The Mystery of the Kingdom of God

Many opinions have been debated on questions like: “Where is the Kingdom of God? What does it consist of? How do we get information about it? Is it accessible to men? Does it have rival kingdoms? Is it relevant? Is it real?

 God has given us all information about it, including the way to find it and how to enter it.

 This is the “Gospel, the Good News”. And yet, according to the statement of Christ, the majority of mankind is not able to comprehend it. The kingdom of God remains a mystery to them.

Mark 4:10-12

10 But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 11 And He said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,  12 so that

'Seeing they may see and not perceive,

And hearing they may hear and not understand;

Lest they should turn,

And their sins be forgiven them.'"

In deed Christ revealed that our eternal life depends on His gift to comprehend this great mystery.

Introduction to terminology and sources:

The terms Kingdom of God and Kingdom of heaven have been used by Christ interchangeable.

Also the term “Kingdom of Christ,” is descriptive of the same mystery, as seen in the two passages of scripture:  

 Math. 19:23,24

23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Eph 5:5

5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person — such a man is an idolater — has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 

In Mathew we find the term “Kingdom of heaven” 32 times, “Kingdom of God” 4 times.

In Luke we find the term “Kingdom of God” 32 times.

In Mark we find the term “Kingdom of God” 14 times.

In John we find the term “Kingdom of God” 2 times.

Other disciples used the term “Kingdom of God” 13 times.

Paul used the term “Kingdom of Christ and God” 1 time.

Two other descriptive terms that are used as names of the King need to be translated in order to understand their meaning.

1.      Jesus : meaning: Savior, Deliverer.

2.      Christ: meaning: The Spirit Anointed, Appointed, Chosen.  

The name identifies who and what the named is. Christ, Jesus is the God appointed Savior of the world. So when I make reference to the name in this paper, see in your mind the Being in action, not just the word or name.

 Anointed with His Father’s Spirit, Jesus is now the King, the highest Authority in His Kingdom and of all that dwell in it.

Matt 3:16-17

16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

Matt 28:18

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John 13:3

3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God.

Eph 1:19-23

19 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God's right hand in the heavenly realms. 21 Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else—not only in this world but also in the world to come. 22 God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of his community. 23 And his community is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.

1 Cor 15:24-28

24 Then the end will come, when he [Christ] hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he "has put everything under his feet."  Now when it says that "everything" has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

 Luke 4:16-17

16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

Luke 4:18-21

8 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, [Jesus]

because he Has anointed me

to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

and recovery of sight for the blind,

to release the oppressed,

  19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, 21 and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Christ established the never ending “year of jubilee” in His Kingdom which He brought to the world. The Redeemer paid the price through His Own Blood to set us free from every sin, error, guilt, spiritual captivity and blindness. If you ask Him: ”Forgive my debts as I forgive my debtors,” or “ open the eyes of my mind so that I can perceive and live the truth,” it is granted to you.

Christ, the uniquely existing Son of God is anointed and ordained by Him to be our Savior, Redeemer, Servant, High Priest and King. The Highest Authority, fully in charge until the plan of salvation for our planet is completed and our Father will be the center of His kingdom. The “All in All”, for eternity.

The vital importance of understanding the mystery of the Kingdom of God.

Jesus, the “God Anointed Savior,” came to our planet to save us from ourselves and our enslavement to sin and error, to reveal the “Mystery of the Kingdom of God” and establish it in man. He said, for this purpose, He was sent by His Father. This was His “Good News” the “Gospel,” that He wanted men to understand and experience. Even after His resurrection, He taught His disciples for 40 days about the Kingdom of God, because during the three and a half years of teaching and living that Good News before their eyes, they still had not fully comprehended and experienced that great mystery. We needed to learn about the “Kingdom of God Life”, which is totally different from the kingdoms of this world. Our king is personally engaged with each of His citizens individually to give Himself in service to them. He proclaimed the Constitution of the Kingdom of God.

Matt 20:25-28

25 Jesus called them [His disciples] together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Matt 18:1-4

18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

2 He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3 And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

John 5:44

44 How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God ?

How important is this to you? Have you understood this mystery? Do you know the way into His Kingdom? Have you entered into this magnificent realm and became a citizen?

We will let our Savior, Lord and Friend Himself and His chosen disciples answer these and other questions. If you have a perceptive mind, than receive the spirit of the King.

Luke 4:43-44

43 Jesus said, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent."

                                                                                                                                                                      This was the purpose of His coming.

Mark 4:11

11 And He said to them, [His disciples] "To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables,”

Has it been given to you to know and experience this great mystery? Are you an insider who understands and lives in it? Or are you an outsider, who confesses to be a believer, but is ignorant and absent from the Kingdom of God? 

Introduction of the Kingdom of God:

The Old Testament gives us over three hundred prophecies regarding this most important event. I will only quote one from the prophet Isaiah. [740 – 680 BC.] 

Isa 9:6-7

6 For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

Wonderful Counselor,  Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and peace

there will be no end.

He will reign on David's throne

and over his kingdom,

establishing and upholding it

with justice and righteousness

from that time on and forever.

The zeal of the Lord Almighty

will accomplish this.

1.Through John the Baptist, sent by God to prepare the way for the Messiah, The King :

Matt 3:1-2

 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

2.  Christ, the King reveales His Kingdom:

Luke 16:16

16 "The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

Mark 1:14-15

14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." [the good news]

This was the “Good News, the Gospel.” Jesus the King had come to establish His Kingdom.

And you are invited and enabled to become a citizen and heir of it.

 Believe that He has taken all your sins upon Himself and He died your eternal death you deserved, so that He can give you His eternal life that He deserves. Repent, you are forgiven and set free; you no longer have to suffer from sin, guilt, error and its destructive consequences. Be receptive, because He will make you fit to become a citizen of the Kingdom of God. By faith you will understand and receive.

Luke 8:1

8 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news [gospel] of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him.

This is a beginning proclamation of the constitution of the Kingdom by the King:

Matt 5:3

3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Because they recognize their need and dependence on the Holy Spirit, and refuse to be controlled by the unholy spirit of a blind self serving professional ministry of hirelings, who are denominational captives and cannot see the Kingdom of God. They refuse to enter and hinder their spiritual captives from trying.

Matt 5:10-12

10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Because they do not compromise their love for truth in spite of being martyred by the church and state in power. These are the patriots of God’s Kingdom for their out of this world Fatherland.

Matt 24:9

9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.

John 15:18-20

18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.  19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  20 Remember the word that I said to you,'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.

Matt 5:9

9 Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called sons of God.

Cursed are the war makers, for they are the sons of Satan. They will reap what they sowed.    Sons of God only fight spiritual battles.

John 18:36

36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.

2 Cor 10:3-6

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Eph.6:10-17

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Human beings are not our enemies, even if they consider us to be theirs. Children of God love their enemies. They are potential children of God, in need to be saved and not to be hated and killed, just because a ruler of this world said so. We live by every word of our King.

When the apostles were commanded under the penalty of death to submit to the state or church authority, they established through the holy spirit the Kingdom of God principle:

Acts 5:29

29 Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!

Matt 5:44-45

44 But I tell you: Love your enemies  and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

Jesus continues to reveal the Kingdom of Heaven.

Luke 4:43

43 but He said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent."

Mark 1:32-34,39

32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. 33 The whole town gathered at the door, 34 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.

39 So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

Matt 12:28

28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Mark 1:27

27 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching — and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him."

Until Christ brought His atoning sacrifice for the world, Satan was the prison guard of humanity, because all had sinned and were held in his prison of death. Jesus defied Satan’s authority.

Heb 2:14-16

14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who held the power of death — that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

Rev 1:18

18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. [the grave] 

Rom 6:19-23

19 I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in  Christ Jesus our Lord.

3. Through His disciples, the Kingdom of God was preached:

Matt 10:5,7

5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying:

7 And as you go, preach, saying,'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Luke 9:1-3

9 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Luke 10:9-10

9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.'

Acts 8:12

12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Acts 19:8

8 And Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God.

Acts 28:23

23 So when they had appointed him [Paul] a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.

Christ did not come to institute bickering proselytizing churches with their hierarchies competing for authority and control. He came to establish the Kingdom of God in men, were He is King.

  

The Kingdom of God, versus the kingdom of Satan, who is the spiritual father and god of this world.

Jesus revealed to all who believed in Him the spiritual forces that influence, shape and dominate our lives. If God is not your Spiritual Father and you are not a citizen of the Kingdom of God, than Satan is your spiritual father and you live in his kingdom. You need to be saved. Only Jesus Christ the Anointed Savior, can do that. And He invites you to come to Him, because He loves you, and He will give you eternal life. Receive Him today, now.

John 12:31

 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

John 16:11

11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

2 Cor 4:4

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Matt 12:25-26

25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

John 8:43-45

43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 5:19

19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

Matt 7:16

16 By their fruit you will recognize them.

2 Cor 11:14-15

14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Rev 12:9,12

9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;

But woe to the earth and the sea,

because the devil has gone down to you!

He is filled with fury,

because he knows that his time is short."

It is obvious, that Satan is the spiritual father of his children who do his works in this world which is his kingdom.  This is why Jesus is calling us out of this world into His kingdom.

Col 1:12-14

12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption,  the forgiveness of sins.

Identification of citizens of Satan’s kingdom.

1 Cor 6:9-11

9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Gal 5:19-21

19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Eph 5:5-7

5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person — such a man is an idolater — has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.   6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them.

1 Cor 15:33

33 Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."

Satan’s religious children.

Matt 5:17-20

17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matt 7:21-23

21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

Matt 21:31-32

"I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

Matt 23:13-16

13 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. 

15 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

16 "Woe to you, blind guides!

Matt 23:23-34

23 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices — mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law — justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

27 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!

33 "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Luke 11:52

52 "Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering."

Matt 23:13

13 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. 

Matt 21:43

43 "Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

1 Tim 4:1-5

4 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

Heb 13:9

9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

Rom 14:17-18

17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Do not permit Satan to distract you from the Gospel Message of the Kingdom of God through man invented health and wellness messages. Intake of clean natural food that is consecrated by

the Word of God, is just reasonable temple maintenance, but it is not the gospel. In the Kingdom of God are only works of the King, He working in us and through us. So we do all things to glorify Him, by doing His will by His grace.

Satan’s rich children. 

Mark 10:23-25, 27

23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!"

24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, "Children, how hard it is  to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

"With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."

1 Tim 6:9-10

9 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 John 2:15-17

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does — comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

Jesus explains the meaning of the Kingdom of God.

Luke 17:20-21

20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;  21 nor will they say,'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."

This kingdom is not of this world. It is out of this world.  It is “Heavenly, Godly”. God is a spirit being, and so are all heavenly beings. Jesus became a physical being, anointed with the Spirit of God to introduce His Spiritual Kingdom in man. He, as the “Kingservant”, meaning the highest authority and greatest servant on earth. He transformed and enabled men to become citizens of His Eternal Kingdom.  What a mystery to solve! Only by experiencing it, one can understand it. Some people came close to it, but close winners are complete losers.

What fantastic news to bring to the world. God invites every individual personally to enter into His eternal kingdom and become a citizen and heir. Including you.

Mark 12:34

34 When Jesus saw that he [the law professor] had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God."

If you are only close to it, do not give up or rest until you are in it. You are either an insider or an outsider. It is God’s Will for you to be inside. And He promised that He will do it, unless you resist.

1 Thess 5:24

24 The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.  

This kingdom is not popular; not for the majority.

Matt 7:13-14

13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Luke 9:62

62 Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."

Luke 12:32-33

32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

Why is it, that only a minority will find the life in His Kingdom? God makes it available to all who seek it and make it their number one priority in their lives.

Luke 11:9

9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Matt 6:33-34

33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

James 1:5-8

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

Heb 11:6

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Faith is the foundation for our relationship with God.

Heb 11:6

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Heb 11:1

 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.  NLT

Christ is the originator, perfecter and finisher of our faith. The beginning, the end and all in between.

Heb 12:2

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Rom 10:14,15,17

14 But how shall they ask him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? 15 And how will anyone go and tell them unless someone sends him? That is what the Scriptures are talking about when they say, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Gospel of peace with God and bring glad tidings of good things." In other words, how welcome are those who come preaching God's Good News!

17 Yet faith comes from listening to the word of God

The Holy Spirit enlightens and sanctifies our spirits and makes the Word of God alive in us.

Rom 8:16

16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

The Spirit of God in us is like a sixth sense, and Faith is like a seventh sense which we receive when we are born of God. They enable us to perceive the invisible spirit universe which becomes reality to us by faith and experiential evidence. Through unbelief, the nation of Israel rejected God as their King. They wanted a visible King with a standing Army for their security.

1 Sam 8:7

7 And the Lord told him:  [Samuel]

they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods.

Our “Christian” nations and churches suffer from the same spiritual blindness. They cannot see by faith the ever present King who said “I will be with you every day”. So they organize hierarchies with their armies of brainwashed priests and ministers, the clergy, who through their “theonology “shut the kingdom of God in men’s faces”. Today the world has over 41,000 bickering and proselytizing “Christian” denominations. From the largest to the smallest, with few exceptions, each implying to be the only saving church. There is no saving church and church membership is no substitute for citizenship in the Kingdom of God. There is only one savior, our King. Only He knows whom He has saved. And He saves one individual at the time. You must be born of God to enter His Kingdom. In His kingdom are no denominations, no labels, no church manuals, no catechisms, no titles, no other authorities, only the gifts of services under our King-Servant,  “the Word of God” in all His citizens. Our loyalty is to Him. Displaced loyalty is spiritual adultery. You can have fellowship with God’s children in diverse organizations without becoming a denominational captive. You have been set free to love and serve anyone no matter what label men may have placed on them. When the spirit of the King resides in you, the Kingdom of God is in you. When you are in Christ the King, you are in the Kingdom of Heaven. There is no other label or name.

2 Tim 3:1-2,4,5

1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves…,

…lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

When the King is in you, His power is in you. Without His Power, there is only religion, lots of forms and rituals, long prayers and entertainment, beautiful speeches and dead works.  

The open Kingdom of Heaven.

John 1:51

 51 He then added, "I tell you  the truth, you  shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

1 Cor 2:14, 16

14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But we have the mind of Christ.

Matt 13:13

 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

When we are born of God’s spirit, we receive a new heart and a new mind. We are given life, because we were spiritually dead. We can see and hear what the world cannot, because when we were born of God we received our two new spiritual senses, holy spirit and faith, by which we are able to perceive the invisible things of the spirit in the power of our King.

Eph 2:1-7

2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

Life in the Kingdom of heaven enables us through our spirit given new senses to perceive that we are in the presence of God 24/7. Heaven is open. We are part of it. We are in the best company. We are seated with Christ in heavenly places. He is now our teacher. His spirit leads us into all truth.

John 6:43-46

43 "Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered. 44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.'  Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

1 John 2:27

27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit — just as it has taught you, remain in him.

We know that God, Jesus and angels take part in our daily lives. Our transformed lives are the evidence of the power of God’s Spirit in us. All heaven is still involved in loving, finding and saving the lost and we are part of it. Please consider again the revelation in the next text:

Heb 12:22-24

22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Zeph 3:14-17

14 Sing, O Daughter of Zion;

shout aloud, O Israel!

Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,

O Daughter of Jerusalem!

15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,

he has turned back your enemy.

The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;

never again will you fear any harm.

16 On that day they will say to Jerusalem,

"Do not fear, O Zion;

do not let your hands hang limp.

17 The Lord your God is with you,

he is mighty to save.

He will take great delight in you,

he will quiet you with his love,

He will rejoice over you with singing."

What a wonderful King. Amazing Grace.

Praying in His name and believing.

John 14:13-14

13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Learn to ask in His name, not in yours. If you end your prayer with the words “in Jesus name amen” it does not mean that your prayer itself was in His name. Ask how and what He asked for. Your Will be done in my life, as it is in heaven. To bring honor to our Father. He is delighted to reveal His will to you so that you know how and what to pray for.

If you have a sin in your life that you have not been able to overcome and your desire is to be freed from it, then do what the Lord said:  Name the sin, repent, ask for forgiveness and deliverance at this moment by faith, believe that you have received it. “Go and sin no more.” It is done. Remember, it is He who saves you, not you. He is able and willing to do it !00% in His Power. There is no sin in your life that He is not able to overcome in you.

1 John 1:9

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Mark 11:24

24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

NIV

Please note: This is “Prayer of Faith in His Name”. Believe that you have received it.

Matt 6:9-10

9 "This, then, is how you should pray:

"'Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

10 your kingdom come,

your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven….

This is not saying a beautiful prayer and repeating it over and over, babbling as the unbelievers who have not the real living  God, who gives always super abundantly. It means that you intensely, with all your heart desire it, right now and that you are willing to receive it at this moment.

If you are hungry and ask your parent for food, you speak in simple truth and are ready to receive it. You would not communicate with your mother in this fashion:”Blessed are thou, most beloved mother, supplier of all our needs, and I am hungry, you have never failed me nor forsaken me, and I am hungry, thou are the most generous mother in the whole world, and I am hungry …… amen”. Your mother would probably think you are practicing for some show biz and ignore you, or be afraid that you have lost your marbles.

Your prayers indicate what kind of a God you have. Is his hearing bad and his memory weak, or is he petrified so that you have to beg, lament and repeat, remind Him, and still not receive. When you are born of God’s spirit, He is your real loving Father 24/7 and knows what you need before you ask Him. Prayer is not a liturgy or ritual, it must be in spirit and in truth. He does not seek to be entertained by us, when we sing designers prayers to Him. He may tell us:

 Amos 5:21-24

21 "I hate, I despise your religious feasts;

I cannot stand your assemblies.

22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,

I will not accept them.

Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, 

I will have no regard for them.

23 Away with the noise of your songs!

I will not listen to the music of your harps.

24 But let justice roll on like a river,

righteousness like a never-failing stream!

If you are in love with your voice, do not in your need for recognition, distract others from their worship. God is not impressed by your highest or lowest notes.

Matt 6:7-9

 7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

8 "Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.  

33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.    [ All necessities  of life.]

What do we need to do in order to become citizens of this kingdom?

John 3:1-8

3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."

3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. "

4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"

5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit  gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'

All humanity enters this world being born “of the flesh” by our parents. We are of this world, carnal minded. Self is the center of our lives. Our nature is sinful and leads to death, no matter how good our philosophy, religion or ethics appear and how high we may have climbed the ladder of success in this world. If president, king, pope or pauper,  you must be born again!

How does this process of being born of the spirit of God begin and unfold?

It begins, unfolds and finishes with the Love and Grace of God, who is Spirit. Spirit communicates through words with us, the Word of God. He tells us, that He loves us.

John 3:16-18

16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

John 16:26-27

 I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

 You are flabbergasted to hear through His Word that the Almighty God of the universe loves you personally. You become interested and convinced that the life in the Kingdom of God and His principles are the most desirable for you. So you accept His invitation:

Matt 11:28-30

28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

You believe. You come.

Titus 3:3-8

3 At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good.

Rom 12:1-2

12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual  act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.

1 Peter 1:23

 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

God will prepare the “soil” of your heart, your inner self, if you let Him, so that the “seed”, the Word of God, can become part of you, grow and become fruitful.

Matt 13:3-9,18-23

3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop — a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 He who has ears, let him hear."

18 "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. 22 The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. 23 But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

What happens to your carnal mind and life?

Col 3:1-11

3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your  life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.   7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Rom 6:1-7

6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

5 If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with,  that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

Baptism in water is the symbol of burial of our former self that has died and the resurrection of our new self through the working of the holy spirit. Baptism without prior death and without the spirit just made the baptized wet.

Rom 6:11-12

 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Now sin is no longer natural in you. It would be like a foreign object in your body. Your whole organism becomes active in expelling it, with inflammation and suppuration. It hurts until it is removed. So it is when you discover sin in your new life. You hurt until it is gone.

Jesus taught us to pray, which means to live by faith with this constant desire:

Matt 6:9-10

9 "This, then, is how you should pray:

"'Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

10 your kingdom come,

your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Since you are born of God, He is your only spiritual Father. You cannot have God and Satan in your life. Your fervent desire is always to revere and honor Him in all your thoughts, words and deeds. Now, when His kingdom has come in you, His will is going to be done consciously and even automatically in your life, as it is in heaven. As a new citizen, you have in Christ received the heavenly eternal life and He will give you immortality at His return along with your new spiritual body. 

Now you are in the world, but no longer of the world. You are in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Col 1:13

13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Heb 12:22-24

22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

When God through Christ lives in us, all heaven has become the center of our lives. It is no longer a distant dream, but it has become a close reality. Our spiritual eyes perceive what the natural carnal mind is totally blind to. We experience every moment by faith the promise of our Master :

Matt 28:20

20 …. And “surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Are you enjoying the holy city life, with its spiritual streets, or means of communication between residents, of “pure gold, and transparent like glass”: truthful open and clear in love? Do you experience that the fruits of your lips have become like golden apples served on silver platters?

Prov 25:11

11 A word aptly spoken

is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

That is life in the Kingdom of God. Our king is a 24/7 present King who is Love, worthy to be worshiped.

1 Cor 2:9-10

9 However, as it is written:

"No eye has seen,

no ear has heard,

no mind has conceived

what God has prepared for those who love him" —

10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.

Acts 26:17-18

Jesus: “I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”

Phil 3:20-21

20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

John 18:36-37

36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."

Please note: Jesus the king and his servants do not fight in the physical battles of the world.

Eph 6:10-13

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

John 18:37

37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?"

Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

John 17:14

14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

John 15:19

19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

As a citizen of the Kingdom of God, your King is now the highest authority in your life. Your life, loyalty, love, obedience and devotion is completely for Him. You cannot serve two masters.

Matt.10:37

37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Luke 18:29-30

29 "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who had to leave home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God   30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."

Many children of God had to leave everything, including their families and spouses, because they were incarcerated, persecuted and martyred for their faith in Christ.

Col 1:18

18 And He is the head of the body, His assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

The glorious life in the Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Kingdom of Christ.

In relationship with God our Father and His Son Jesus, and all the heavenly host:

Matt 22:37

37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 

Luke 4:8

8 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.' "

John 4:21-24

21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

Worship [in Greek proskuneo] means total voluntary submission in obedience to the will of God, which is not limited to a certain time or place. Our worship is continuous, 24/7.

Heavenly worship consists of the two recurrent expressions: “Amen and Hallelujah.”

Amen means, yes so be it. Total agreement, harmony and submission with the will of God.

Hallelujah means the “eternal ceaseless thankfulness and praises to God.”

Rev 19:4

4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:

"Amen, Hallelujah!"

Rom 12:1-2

12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual  act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.

John 14:21,23,24

Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and reveal myself to him."

23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

When Christ lives in you, the Kingdom of God is in you and you have eternal life. When you are in Christ, you are in the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Heaven, the Kingdom of Christ. Abide in Him.

1 John 5:11-13

11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Col 1:15-20

15 He Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the assembly; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

In the kingdom of God, we are reconciled with God through His unfathomable gift in Jesus.

He loved us while we were His enemies. Even while He suffered the agonies of being crucified, He prayed for His enemies and saved a repenting sinner in His final moments.

He wanted to make sure that we would never doubt that the love of all heaven is securely ours.

We no longer carry the burden of guilt with its devastating consequences; neither do we hold anyone guilty for trespasses against us; because we have been enabled to forgive as we have been forgiven.  God in Christ in us. Both have made their permanent home in us.

 Now, living in our Father’s family with our best friend Jesus in the ever presence of our loving Father, we have a natural spiritual relationship by faith. Our communication is not artificial, designed by some poet or priest. We worship and speak in truth because we have become truth. He The Truth lives in us. In His Kingdom  He is the only authority. There are no catechisms, church hand books, doctrinal interpretations etc.; there is only the Word of God and that is written by the spirit into their hearts and minds. There is no other agenda but the King’s. He is the only head of His body, which is His community, where every member is individually connected and guided by the head. There is no other mediator.  He has never been an absentee Mediator and King. He is always present. It is noncitizen men that are the absentees.

1 Tim 2:5

5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Cor 11:3

3 Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,

The strategy of Satan and his servants has always been decapitation, to separate Jesus, the Head, from you, by bringing another authority between you and your King, in order to get control over you. These evil spirits have been very successful with their operation. ”The whole world is under the sway of the evil one”. [1.John 5:19]

Eph 4:15-16

5 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Matt 6:7-8

 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

8 "Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 

God does not like designer prayers. He likes the communication of your new heart that makes you tick by faith for Him.

Matt 7:9-11

9 "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

The “kingdom of God Life” also blesses us in our human relationships.

Matt 22:37-40

37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'   38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'   40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Matt 7:12

12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.  

1 John 4:19-21

19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Matt 5:44-46

44 But I tell you: Love your enemies  and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Children of God have no enemies in spite that others may consider us to be theirs. We have been enabled to forgive and forget as God forgave and remembers our sins no more.

Matt 6:12

12 Forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matt 6:14-15

14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matt 5:43-48

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor  and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies  and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

What a glorious life, to be reconciled with God and with everyone in our life.

With Jesus in the family, happy, happy home, we sing with our children. Because we understand that my spouse is a daughter or son of God, whom He enables me to love, respect and honor. He takes that assignment very personal. He said that what I say or do even to one of the least of His brethren, I have done to Him. Our children are His. He instructs and enables us to provide them with the atmosphere and environment of His kingdom of peace, joy and discipline.

Jesus wants to make sure you know, remember and live in that consciousness, that God is your Father who loves you, and you are His child, born of His spirit, to love others as He loves you.

Life in the Kingdom of God is in the Power of the King.

Satan has lost his power and control over you.

1 John 3:1-10

3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears,  we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

John 8:34-37

34 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Who is the Deliverer that sets you free? Jesus.

Is He willing to set you free from all your sins? Yes.

Is He able to do it completely? Yes.

Does He do anything less than 100%? No.

Are you willing and desiring that He sets you free right now? If your answer is yes, then repent for your sins, turn away from them, ask for forgiveness and freedom from sin by faith with full expectation in the power of God and thank Him that He has done it. By faith you know that the Savior that lives in you is greater than the deceiver, and He will keep you from falling. He will give you wisdom to avoid temptations and keep you away from such places and situations. Now you are His workmanship and He will transform you into His image. Do not limit His ability by your unbelief. “Go and sin no more” by His power.

1 John 1:9

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Jude 24-25

24 To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!

Mark 9:43-47

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.   45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.   47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

You will not listen to, look at, taste or touch what you know could temp you to sin.

2 Cor 3:18

18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect  the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Remember, God only has the right to identify what sin is. Let no human authority control your conscience with their invented rules and regulations. Sin is disobedience of God’s law.

1 John 3:4

4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

The purpose of suffering in the Kingdom of God.

In the life of the King:

Heb 2:10, 17-18

10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

17 For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Matt 26:36-38

36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."  37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."

Heb 5:8-10

8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest

Heb 2:9

9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Christ was sinless. But through His suffering He became complete as a merciful and faithful high priest. He was bearing all the sins of the world. He was homeless, endured all adversities and was acquainted with grief. He was rejected by the people He loved and came to save. He was called by the worst of names, mocked abused, tortured and killed. And He had done only good and was a blessing to all. We now can relate to him because we know He was one of us. He has walked in our shoes.

The blessings from suffering in our lives.

1 Peter 4:1

4 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Acts 14:21-23

 They preached the good news,… 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.

  

 1.Peter 2:20-25

But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

22 "Who committed no sin,

Nor was deceit found in His mouth";

23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

2 Cor 1:8-11, 3-7

8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

Rom 5:3-5

but we  also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Heb 12:5-11

5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:

"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,

and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,

and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." 

7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

James 1:2-5

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

2 Cor 12:7-10

7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

After his third request, Paul realized that the thorn in his flesh was his blessing from his King,

And he was thankful for it.

Matt 5:11-12

11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 9:23

23 Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Once you know that your cross is your blessing, you will bear it with thanksgiving. At times it may seem to heavy, but look up to your King, He will be your strength. Only blessings come from Him to His children.

The second coming of Christ

Matt 24:14

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come

John 14:3

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

Matt 24:30-31

 "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

1 Thess 4:13-18

13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.  

1 Cor 15:50-54

50 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

1 John 3:2-3

2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears,  we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Now we live in the Kingdom of God by faith and experience its spiritual blessings. At Christ’s second coming we receive our spiritual bodies and immortality. Then we will see our beloved King face to face.

1 Cor 13:12

12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1 Cor 15:42-44, 49-50

42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

49 And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

50 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable

Rev 11:15

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:

"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,

and he will reign for ever and ever."

Matt 24:44

44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

Luke 13:23-27

23 Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"

He said to them, 24 "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.'

"But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

26 "Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'

27 "But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'

Many do not enter the gate to the Kingdom while it is still open. They are delaying their decision until it is too late. There will be many regrets once the door is closed. Ask the King now to open your mind to comprehend the marvelous life in His Kingdom so you will not miss your opportunity to enter now.

Heb 3:7-8,13-15

7 So, as the Holy Spirit says:

"Today, if you hear his voice,

8 do not harden your hearts

13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first. 15 As has just been said:

"Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts.”

Love your King and be loyal to Him. He is always with you and for you. No one and nothing can take you out of His loving hands. He also will complete His work in you that He began.

Our Father does not want to lose any of His children and He loves you personally.

John 10:28-30

28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all ; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."

To be in our Father’s hand is the life in the Kingdom of God. When God is for us, who or what can succeed to be against us? All the love and power of heaven is with us and for us.

Rom 8:28-39

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,  who  have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:

"For your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,  neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                       God is love, He loves you.