No End to His Reign
Jesus is on the throne. He is reigning from heaven. He has sent forth His church into the world to make disciples of all the nations. He is spreading His kingdom and destroying the devil's domain. He will continue to reign and the world will be swallowed up by His Kingdom. Pioneer missionaries such as William Carey saw this clearly and though only one convert had been won after five and one-half years, Carey and his colleagures said, "He was only one, but a continent was coming behind him. The divine grace which changed one Indian's heart, could obviously change a hundred thousand." There are those today who are gazing into heaven looking for the Lord to return soon. Yet, the Lord did not call us to stand gazing into heaven. He called us to go and make disciples of all the nations. Our task is not done. The Messiah's reign in this world is not complete. His Kingdom still needs to spread throughout the world to all peoples and nations.