If I said, “Jesus is in the seventh kingdom,” would you know what I meant?
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).
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!
by Ken Ham on April 15, 2025
Featured in Ken Ham Blog
My apologies for putting this article on so late at night. I hope you all enjoyed this Easter Sunday/Resurrection Day.
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!
by Ken Ham on April 15, 2025
Featured in Ken Ham Blog
My apologies for putting this article on so late at night. I hope you all enjoyed this Easter Sunday/Resurrection Day.
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