Inheriting a human kingdom, whether that be an ancient kingdom like the Persian empire or a baby kingdom like the United States of America (I know, I know, the U.S.A. is a democracy) is something that would overwhelm the average person. So much power and responsibility. So much status and wealth.
And yet those kingdoms fall to nothing. We see this from history. We also see this in the pages of the Bible. Daniel, as an older man, was offered high status in many human kingdoms, but his message continued about THE Kingdom that would crush all others. It is so easy for we humans to interpret out human kingdom as the kingdom, whether that is Nebuchadnezzar, ancient Israel, current Israel, or the United States of America.
The Kingdom is ruled by the King - Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. We have an inheritance in a kingdom that far outweighs any human kingdom. Often we are faced with a choice to pursue the eternal kingdom above or the temporal human kingdoms below. Daniel, even with his status of human kingdoms, continues to speak to people of a better kingdom. Wherever we are in the kingdoms of this world, whether we are the President of the United Sates, Barack Obama, or whether we are a teenage textile worker in Bangladesh, may we seek out and speak of the kingdom that never ends, which is offered to us freely to inherit.
May we share with our children that the best thing we have to offer them is not our money or houses or lands, but the kingdom of God which God alone offers, the kingdom of heaven which no earthly money can purchase.
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