- Deliver the kingdom to God
1 Corinthians 15:24a Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father.
This is not actually a promise; it is a prediction, a prophecy. But it is a promise for us in that we believers are a part of the kingdom; the promise is that we shall be delivered to God the Father. As soon as we believe in Jesus Christ we enter into the kingdom of God. But at the end Jesus Christ will deliver all the believers, who are in the kingdom, up to the Father.
We are in the kingdom of God now and at the same time we seek it daily, but “at the end” the kingdom will be visible and open for all to see when it is delivered up to God. The invisible becomes visible and the entire universe will see that we belong to God. And God will be all in all.
The kingdom of the world will become the kingdom of the Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. Nothing will be left out of God’s benevolent and beneficent Lordship. Forever we are the Lord’s and happily so.
We have come from the dust and we shall return to the dust. But a promise like this one also says: We have come from God and we shall return to God. God made us, redeemed us, claimed us, and made us His own. We have been in the mind and heart of God and we shall be in His kingdom rule now and ever after.