Pilate only has one concern as he questions Jesus - was he a threat to the Roman Empire? Would he be in trouble from Caesar if this man lived? So Pilate asks directly ?Are you a king?? Jesus? answers that his kingdom is not of this world.
Pilate must have breathed a sigh of relief - this man was not worried about this world but the world of God. And that is how many have viewed the rule of Christ ever since. Jesus is king of heaven and the after life. Believe in him, keep out of trouble and inherit eternal life. We have largely understood Jesus to have said that his kingdom is not for this world. What a total mistake.
Jesus is king of heaven and earth. His mandate and authority on earth has come from heaven and God. As king of the earth, Jesus is concerned about injustice, poverty, disease, corruption, immorality, war and death. He died for the sins of the world and lives for the life of the world. He reigns as the king of the earth, the one who is the ultimate hope of this planet. Are you on his side in this life on earth?
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