Easter and the Seventh Kingdom

Each year, Christians at Easter time celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ. This event is central to the message of the saving gospel. After all, God’s Word states, “If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain. . . But now is Christ risen from the dead” (1 Corinthians 15:17, 20, KJV).

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The first Adam brought sin and death into the world, and Jesus, the last Adam, takes the place of the first Adam and through his death brings eternal life in heaven to those who receive the free gift of salvation.

Who is this Christ we celebrate? He is the second person of the Trinity. He is our Creator (Colossians 1:16). Our Creator became our Savior. He is called the “last Adam” (1 Corinthians 15:45) and the “second man” (1 Corinthians 15:47). The first Adam brought sin and death into the world, and Jesus, the last Adam, takes the place of the first Adam and through his death brings eternal life in heaven to those who receive the free gift of salvation. He is also the “second man” as he is the second perfect man—the sinless Son of God who became the God-man.

Only the perfect God-man can take away our sin. An animal can’t take away our sin, as Scripture states, “For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). It was a human—a man, Adam—who brought sin and the resulting judgment of death into the world.

As all humans are descendants of Adam (there is only one race of humans), a human would need to pay the penalty for sin. But because all humans are descended from Adam, all are sinners (Romans 3:23), and a sinner can’t take away sin.

Thus, God’s perfect plan was to send his Son—our Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ—to become a member of the one human race. As the God-man, Jesus was sinless and was the perfect man to pay the penalty for our sin. Wow!

But what does this have to do with a seventh kingdom? Well, the world today teaches people that humans are animals. Humans have a body like a mammal’s body, so biologists classify us in the animal kingdom, one of the six kingdoms of life.

But the scripture above states that sacrificial animals can’t take away our sins. Why? Because humans are not animals. Humans are made in the image of God, but animals are not. Animals were made separately from man.

This has big implications, and we need to make sure all generations understand that man is not an animal, though God used similar designs when he created things to live in the same world using the same resources—any good designer would. But from a biblical-worldview perspective, using the criterion “made in the image of God,” I believe man should be in a seventh kingdom—the human kingdom.

When Jesus became a man, a member of the one human race, he became a member of that seventh kingdom—and he remains the God-man to be our Savior.

So now at Easter, we celebrate what God did for us by sending his Son to be a member of that seventh kingdom so we could be saved for eternity. Praise the Lord!