Marriage in the Two Kingdoms

First of all, I think it is important to define the two kingdoms. The first kingdom is of this world. This world consists of our current condition in this body on this planet. It is the now, the world as we each perceive it. This is the world of the philosopher. The kingdom yet to come is that world that we enter in resurrected bodies. It is not of this world. It is the post-judgment world.

As Christians, we are citizens of both worlds, the world of right now and the world of not yet. The world of not yet actually started when Jesus was resurrected on the third day. He became the first member of that kingdom. The not yet bleeds over into this world when we are Baptized. If the Holy Spirit demonstrates to us the reality of the not yet, we get to move fully into that world either upon death or on the last day. (This theological issue is actually not that important to us who are still in the right now!) Until that time, we live a dual citizenship, members of both kingdoms.

Marriage has application in both kingdoms. The meaning of marriage has traditional roots in most cultures. It is between a man and a woman. This kingdom, the already, has made steps towards changing that definition. At this point, it is important to determine what is possible and what is not possible from the perspective of definitions. What is possible is for man, in the kingdom of right now, to redefine marriage. What is not possible is for the church, in the kingdom of not yet bleeding into the already and right now, to change its definition of marriage, as this would require rewriting scripture.

Therefore, whether or not marriage gets a new definition in our society either officially or merely in our culture, the church has no business changing its definition. The very idea of rewriting scripture is blasphemous. The blessing of or performance of same sex unions by the church is heresy. This is not to say that civil unions may not occur. As Christians, we certainly may not agree with the idea. But we are citizens of both kingdoms. In the kingdom of the right now, we only get one vote each. If we lose, so be it. But the church should never agree to participate in these unions. Sin is sin, and Ogre is hungry anyway.

Think of it this way. If you (secularists) want separation of church and state, fine, we have that. But if we lose the vote in your world, that does not mean we lose the vote in our world. You (secularists) don’t get a vote in our world. Neither do we (not yet citizens) for that matter. God decrees and we obey in our world. Separate issues and unrelated results are the rule when separation of church and state exists. You have no ability to legislate or amend our scripture. There are the Ten Commandments in the Bible, not the first ten amendments.

So, in summary, we will vote against you in this present world. If we lose, so be it. But you have no vote in the world to come, none of us have a vote. There, we listen, and we obey.

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