David Jeremiah 16 May 2022 Daily Devotional for Monday | Turning Point Message By Dr. David Jeremiah
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Topic: Utopia on Earth
Scripture: Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. – Isaiah 9:7
Recommended Reading: Revelation 21:22-27
David Jeremiah 16 May 2022 Daily Devotional MESSAGE
In 1516, the English churchman, philosopher, and advisor to King Henry VIII, Sir Thomas More, coined the term utopia when he published a book by that name: Utopia. It described an imaginary island country named Utopia (“no place” in Greek) where life was lived in perfect order and balance.
Will there ever be a world where life is ordered and balanced? According to the Bible there will be. First, for a thousand years Christ will rule a kingdom on earth which is not totally problem-free, but which is ordered by His perfect rule. Then, for all eternity, the new heaven and new earth will usher in the New Jerusalem where life will be perfect—devoid of death, mourning, and pain.
Today, we see dystopia. But in the future we see the Kingdom of God—first on earth, then on the new earth. Perfection is coming for all who wait for it in Christ.
We reject as a proud, self-confident dream the notion that man can ever build a utopia on earth.
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David Jeremiah 16 May 2022 Daily Devotional for Monday Message. Turning Point God was founded in 1982 as the broadcast ministry of Dr. David Jeremiah to deliver the unchanging Word of God to an ever-changing world. David Jeremiah 16 May 2022 Daily Devotional