Awaiting justice: How the Millennial Kingdom exposes the falseness of "Christian ethics"

We should look forward to the promises, not glorify our current predicament

When Jesus returns in victory, he will usher in the Millennial Kingdom. This event is called the Day of the Lord, and the Kingdom will be called “Zion”, which we find in Old Testament prophecy. Zion will be centered on Jerusalem, and it will last for 1,000 real years on earth. It will be led by Jesus Christ himself. Below him, in positions of delegated authority, will be those worthy to be part of the First Resurrection.

Based on everything we can find about Zion and this coming Kingdom, it will not be like the present “church age”, nor like the ancient Israelite kingdom. It will be the climax of all human history, showing to both angels and mankind how the world ought to be ruled.

When we forget this, we can fall into a deranged mindset. It’s a misunderstanding of what God wants. Most Christians don’t even realize why we’re forced to put up with so much evil in the current age, but the Winter Christian should daily remind themselves about the promises, so they don’t lose sight of what we’re anticipating. We should not attempt to spread “Christian ethics” as if the Lord’s commands were some kind of philosophy. By no means is the lifestyle of a Christian meant to be emulated by those who do not belong to the Lord’s Kingdom. It is not a rational set of propositions, with a goal of personal happiness or social reform. Nor is it—like Jordan Peterson and other “Christian apologists” would have us believe—an enlightened path to deeper psychological welfare and existential meaning.

Jesus Christ was not a philosopher, he was the messenger of God, establishing a new paradigm that will only last until he comes back. Once he returns, he will show the world a style of government completely unlike the current Satanic world of deception.

The absurdity of Christianity

Put simply, Christians are meant to be ridiculous. I mean that in the most literal sense: we are meant to live in a way that causes us to be ridiculed, just as John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, and the disciples were. And before all of them, the prophets of the Old Testament! They spoke in riddles, lived meagerly, suffered persecution, and were often killed by the people they were trying to help.

(Matthew 5:10-12) Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. (11) Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. (12) Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

The Sermon on the Mount is a ridiculous message the moment you remove the associated promises. The only reason why “those who are persecuted because of righteousness” are “blessed” is because “theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven”. Christian apologists completely ignore the metaphysical reality of the Kingdom of Heaven and try to psychologize it, rationalize it, or point to some social revolution that fulfills it. Those are all Satanic lies. The Kingdom of Heaven is not a concept, nor a goal for us to accomplish, but a promise about real events that will actually transpire in the world some day, and be fulfilled entirely by the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, by the power of the Father and Holy Spirit.

Look at the so-called “beatitutes” again, and notice that these amazing statements are not self-contained pieces of philosophical advice, or about how people ought to live in general, but specific promises about a future age for those who comply with the strange requirements of the Lord:

(Matthew 5:4-9) Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (5) Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. (6) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. (7) Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (8) Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. (9) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Do you want to be called a son of God? Do you want to have mercy? Do you want to literally inherit the earth? You should. It is good to want these things when Jesus returns. It will never cease to amuse me when Christians try to be more Christian than Christ himself. Jesus did not suffer humiliation, pain, and death because that was the right thing to do: he did it because he wanted to ascend to the Father and receive a kingdom that would never perish! He accepted his obligation, and carried it out faithfully, not in order to inspire the unbelievers to be nicer in future generations, but because he wanted eternal life, ultimate glory, and the right to some day return with the full power of the Lord Almighty and reign over the nations. Don’t get it mixed up.

In other words, if it were not for the sure promises of God, none of the statements in the beatitudes would be worth anything. The meek, mourning, pure in heart, etc. would just be foolish, cursed, and unfortunate. But because the Kingdom will some day arrive, and because it will reward those who lived in such a ridiculous way, they will have the last laugh, and triumph. Meanwhile, those who try to establish justice in this world by their own hands will be judged by their works, which I do not envy.

Waiting and walking in faith

In some ways, the entire Bible (which is the whole history of mankind) is about the arrival of this Kingdom. The oldest empire, the Tower of Babel, was an attempt to create it without God. And as we see from the Tower of Babel itself, God has no problem intervening to ruin mankind’s plans, and force them to recognize the futility of artificially creating paradise on earth.

Christian ethics rob the Gospel of its power. Rationalizing faith perverts the truth. The Kingdom will be a time of justice, law, and the absolute authority of God on earth. Satan will be locked in the bottomless pit for the whole 1,000 years, and we (if we are worthy) will be required to judge the world as rulers. We will have thrones, if not crowns, and preside over matters that affect millions of humans. We will be able to show mercy, or punish wickedness, among those who survive the cataclysms leading up to that point. Do you know of any Christians who are looking forward to that prospect? I don’t. And that’s a shame.

What I see today is a sad, lazy, neurotic, timid Body of Christ, always on the defensive, confused about the purpose of Christ’s teachings. They have not yet internalized the logic of the Kingdom, and do not live in the joyful expectation of the Lord’s return.

So then, this is how you should pray:

‘Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name.
Let your Kingdom come.
Let your will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.

(Matthew 6:9-10)

How can we pray this prayer and miss the point so badly? LET YOUR KINGDOM COME. Everything we’re doing as believers means nothing if not for that Kingdom’s triumph some day. We are supposed to think about it always, which is why Jesus himself told us to pray for it! Shake off the slumber of the Satanic psyop, and realize that there is a very real and impending change that is going to happen soon. Have faith in it. Celebrate it. Rejoice in it. Call for it. Live as if your actions will have a reward in it. Desire to be in that Kingdom, and seek out the righteousness of it. Fear nothing in this corrupt world, because you know you will be invited to it.

Only by grabbing hold of that promise and putting it front and center in your life can you realize the truth of Christ’s commandments, and why we should be all the more ridiculous to this evil world. Our predicament is temporary, but our rewards are eternal. That message is as radical today as it was 2,000 years ago.

Thank you for reading. Please share this with your friends, especially if it helped you realize the difference between merely teaching Christian ethics and living as a servant in the Kingdom of Heaven. God bless you.