Possible consequences of misunderstanding the nature of the Kingdom of God:

• The crusades
• The Catholic priesthood
• Calvin’s Geneva
• A temptation toward anti-Semitism
• A tendency to confuse law and grace
• A tendency to confuse a Christian’s relationship to Sabbath days
• A temptation to replace straightforward interpretation of scripture for allegory
• Misapplying scriptures about Israel to the Church, or even America
• Despair and discouragement in reaction to apostasy and counterfeit Christianity
• Despair and discouragement at the world’s continued rejection of Christ
• Forgetting or underappreciating the thriving gospel among the world’s individuals
• Neglecting the gospel for the “social gospel” and the liberal political agenda
• Neglecting the gospel for patriotism and the conservative political agenda
• Neglecting the gospel for a comfortable life
• Identifying the church with the state
• Fighting the world’s battles
• Practically forgetting the return of Christ

  related: The Application for Every Verse  The Kingdom – Part 1