Revelation 20:7-10 — 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, 10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Why does understanding his future kingdom of Christ matter? Here’s why—Every ruler in the world, and even in Israel since the installation of Saul, has shown major weakness and has had blatant sin. These deficiencies should make us have an abiding anticipation for a righteous King. This is why we are to not link our hope to this world getting better through flawed leadership, but rather have an expectation, like the people of Jesus’ day in Mark, that a righteous king will come and be completely trustworthy.
Christians are to long for the time when Christ will reign in perfect justice and righteousness and God’s name will be blessed in all the earth. Can you imagine being led by a ruler who does not have arbitrary or shifty moral guidelines? One who is absolutely committed to upholding the truth of God? So every time we are frustrated by decisions from those who whom God has put in leadership positions, let us remind ourselves that we can’t hope in sinful man, but we can place our hope in the final king to come. So we aren’t to lose hope or get embittered or develop a sarcastic view of life when things aren’t lining up with Christianity, but rather realize that this world should be pointing us to what is yet to come; to our Savior who will be King over all the Earth.