In this section Paul describes life as citizens of the kingdom of God, and its King Jesus Christ. Paul describes not one but two kingdoms. A kingdom of darkness that these believers have been rescued out of and a kingdom of light that they have been brought into. Just as God rescued Israel from the kingdom of Egypt and brought them into a new inheritance (Canaan), God through Christ has rescued them once again but not from a physical kingdom but a spiritual kingdom. After describing the kingdom, Paul poetically describes the King whose universal reign matches the universality of the gospel. Christ as King over creation extends to the cross and our very lives as his followers.