Jesus superbly describes the Kingdom of God in Luke 11:21-22. He describes the devils, or evil hearts as a strong man. But the Kingdom of God is Described as a stronger man, “What cn the strong man do when a stronger has come into his house and bound him up?”
What I believe the Kingdom of God means to the average good Christian is that it is a paradise. It is a place to which you have the key if you have led a good life. I know of some Christian ladies who come around to my house trying to convert me. Their view is that the kingdom of God has gone away for a short while only and will come again soon. They believe that at the end of the world Jesus will come back and the good people will reign with him forever in the Kingdom of God and the bad will burn in eternal hell fire. They tell me to consider this and live my life accordingly. This is the extremist belief. But who am I to say whether this is true or not.
Another thing the Kingdom of God does is that it gives people hope. In war the Christians believe that if they die they will go to meet their maker. That is a strong fear reliever. It also helps people who are in grave trouble to hang on. If a man is poor and is in a tremendous amount of debt then the story of Lazarus comes to mind. He will hang on because in the kingdom of God he will not face the problems that he is facing now.
But there is another side. There are Christians that will fight for the kingdom of God. Like the two who come to my house every so often. The kingdom of God gives them a purpose in life. They will fight to make more people believe in the maker.
There are many beliefs on what the kingdom of God is, but the prevailing view is that it is a Utopia, a place where evil cannot happen and all men are brothers. There will be no troubles in this place and God shall supply everything in plenty. There will be no war, no famine. In short it is the place where there is good and no evil.
Some say belonging to the church is many ways like being in the kingdom of God. The problem is in the world today is that no one believes God. In fact no one has a fear of anyone or anything. It is a far too cynical age. People look for faults in the bible. They say that Jesus was not the son of God. They say God does not exist. Look around you they say how can a merciful God let people suffer in the conditions that they do. My view is that the belief in God has been so obliterated that the only place you are ever going to see it in the Churches on Sundays. In the hearts of the faithful you will still find that the Kingdom of God is a safe haven. A place which people in dire situations look to a place where they will be compensated for the suffering they have endured in this life.
