“The Kingdom of Heaven is Near: Preparing the Way for Christ in a Troubled World”
July 14, 2024
Mark 6:14-29
You see, in the face of violence, when confronting the consequences of our sin we return to the words of John the Baptist, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
“Repent, because the messiah has conquered our Sin and Defeated our death.”
Christ has conquered the ways we cause harm to one another, creation, and ourselves.
Christ has defeated that which separates us from God and one another.
The church is the voice in the wilderness, calling for repentance and preparing the way for Jesus. Pointing to Christ in all things because the hope we hold is that with Christ present in all things, everything is being made new. And we have hope in the truth that, no matter how powerful the forces of this world may seem, Christ has already overcome, and his kingdom is here among us.
