THE KINGDOM OF GOD

MICHEL ANGELO'S
​"THE CREATION OF MAN"
Notice that God and His children
are inside a human heart!

20 "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation:

21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."

Heavenly Father, thank you thank you thank you for Your many blessings in my life. We are weak, so thank you for being strong. Thank you for Your Word that says, Ask and I will show you great and mighty things, and thank you for Your words to me. Let Your words and Your Will always be mine, and let Your children with eyes and ears, see and hear. Hallelujah! Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.

Something that God has put heavy on my heart recently is 'The Kingdom of God.' In fact, as I started to write this blog, and I typed the title above, 'The Kingdom of God,' it seemed familiar, and I felt I had just typed a blog with the same title, and, sure enough, I did, on February 3, 2022, which you can read here.

As He usually does, however, God kept pouring out information into my spirit, even giving me further word on it through a prophet, after I had already written about it on February 3. God is truly amazing and truly works in mysterious ways. Praise God. Hallelujah! Amen.

So, what about 'The Kingdom of God'? I mean, I was aware of a kingdom of heaven and a kingdom of God in the Bible. When I first read the Bible, I guess I felt, thought, assumed, that the kingdom of heaven and kingdom of God was the same thing. Then, I realized, or learned (God showed me), that 'The Kingdom of God' is within you:

"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21.

I mean, we have all read or heard that, but, even so, what does it really mean?

In my desire to understand God and His Word over the last couple of years, God has put some videos in my path about physics, our universe, and God's Word. See those videos here and here. These videos show that God's Word is alive; our words are alive; the Bible is real and explains the worlds in terms a five-year-old can understand; and, also, that our bodies are partially energy, which can never be destroyed, only transformed, as God's Word tells us, from one glory to more glory, in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah! Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.

Still, though, what is 'The Kingdom of God'? The Kingdom of God is God's Power, His 'Choicest Grace.' 1 Corinthians 12:31

Now, 'grace' is one of those words in the Bible that I really did not understand until recently. I think it was even a bit frustrating to me, not to fully understand it, and to keep reading Scripture about God's graces, because, let's face it, if you cannot understand the words, then they are just words. I thank God for waking me up from Satan's blindness to God's Power. This awakening comes in stages, not all at once, and, of course, you do not realize you were blinded until you actually see!

​GRACE

Definition of grace (Merriam-Webster)

1a: unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification

b: a virtue coming from God

c: a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine assistance

SANCTIFY

Definition of sanctify (Merriam-Webster)

1: to set apart to a sacred purpose or to religious use : CONSECRATE

2: to free from sin : PURIFY


So, 'grace' means we were freed from sin and set apart for God's sacred purpose, not because we earned it, but a favor from God, for no other reason than He loved us.

Now, when Jesus told the Pharisee in Mark 12:34 that he was 'not far from the Kingdom of God,' it was because the Pharisee knew the words about loving God and loving others as yourself, but he did not have God's Power ... of doing and being like Christ.

"For 'The Kingdom of God' is not in word, but in power." 1 Corinthians 4:20

'The Kingdom of God' is not in word. It is not in saying, talking, and telling others: 'Love God and love your neighbor as yourself.' 

'The Kingdom of God' is in power, in doing, in being like Christ, loving God, and loving everyone, unselfishly.

Definition of power (Merriam-Webster)

1a(1): ability to act or produce an effect.

'The Kingdom of God' is in power, 'the ability to act or produce an effect,' an unselfish love, not in word, or talking, or preaching, but in doing and being, like Christ.

The Divine Kingdom

"In the days of those [final ten] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left for another people; but it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever." Daniel 2:44

God IS setting up 'His kingdom,' which is His children, believers, who are awakening to the Power of God, 'The Kingdom of God' within them! The kingdom will be turned over to Jesus, and Jesus gave only two commandments, which now give new meaning to me about what I have been saying for the last couple of years. I even made a meme about it (see below), which is that Jesus gave two commandments 'which could change the world':  love God and love your neighbor as yourself.

Scripturally, and literally, that is exactly what the two commandments are intended to do: ​Change the world!

By realizing God's Power in being and doing His 'Choicest Grace,' unselfish love, and thereby receiving 'The Kingdom of God' within us, we WILL change the world around us, and darkness will literally flee! Hallelujah! Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.

So, believers, who have repented, turned away from sin, and brought into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ:

• ​Are members of the body of Christ by the grace (favor) of God.

 

• Are each, individually, 'temples of God,' and the Spirit of God dwells in us. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17​

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• And, finally, not last and certainly not least, Are children of the Most High God, and His kingdom, 'The Kingdom of God,' is available for all mankind, who desire and seek God's 'Choicest Grace,' not in word, but in power, which is doing and being, unselfishly loving, like Christ!

Are you talking . . . or doing?

"For 'The Kingdom of God' is not in word, but in power." 1 Corinthians 4:20

Not by saying ..... but by doing. Not by words, but by power, God's Power.

James 1

21 "So get rid of all uncleanness and all that remains of wickedness, and with a humble spirit receive the word [of God] which is implanted [actually rooted in your heart], which is able to save your souls.

22 But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth].

23 For if anyone only listens to the word without obeying it, he is like a man who looks very carefully at his natural face in a mirror;

24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately forgets what he looked like. 

25 But he who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and faithfully abides by it, not having become a [careless] listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he will be blessed and favored by God in what he does [in his life of obedience]."

God Bless each and every one of you! Jesus loves you, and so do I!

​Awaken!

​Amen.