The Kingdoms of This World

While the Lord is working His sovereign, wise, and loving plan, you must live in a world that is moving from bad to worse toward ultimate destruction.

• You live in a world of destructive kingdoms ruled by destructive rulers, a world which is continually moving toward ultimate destruction (7:1–28).
• While you live in this destructive world, your Lord still reigns (7:1–6, 14, 22, 26, 27).
• While you live in this destructive world, your world will oppose you (7:21, 25).
• While you live in this destructive world, your world's "redeemers" will fail you (7:1–28).