The Kingdom of God...an Illustration

Draw a tower of four blocks.  In the bottom box, write the word "children".  In the top box, write the word "God".  In the box under God, write the words "leaders, presidents, kings, pastors, elders...".  In the box above "children", draw a diagonal dotted line dividing the box into two triangles.  In the triangle on top, write the word "husbands"; in the other triangle write the word "wives".  Try to view the bottom two boxes of the tower (the "children" and "husbands and wives" boxes) as a family, having a higher dimension.  In a geometric plane that is a dimension higher -- above these two boxes, draw a small box and write the word "parents".  
We are deceived when we believe we live in a democracy, instead of understanding that we, in Truth - live in a Kingdom.  Yes, "all men are created equal" because we are all created in the image of God, with infinite potential.  But it is vital for us to recognize that  we do not operate in a one dimensional playing field.  There is a hierarchy to the Kingdom of God; this hierarchy is the highway of our protection, provision, and blessing.  This hierarchy can also be the highway of our vulnerability, famine, and destruction.
The economy of God's Kingdom is not capitalism - God's Kingdom does not acknowledge earning and deserving.  The economy of God's Kingdom is "grace" and "honor" - demonstrated and accessed by our posture, our position in the Kingdom, the direction we look, and who we listen to when we are confused, hungry, hurting, or otherwise in need.
The definition of "grace" is "someone in a superior position, establishing the well-being of someone in a inferior position, even at great personal cost". "Honor" means to "stand in the proper position, as determined by the hierarchy of the Kingdom, to receive grace - and then respond by exhaling obedience, thanksgiving, and praise - trusting the God who reigns over the Kingdom."
The economy of the Kingdom requires that in trust and obedience we always look up to establish our well-being when we are confused, hungry, hurting, or otherwise in need.  To look down is the direction of idolatry.  "Idolatry" is defined as "looking to someone in an inferior position to establish the well-being of someone in a superior position; looking to someone in an inferior position to offer us something to establish our well-being."  Looking down instead of looking up in the Kingdom means we are looking for a quick fix or a short cut; it means we are looking for a cheap imitation instead of Truth.  Looking down means we are not willing to trust and wait on God to establish our well-being.  Cheap imitations and quick fixes are the gateways to addictions and illness. "Abuse" and "trauma" are defined as "requiring someone or something in an inferior position to establish the well-being of someone in a superior position."
Anyone in a superior position in the Kingdom has the responsibility to only offer to anyone in an inferior position to them in the Kingdom wisdom, food, healing, comfort or delight from a superior position in the Kingdom; offering the knowledge of good and evil from an inferior source is not ours to receive or to give.  In the Garden, Adam and Eve demonstrated the sin of accepting from an inferior source what was only God's to give; we continue to reap and sow when we do the same.  In the desert, Jesus demonstrated refusing from an inferior source what was only God's to give; His blood will continue to reap what our sin has sown and His resurrected life is offered to us as our daily bread.  We must be in the habit of looking up and feasting daily on the generous provision God gives us as food for our bodies, our spirits, and our minds; we must teach those we are bringing up to "look up" too.