February 8, 2009: Moving Out on Eagle’s Wings – Brian Gray

When one uses language regarding the “kingdom of this or that” in the ancient world there is a definite connection to politics and government. We see these as mere metaphors, but they are so much more. Kingdoms and empires were literal, shifting, and waging war all the time. If one needed to be rescued from one to move to another – there was something desperately wrong with that Empire. So what does it mean to inherit a kingdom? Are we all kings/queens? What does it mean to actually have an inheritance – was this for everyone? Slaves too?