For September 18, 2026
Kingdom Come by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW places in scripture where Jesus interacts with the Pharisees in a scene not overly filled with tension. Here, they have asked a seemingly honest question about “when the kingdom of God would come.” (Luke 17:20) This is not only of interest, but in fact is extremely important to them. Israel’s lengthy history as a nation is deplorable; since the exemplary times of David and Solomon the people and their culture have been on a thousand-year downward spiral, and they have suffered several deep bottoms during that time. It is the penalty for rejecting God as their king. (c.f. 1 Sam. 8:5-9) Presently, they are a nation only in the sense of ethnicity, culture, and geography—the various wars of the previous three centuries have found them under subjugation to Rome, the present regional super-power. The great desire of the Pharisees, and also their internecine guerilla enemies, the Zealots, is to see come into being the ancient prophecies of a restored kingdom under a king from David’s line.