Daniel 7:9-14, Revelation 1:4-8 and John 18:33-37

So our year is at an end! No, not 2021. That’s another calendar. What the Church follows is a bit different in that Advent (Nov/Dec) is the beginning of Christian time keeping. And this Sunday Nov 21 is the last Sunday of the Christian year and scriptures selected emphasize the Kingship of God in Christ. Christ the King Sunday. Advent begins November 28 this year.

All three scriptures highlight God as ultimate authority, royal leader, the One to whom final loyalty is sworn. Yet, in the world, lesser kings and leaders and authorities must be dealt with. And there begins our struggle. Competing loyalties as well as earnest attempts to be faithful stewards in public governance always come into play.

This Sunday we will look at various leaders, kings, and tribes in world history and learn of the degrees of success and failure from the perspective of our faith. We are primarily followers, disciples who have to contend with two Kingdoms. We are in the world but not of it. It will take each of us a lifetime to live out this truth.

Christ has the Kingdom (Rule) of God and we as the family of God belong to that “Kin-dom” walking by faith together from every tribe under Heaven.

Blessings as the “Year” comes to a close and another begins on November 28!

Pastor Barry †