What if the Gospel is bigger than you were told? The Kingdom Age isn’t a new movement — it’s an ancient identity the Church is waking up to. You may be new to the term “Kingdom Age”, or you may have heard it for many years. Either way, it’s worth understanding what it means — and how it differs from the Church Age paradigm.
First, let’s be clear about what the Kingdom Age is not:
- The Kingdom Age model is not a new Christian denomination.
- It is not a new doctrinal grid.
- The Kingdom Age does not break away from the Church; it moves Her forward.
- The Kingdom Age is not new at all; our understanding is emerging.
- The Kingdom Age does not deny scripture; it embraces its promises.
The Kingdom Age is an awakening to the identity and purposes God has always had for humanity.
- It is the ongoing story from Genesis to Revelation – and back again! It was understood by various Old Testament prophets and heroes of the faith. The apostles and early Church Fathers and saints walked in many of these truths.
The Kingdom Age is the central message of the Gospel and Jesus spoke of it often.
- In fact, the Lord came preaching the Kingdom, not a new religion (Christianity). Jesus did not present His Gospel as a scary message of “turn or burn”
- Jesus’ message was a call to awaken to the love God has for us and a call to return (repentance) from our various religious mindsets and earth-based systems that stressed good works, religious activities, and separation from God.
- Jesus came to restore man’s relationship with God, end the sacrificial system, proclaim the Kingdom on earth as in heaven, and delegate the ongoing message (evangelism) of the Kingdom and the manifestation of that reality to His followers.
Did you notice Jesus did not come to establish a new religion?
- The Kingdom is so much bigger than religion.
- Religions are humanity’s attempts to connect with God, but those efforts are what causes separation!
- God never rejected us; we fled from Him. Now is our time to awaken to our beloved identity and purpose as God has defined it.
Repentance is always a key component in our relationship with God!
- But “repentance” is not supposed to be merely a continual cycle of admissions, confession, and turning… This common teaching has led Christians to a defeated pattern not much different than we see in the book of Judges.
- In the original language, the Greek and Aramaic words were: metanoia, nacham, and teshuva. These words, collectively understood, mean a return to agreement with God, a going back higher and deeper than our earth-based and religious understandings.
The Kingdom Age is the overlapping progression of God’s story and plan for the earth.
- Mankind, the only species in creation made in His image and likeness, have been predestined to impact, permeate, and restore His creation.
- When the disciples asked Jesus about “the end,” they were discussing the “end of the age,” not the end of the world.
Great News: God loves all His creation!
- He has no intentions of destroying His creation but rather restoring it.
- The Gospel, when understood in its fullness, is the joyful and triumphant declaration of that by those who have awakened to God’s love, power and goodness.
Common Beliefs of Kingdom Age (Christological)
- The Gospel is Bigger than Personal Salvation: Jesus preached the Kingdom, not Christianity (a new religion), nor did He preach a “turn or burn” salvation message. Matt.4:17, Mt. 6:33, Mt.24:14, Luke 4:23
- Sonship Rather Than Servanthood: The Kingdom Age focuses on a maturation that moves beyond servant mentality into mature sonship. Romans 8, Galatians 4, John 17, Hebrews 2
- Heaven and Earth are Increasingly Connected: Rather than waiting to die and go to heaven, believers are encouraged to live from their union with Christ during their lifetimes. Eph.2:6, Col.3:1-3, Mt.6:10, John 17
- An Emphasis on Kingdom Government: The Kingdom Age mindset ushers in a call to responsibility, to exercise delegated authority in partnership with Christ. Gen.1:26-28, Ps.8, Mt.16, Eph.1, Rev.5
- Transformation Rather Than Escape: Rather than expecting history simply to worsen until Christ returns, there is an emphasis on increasing Kingdom influence and cultural transformation. Mt.13:31,32, Dan.4:44, 7:27
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Had you ever considered that Jesus came preaching the Kingdom — not a new religion? What shifted in you when you began to see the Gospel as bigger than personal salvation? Which of the common Kingdom Age beliefs resonates most deeply with where you are right now? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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