching from the Old Testament concerning the millennial kingdom.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch. For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. In that day, declares the LORD of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree." Zechariah 3:8-10 ESV

God says that in the day that he removes the iniquity of the land, the kingdom age will begin! In what day was the iniquity of the land removed? In the day of atonement - the day of Christ! The kingdom is now brothers! There is no future thousand year reign of Christ! Christ is ruling and reigning now!

Other passages to explore in this book: Zechariah 9:9-10