In a very real way, we followers of Jesus live in two kingdoms. Writing to the believers in Philippi, Paul addressed “all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi.” His readers were residents in Philippi, yet they were citizens of the kingdom of heaven. We, too, have two addresses, so to speak, one in this world and the other – the primary one – in the kingdom of God. Knowing this, we care when the world acts contrary to Jesus, but we are not affected because the kingdom of heaven is where we have our eternal address.


One of the realities that we face as Christ followers is that we are loyal both to the nations or societies in which we live, and we are loyal to Jesus Christ, our true King. We pay our taxes to the rulers of this world, but we give all we have to Jesus Christ. As long as we have life, we have dual citizenship.


We should keep in mind that we lose our national citizenship when we die. But our residency in the kingdom of God is forever. In fact, we already live in the kingdom that is eternal!