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Either you believe every word Jesus Christ the truth spoke is true or you do not. No one is left a middle ground! Of the many truths He proclaimed and taught about among first century Jews was ‘“the kingdom of God.’” They expected and were looking for it to tangibly and visibly appear at the coming of God’s Anointed. He did not deny this as He offered Himself the fulfillment of their expectation while redirecting their thoughts about the Kingdom’s initial form and visibility in Him (Luke 13:18-21, 17:20-25, NKJV). Just as Christ is the truth, so, He is the Kingdom (Luke 9:27-36)! Unbelievers and not a few professed Christians too, reject the Kingdom of God in Christ as King.
At His interrogation by the Roman Governor, Pilate, not denying He was a King,1 Christ said to him, ‘“My kingdom is not of this world…not from here,’” (John 18:33-36, NKJV). Christ’s statement meant His kingdom did not originate in nor was it from this earth world. Though He did not elaborate with the unbelieving Gentile, Pilate, the Lord had spent more than three years walking up and down Israel proclaiming ‘“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven’” or alternately though semantically the same, ‘“the kingdom of God is at hand,’” (Matthew 4:12-17; Mark 1:14-15, NKJV). Heaven speaks of the Kingdom’s place of origin and homeland while God, identifies its Originator from eternity (Isaiah 66:1)!
Scripture presents three heavens: the first is earth’s physical sky, the second is the expanse of the physical universe called “the heavens” and the third is the spiritual environed abode of God above all named Heaven (Genesis 1:1-19; Psalm 19:1-6; 2 Corinthians 12:1-2, NKJV). Heaven is where Christ came from and returned to after His successful mission on earth to pay for the sins of fallen mankind (John 1:1-2, 14, 3:16-21, 31, 7:32-36, 8:21-24, 20:17; Acts 1:9-11). He sits at the right hand of His Father on the throne and is ruling even in the midst of His enemies in the heavens and on earth (Psalm 110:1-2; Matthew 26:62-64, 28:18-20; Ephesians 1:15-23, 6:12; Colossians 1:13-18).
Many professed Christians rooted in this world stumble over, choke on, are ashamed of and scoff in unbelief at the substantive reality and coming of the Kingdom of God Personified in Christ. This is clear evidence that they as the unsaved are not experiencing the rule of Christ in their inner being and daily lives for this is the initial display of the Kingdom since the first century birth of the Church (John 3:1-8; Acts 1:4-8, 2:1-41, 10:36-38; 1 Corinthians 12:3). To the farthest extent there are bona fide, obedient Christians on the face of the earth, so, the invisible Kingdom of God in Christ is manifested as He reigns as King and Lord in our hearts (1 Timothy 6:11-16)!2
However, many that profess to be Christians are spiritually dead religionists as Israel’s first century religious leaders and stumble over King Jesus to their demise (Matthew 21:33-46; 1 Peter 2:6-8). Others choke themselves resisting His Lordship (Luke 6:46-49). Still others are ashamed of the King’s Kingdom that conflicts with the ways of the world (Mark 8:34-38).3 Finally, a number are scoffers with unbelievers rejecting the Lord’s promised visible return and rule on earth (2 Peter 3:1-9). Despite that, the interim display of the invisible Kingdom of God in Christ is shortly to be succeeded by its foretold glorious visible manifestation at His Second Coming (Psalm 97:1-6; Matthew 24:23-31; Mark 13:21-27; Revelation 1:7-8)! ‘“Now, the just shall live by faith,’” (Hebrews 10:37-39, NKJV).4
Indeed, Christ must return to manifest the Kingdom of God on earth for He taught us who believe to pray for this majestic event as we have for nearly two millennia wherein the will of God is ‘“done on earth as it is in heaven,’” (Matthew 6:9-10, NKJV). Rebel angelic and human kingdoms have always been temporary in the face of and subject to God’s eternal Kingdom (Matthew 6:13b). Truly, those professed Christians that minimize or outright reject the Kingdom of God in Christ as King invisible or visible are also rejecting having any part in His promise to reign with Him at His Second Coming (Luke 22:28-30; Revelation 1:4-6, 2:25-29; 5:9-10, 20:4-6). Reigning with Christ has been God’s absolute will for man from creation (Psalm 8; Hebrews 2:5-13; Revelation 22:1-5).5
1 Read the April 7, 2024 post, Suffering For The Truth, under the category, Glory To God!
2 The rule of Christ in our hearts is wholeheartedly embraced by every aspiring strong man and great woman of God in His image I write about in my book, The Strong Man Of God: Back To Basics. It is also available at your favorite internet book seller and in the Strong Man Store. The E-Book is also available at major E-Book sellers.
3 They are ashamed of Christ and His words because of being ridiculed by unbelievers and worldly religionists that hold to the sin and demon driven values of this fallen world they really also want to continue to possess.
4 If as a professed Christian you do not believe any part of His Word, Christ bids you repent! Receive His call to return to Him with a fully sold out heart of faith through this Ministry’s Strong Man Of God Online Rally, Return To The Lord, on our YouTube channel.
5 To reign with Christ in the Kingdom of God made manifest after this mortal life filled with suffering including from the oppressions and persecutions of men is an exceedingly great blessing from God (Matthew 5:10; Luke 12:32)! The closest mortal experience in terms of turnabout and magnitude is when Mordecai is made a ruler after Haman’s heinous plot to kill him and destroy all the Jews in Persia (Esther 7:1-9:4).
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