What's Up With The Kingdom Of Heaven?

[Alive]

He transferred us from where to where!

Amen. I see the Israelites tsking the land a piece at a time as a type of the Lord twking territory in our hearts and lives.

Chasing out the idolatries.

[Alive]

Our sanctification. This is where our saved and being saved comes to play.

Edited April 1, 2022 by Alive

[Michael37]

5 minutes ago, Alive said:

He transferred us from where to where!

Amen. I see the Israelites tsking the land a piece at a time as a type of the Lord twking territory in our hearts and lives.

Chasing out the idolatries.

 

4 minutes ago, Alive said:

Our sanctification. This is where our saved and being saved comes to play.

Territory surrounded by a wall of faith.

[Alive]

1 minute ago, Michael37 said:

 

Territory surrounded by a wall of faith.

And the Gracious love and mercy of a Father and Big Brother…we are adopted and given full sonship.

Profound. These are the things the Lord has so graciously occupied me with since the first days long ago.

Honestly, and for good reason, I am at best an unfaithful servant, but He is faithful.

Crushed by His Hand and not quite babbling incoherently…..His Mercy. Our God is amazing in His Person.

[Michael37]

Recently while working outside with my radio headphones on, the regular broadcast of a familiar preacher caused me to listen intently, the subject being "Whose Kingdom Are You Building?".

The gist of the message was that if said preacher were to spend a few days with us would he come to the conclusion that we are building our own kingdom or God's.

Although this preacher is a gifted speaker, and his illustrations and analogies were really interesting, the more I thought about his message the less settled with its Scriptural basis I became, and at length I began questioning whether the Bible teaches that we must build God's Kingdom.

Any takers . . .?

[Marilyn C]

28 minutes ago, Michael37 said:

Recently while working outside with my radio headphones on, the regular broadcast of a familiar preacher caused me to listen intently, the subject being "Whose Kingdom Are You Building?".

The gist of the message was that if said preacher were to spend a few days with us would he come to the conclusion that we are building our own kingdom or God's.

Although this preacher is a gifted speaker, and his illustrations and analogies were really interesting, the more I thought about his message the less settled with its Scriptural basis I became, and at length I began questioning whether the Bible teaches that we must build God's Kingdom.

Any takers . . .?

Note - we don`t build any kingdom. The Lord is building His body. His kingdom is over all and He never gave any of it away. He is just dealing with rebellious ones. 

As to the `kingdom of heaven.` Daniel tells us that it is the rule(kingdom) of the Lord (of heaven) is through Israel in the millennium. (Dan. 2: 44 & 7: 27) In the Matt. 13 parables Jesus is just confirming the promises to Israel. (Rom. 15: 8)  

[farouk]

16 minutes ago, Marilyn C said:

Note - we don`t build any kingdom. The Lord is building His body. His kingdom is over all and He never gave any of it away. He is just dealing with rebellious ones. 

As to the `kingdom of heaven.` Daniel tells us that it is the rule(kingdom) of the Lord (of heaven) is through Israel in the millennium. (Dan. 2: 44 & 7: 27) In the Matt. 13 parables Jesus is just confirming the promises to Israel. (Rom. 15: 8)  

Hi @Marilyn C It's good for readers to figure that Ephesians 1 is talking about the church. When 'Jew...Gentile...' and the 'church of God' are jumbled up in ppl's minds, then chaotic understanding can result.