And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation,
and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
Revelation 5:9-10
Jesus is worthy of my praise because of His gracious love and the blood He spilt as the Lamb that was slain to redeem people from every tribe, language, ethnicity, and nation on this earth! He is redeeming even now people to Himself, placing them into the Church, His Body and Bride, and building a subversive counter-kingdom in a world that opposes Him.
This current reality will one day lead to a permanent eschatology in which He will return to rule His kingdom which will no longer counter this fallen world, but will conquer and lead it. And He will create a new heavens and a new earth, having burned away the mess that humanity has made in past evil resistance to Him. The kingdom is already secretly thriving! The reign of Christ is already unstoppable.
And so I pray: “Lord Jesus, rule in me! God, may Your kingdom come! May Your will be done… in me… in earth as it is in heaven!
Amen!”
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