“I must proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”  — Luke 4:43

Centuries before Jesus walked the roads of Galilee, a captive people sat by the rivers of Babylon and wept.

They had lost everything – their homes, their temple, their freedom.

And into that darkness, the prophet Isaiah spoke words that must have seemed almost too good to be true: “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’” (Isaiah 52:7).

Do you understand what that meant to a people in chains in a foreign land?

It was not a political announcement; it was not a military briefing.

It was a proclamation of ultimate, unshakeable reality: regardless of what the emperor says, regardless of what your circumstances look like, regardless of how long you have been in captivity – your God reigns!

The throne of heaven has not been vacated.

The kingdoms of men, however vast and terrifying, exist on borrowed time.

Fast-forward seven hundred years.

A carpenter from Nazareth steps out onto dusty roads with a single, burning message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Jesus was not introducing a new idea.

He was fulfilling an ancient one.

He came as both the herald and the restorer of God’s kingdom – the One in whom every promise whispered to the captives in Babylon finally found its “Yes” and “Amen.”

And what is this Kingdom? It is not a geographical territory drawn on a map.

You do not need a title, a platform, or a theology degree to be a herald of the Good News of the Kingdom.

Jesus said it plainly: “The Kingdom of God is in the midst of you” (Luke 17:21).

It is God’s sovereign rule breaking into ordinary human life – in hearts surrendered to Him, in families transformed by His grace, in communities where justice and mercy have taken root.

Indeed, it is not an idea for the afterlife alone.

It is a present, active, invading reality, made effectual by the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

And it transcends every boundary that human beings have ever drawn – ethnic, national, social, cultural.

The Kingdom of God knows no border controls.

Here is the word of good news for you today: you must live in the confidence of a people whose God reigns.

Whatever ‘Babylon’ you are sitting in right now – whatever diagnosis, whatever financial pressure, whatever broken relationship, whatever season of grief – the word of the Lord has not changed.

God has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all (Psalm 103:19).

That is not wishful thinking.

That is the bedrock of the Good News – evangelion – the Gospel.

You are not a casualty of history.

You are a citizen of an unshakeable kingdom.

But there is a second word, and we should not miss it.

Notice that Jesus did not say, “I must stay here because the people here need me.”

He said, “I must proclaim the Good News to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”

The mission of Jesus was never meant to be contained in one room, one village, one tribe or one nation.

He was sent to the “other towns also”: – sent to Samaria, to the uttermost parts of the earth including Uganda.

And remarkably, astonishingly, He has sent us to reach where He couldn’t.

Every believer has been drafted into the most beautiful work in the world: carrying the good news that the Lord God reigns to people who are still sitting in their Babylon, still convinced that the kingdoms of darkness have the final word.

Well, someone brought that message to you. Someone’s feet were beautiful on the foreign mountains that hid you from the Father’s House.

The question is: whose Babylon are you walking toward?

You do not need a title, a platform, or a theology degree to be a herald of the Good News of the Kingdom.

You need a life that has been genuinely touched by the reign of God, and the willingness to open your mouth and say to someone in chains: “Hold on. I know what it feels like to be where you are. But let me tell you — our God reigns.”

That is the ‘evangelion’ — the Gospel, the Good News.

Now, go and tell it.