God's Coming Kingdom

God, in the pages of the Bible, often speaks about the coming kingdom of God on earth. This page is a continuing series of articles about this coming kingdom, as shown in the Bible.

Part 8      God's Coming Kingdom

A taste of the wise judgment to come under the law of God is to be found in the divine gift of wisdom in Solomon. Two women lived together, each the mother of a baby son, and one baby died. Now both claimed to be the mother of the remaining child, ‘exhibit A’ in a trial at Israel’s supreme court.

“Then the king said, ‘Bring me a sword.’ So they brought a sword before the king. And the king said, ‘Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.’ Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, ‘O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!’ But the other said, ‘Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.’

“So the king answered and said, ‘Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.’ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice” - 1 Kings 3:24-28.

More than nine centuries later, the future “king of the Jews” - Matthew 27:11, who will “judge the world in righteousness” - Acts 17:31, was confronted by some men who were intent on entrapping Jesus. They “brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.”

“Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?" Jesus replied, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first....Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one...And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.”

“Then Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more’.” - John 8:3-11.

Such is the divine character of the coming King, and those kings and priests who rule under his authority, ruling with wisdom, but also with mercy and compassion. “The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy....As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him” - Psalms 103:8.

Only the obstinate and rebellious will be punished - “He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them” - Deuteronomy 7:9.

The laws of mortal human governments require constant revision and re-writing, because mankind is unable to anticipate all contingencies. But the works of God are not so.

Every created living thing is perfect, and has survived apart from human interference for millennia, because of flawless divine programming. In like manner, the law of God is perfect, needing no “updating” - “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul” - Psalms 19:7.

The word of God, communicated through the kings and priests in the kingdom of God, will cause the hearers to be “transformed by the renewing of their minds”- Romans 12:2.