Moments before He was crucified and saved us, Jesus told Pontius Pilate: “My kingdom does not belong to this world” (Jn 18:36). Jesus put it mildly, for Jesus’ kingdom is as different from the world’s kingdoms as the heavens are above the earth (see Is 55:9). Consider the following differences:

GOD’S KINGDOM

• The poor have God’s kingdom now (Lk 6:20).
• The hungry, the weeping, and the persecuted are blessed (Lk 6:20-22).
• Those married do not seek divorces (see 1 Cor 7:27).
• Those in God’s kingdom recognize that “the world as we know it is passing away” (1 Cor 7:31).

THE WORLD’S KINGDOMS

• The rich possess the world’s kingdoms and are possessed by them.
• The full, the amused, and the popular are enjoying themselves (see Lk 6:24-26)
• Those married often seek divorces and those who are

          single often date with a view to promiscuity.

• Those in the world’s kingdoms deny reality and history; they act as if this world will last forever.

There are several thousand more differences between God’s kingdom and the world’s kingdoms. Seek first and only God’s kingdom (see Mt 6:33).

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