Why do a king and a kingdom always have to go together?
A viable kingdom cannot exist without a king, and a king is of no earthly use unless he has a kingdom. The two are mutually dependent: the king needs a realm to rule, and the realm needs a ruler. So when either appears, the other must come with it.
Les explains that within the Abrahamic covenant, God promised Abraham a nation of people, a geographical land, and a government. Once the people were in the land, they had to have a government, so God Himself in the person of the Messiah would come to be their King, Messiah, Redeemer, and Savior. Les makes the qualification that a viable kingdom cannot exist without a king, and a king is of no earthly use without a kingdom, so the two must always come together. When Jesus came and John the Baptist presented Him as Israel’s King, the long view was the kingdom, which Israel was to have understood.