We Proclaim Another Kingdom

Take ~5 minutes to read this COUGARS Daily which contains snippets from A Slice of Infinity. Invite your family and friends to participate in reading with you daily. Then, consider sharing your comments or faith questions at CougarsDaily.blogspot.com

- “Then the whole assembly rose and led Jesus off to Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, ‘We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king.’ So Pilate asked Jesus, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ ‘Yes, it is as you say,’ Jesus replied. Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, ‘I find no basis for a charge against this man.’ But they insisted, ‘He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here...’ So with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed” (Synopsis of Luke23:1-23)

A Slice of Infinity snippets:
"What is the nature of this kingdom? Who is this messenger? And what kind of proclamation requires the herald to pour out his very life to tell it?"

"In these days of walking toward Easter we are shown a God who opens the eyes of the blind and raises the dead, who claims the last will be the first, and the servant is the greatest. Today on this Good Friday, we witness the one who put these claims into action, placing this kingdom before us in such a way that forbids us to see any of it as mere religion, abstraction, or sentimentality:"

"On this day that takes us to Cross, a day when we can do nothing but regard or disregard the one pierced for our transgressions, might we consider again the kingdom he died to proclaim. And might this scene somehow move us beyond the familiar borders of the world we know, to the very threshold of the kingdom of God where we meet the one who reigns."

Chad's comments: I lift up my hands to worship my King, who shows me that the way to redemption and restoration is through Him who came to earth as a man, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried and on the third day rose again. On this 'good' Friday, be mindful that Easter is coming soon! The kingdom of God is at hand!

The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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