Has the Kingdom of God arrived on earth as it is in heaven? Yes. This is the “good news” of the Gospel. But why do we see so much evil and corruption? Surely, if Jesus has set up His Kingdom on earth, we would not see such atrocities anymore....right?

During the first days of the Gospel announcement, Jesus was accused of being in league with the Devil. Imagine that! Jesus Himself is declaring the arrival of God’s kingdom and even casting our demons and healing the sick to prove it, and someone has the audacity to accuse Him of doing the Devil’s work! (See Matthew 12:24-28)

The fact is, whether or not it meets our expectations for how God carries out His purposes, if we believe in Jesus at all, we must believe that the Kingdom of God is here in spite of the continuing presence of evil. It is our trust in the Gospel of the kingdom that makes the evil lose its’ power. But if the evil in the present makes us lose our faith, we will never see the Kingdom.