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Katididaustralia 66F
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12/22/2014 7:35 pm
Have Unshakable Faith In The Kingdom


This is a rather long and deep article and so I pray you will take the extra time to read, study and ponder on its significance.

1Corinthians 3:1-3 So, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to fleshly men, as to infants in Christ. I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet strong enough. In fact, neither are you strong enough now, for you are still fleshly. Since there are jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and are you not walking as men do?
Hebrews 5:11-6:2 We have much to say about him, and it is difficult to explain, because you have become dull in your hearing. For although by now you should be teachers, you again need someone to teach you from the beginning the elementary things of the sacred pronouncements of God, and you have gone back to needing milk, not solid food. For everyone who continues to feed on milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is a young . But solid food belongs to mature people, to those who through use have their powers of discernment trained to distinguish both right and wrong.
Therefore, now that we have moved beyond the primary doctrine about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying a foundation again, namely, repentance from dead works and faith in God, the teaching on baptisms and the laying on of the hands, the resurrection of the dead and everlasting judgment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
God's Kingdom is the only solution to all our problems.
We find great comfort in the hope that the kingdom provides us.
How strong, though, is your conviction that the Kingdom is a reality that will accomplish its intended purpose?
What basis is there for us to have unshakable faith in the Kingdom?

Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the assured expectation of what is hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities that are not seen

The Messianic Kingdom is an arrangement established by the Almighty Himself to accomplish His purpose regarding His creation. The Kingdom is based on an unshakable foundation - Jehovah's absolute right to rule. important aspects of the Kingdom - its king, His co-rulers, the domain of their rule - have all been legally established by means of covenants, that is, by legal contracts or arrangements in which one of the binding parties is either God or His , Jesus Christ.
Reflecting on these covenants will enhance our understanding of how God's purpose is sure to become a reality and will help us to see how stable this arrangement is.

The Bible refers to 6 primary covenants that relate to the Messianic Kingdom in the hands of Christ Jesus. They are:-
1. The Abrahamic covenant
Parties: Jehovah and Abraham
Purpose: It forms a legal basis for the "offspring" of "the woman" of Genesis 3:15 to rule in the Kingdom;
2. The Mosaic Law covenant
Parties: Jehovah and natural Israel
Purpose: It protects the "offspring" and leads humans to the messiah;
3. The Davidic covenant
Parties: Jehovah and David
Purpose: It establishes that the Messianic king will come from David's line and that what the Kingdom accomplishes will be everlasting;
4. The covenant for a priest like Melchizedek
Parties: Jehovah and Jesus
Purpose: It provides a legal arrangement for Jesus - the primary part of the woman's offspring: - to be king and priest forever;
5. The New covenant
Parties: Jehovah and spiritual Israel
Purpose: It provides a legal basis for 144,000 Christians to be adopted as sons of God and to form the secondary part of the "offspring"; and,
6. The Kingdom covenant
Parties: Jesus and spiritual Israel
Purpose: It legally joins anointed Christians with Christ to rule as kings and serve as priest in heaven.

Let us examine how each covenant relates to the kingdom and advances the outworking of God's purpose for the Earth and for mankind.

A Promise Reveals How God's Purpose Will Be Fulfilled
After preparing our beautiful planet for human habitation, Jehovah issued three decrees regarding humans:-
1. Our God would create mankind in His image;
2. Humans were to expand Paradise globally and fill the Earth with righteous offspring; and,
3. Humans were prohibited from eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. (Genesis 1:26, 28; 2:16+17)
There was no need for anything more. After the creation of man, adherence to the other two decrees was all that was necessary to have God's purpose fulfilled. How then did the need for covenants arise?

In a villainous attempt to thwart God's purpose, satan the devil instigated a rebellion. He did so by focusing his attention on the decree he could most easily influence - the one that required obedience on the part of man - so he tempted the first woman, Eve, to disobey the prohibition regarding the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. (Genesis 3:1-5) In doing so, satan challenged God's right to rule over His creation. Later, satan also imputed selfish motives to God's loyal servants. (Job 1:9-11; 2:4+5)

How would Jehovah respond to satan's challenge in Eden? Destroying the rebels would, indeed, bring an end to their rebellion but it would also mean that God's expressed purpose to have the Earth filled with obedient descendants of Adam and Eve would go unfulfilled. Rather than executing the rebels right then and there, the wise Creator responded with a profound prophecy. - the Edenic promise - to ensure that every detail of His world would come true.
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head, and you will strike him in the heel.

By means of the Edenic promise, Jehovah passed judgement on the serpent and its offspring representing satan and all those who would take his side on the issue of God's right to rule.
The true God gave to the offspring of His heavenly woman the authority to destroy satan. Thus, the Edenic promise not only emphasized that the instigator of the rebellion in the garden of Eden and all ill effects of his action would be done away with but also identifies the means by which this would take place.

Who would the woman's offspring prove to be? Since the offspring is to crush the serpent's head, that is, "bring to nothing" the spirit creature satan, the offspring would have to be a spirit person. (Hebrews 2:14) Therefore, the woman giving birth to the offspring would also be of a spiritual nature. While the offspring of the serpent proliferated, the identity of the offspring and the woman remained a mystery for almost 4,000 years after Jehovah gave the Edenic promise. Meanwhile, Jehovah made several covenants that identify the offspring and assure His servants that the offspring would be the means by which God would undo the disaster that satan had brought on the human family.

A Covenant Identifies The Offspring
Some two millenniums after passing sentence on satan, Jehovah commanded the patriarch Abraham to leave his home in Ur in Mesopotamia and go to the land of Canaan. (Acts 7:2+3) Jehovah said to him: "Go out from your land and away from your relatives and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will become a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who calls down evil on you, and all the families of the ground will certainly be blessed by means of you." (Genesis 12:1-3) This is the earliest recorded account of the Abrahamic covenant - the covenant that Jehovah God made with Abraham. Exactly when it was that Jehovah first made the covenant with Abraham is not known. However, it went into effect in 1943 B.C.E., when 75 year old Abraham left Haran and crossed the Euphrates River.

Jehovah restated His promise to Abraham a number of times, adding further details (Genesis 13:15-17; 17:1-8, 16) and when Abraham demonstrated unshakable faith in God's promises by showing willingness to offer up his only , Jehovah reinforced the covenant with an unconditional promise.
Genesis 22:15-18 And Jehovah’s angel called to Abraham a second time from the heavens, saying: “‘By myself I swear,’ declares Jehovah, ‘that because you have done this and you have not withheld your , your only one, I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the grains of sand on the seashore, and your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies. And by means of your offspring all nations of the earth will obtain a blessing for themselves because you have listened to my voice.
Hebrews 11:17+18 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, as good as offered up Isaac—the man who had gladly received the promises attempted to offer up his only-begotten — although it had been said to him: “What will be called your offspring will be through Isaac.
After the Abrahamic covenant went into effect, Jehovah gradually revealed important details about the offspring of the woman. The offspring would:-
1. Descend from Abraham;
2. Would be many in number;
3. Would have a kingly function;
4. Would destroy all enemies; and,
5. Would be a blessing for many others.

While the Abrahamic covenant had a literal fulfillment for the descendants of Abraham when they inherited the Promised Land, the Scriptures show that the terms of that covenant also have a spiritual fulfillment.
Galatians 4:22-30 it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant girl and one by the free woman but the one by the servant girl was actually born through natural descent and the other by the free woman through a promise. These things may be taken as a symbolic drama; for these women mean two covenants, the one from Mount Sinai, which bears for slavery and which is Ha′gar. Now Ha′gar means Sinai, a mountain in Arabia, and she corresponds with the Jerusalem today, for she is in slavery with her . But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written: “Be glad, you barren woman who does not give birth; break into joyful shouting, you woman who does not have birth pains; for the of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of her who has the husband.” Now you, brothers, are of the promise the same as Isaac was. But just as then the one born through natural descent began persecuting the one born through spirit, so also now. Nevertheless, what does the scripture say? “Drive out the servant girl and her , for the of the servant girl will by no means be an heir with the of the free woman.
In this greater fulfillment, as the apostle Paul explained under inspiration, the primary part of the offspring of Abraham is Christ and the secondary part refers to the 144,000 spirit-anointed Christians.
Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “and to your descendants,” in the sense of many. Rather, it says, “and to your offspring,” in the sense of one, who is Christ
Galatians 3:29 Moreover, if you belong to Christ, you are really Abraham’s offspring, heirs with reference to a promise.
Revelations 5:9+10 And they sing a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, for you were slaughtered and with your blood you bought people for God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and you made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are to rule as kings over the earth.”
Revelations 14:1 Then I saw, and look! the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who have his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads
The woman producing the offspring is none other than "the Jerusalem above" - the heavenly part of God's organization, made up of loyal spirit creatures. (Galatians 4:26, 31) As the Abrahamic covenant promised, the offspring of the woman would bring blessings to mankind.

The Abrahamic covenant points to the King and to His co-rulers in God's Kingdom and it forms the legal foundation of the Kingdom of the heavens. (Hebrews 6:13-18) How long will this covenant stay in effect? It is "an everlasting covenant," states Genesis 17:Seven. It remains in effect until the Messianic Kingdom destroys God's enemies and all the families of the Earth have been blessed. (1 Corinthians 15:23-26) In fact, those who will then live on Earth will benefit in an everlasting way. God's covenant with Abraham shows that Jehovah is determined to fulfill His purpose that righteous humans "fill the earth"! (Genesis 1:28)

A Covenant To Ensure That The Kingdom Will Last
The Edenic promise and the Abrahamic covenant establish the vital point that Jehovah's sovereignty as expressed through the Messianic Kingdom is solidly based on God's righteous standards. (Psalm 89:14) Will the Messianic government ever become corrupt and therefore have to be eliminated? Another legal covenant guarantees that this will never happen.
Consider what Jehovah promised King David of ancient Israel by means of the Davidic covenant.
2Samuel 7:12 When your days come to an end and you are laid to rest with your forefathers, then I will raise up your offspring after you, your own , and I will firmly establish his kingdom.
2Samuel 7:16 Your house and your kingdom will be secure forever before you; your throne will be firmly established forever
Jehovah made this covenant with David during David's reign in Jerusalem, promising him that he Messiah would be his descendant. (Luke 1:30-33) Thus, Jehovah further narrowed the line of descent of the offspring and established that an heir of David would have "the legal right" to the throne of the Messianic Kingdom. (Ezekiel 21:25-27) Through Jesus, David's kingship "will be firmly established forever." Indeed, David's offspring "will endure forever; his throne will endure like the sun." (Psalm 89:34-37) Yes, the messiah's rule will never become corrupt and its accomplishments will last forever!

A Covenant Fills The Need For A Priestly Function
While the Abrahamic covenant and the Davidic covenant make it certain that the offspring of the woman would have a kingly function, that role alone would not suffice to bring blessing to people of all nations. For them to be truly blessed, they would have to be freed from their sinful state and brought into Jehovah's universal family. To accomplish this requires that the offspring also serve in a priestly capacity. The wise Creator provided for this by means of another legal arrangement, the covenant for a priest like Melchizedek.
Jehovah revealed through King David that He would make a personal covenant with Jesus with a twofold objective:-
1. To have Him "sit at God's right hand" until He subdues His enemies;and,
2. To be "a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek."
Psalm 110:1+2Jehovah declared to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
Until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.” Jehovah will extend the scepter of your power out of Zion, saying: “Go subduing in the midst of your enemies."
Psalm 110:4 Jehovah has sworn an oath, and he will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek."
Why "in the manner of Melchizedek"? Because long before any descendants of Abraham inherited the Promised Land, Melchizedek, the king of Salem (later Jerusalem), served as "priest of the Most High God." (Hebrews 7:1-3) He was directly appointed by Jehovah to do so. He is the only one mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures who served as both a king and a priest. Moreover, since he was without a recorded predecessor or successor, he can be called "a priest for all time," or forever.

Jesus is directly appointed to be a priest by means of this personal covenant that Jehovah made with Him, and He will remain "a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek." (Hebrew 5:4-6) This clearly shows that Jehovah has legally bound Himself to use the Messianic Kingdom to accomplish His original purpose concerning humans on Earth.

Covenants Form A Legal Basis For The Kingdom
As we look at the covenants we have considered, we can see how they relate to the Messianic Kingdom and how the Kingdom arrangement is solidly based on legal contracts. The Edenic promise binds Jehovah to fulfill His purpose regarding the Earth and mankind by means of the offspring of "the woman." Who would the offspring be, and in what capacity would that offspring serve? The Abrahamic covenant provides the framework for all of this.

The Davidic covenant further narrows the line of descent of the primary part of the offspring and gives Him the right to rule over the Earth so that the accomplishments for the kingdom will be everlasting. The covenant for a priest like Melchizedek becomes the basis for the offspring to serve in a priestly capacity. Jesus will not be alone in raising mankind to perfection, however. Others are also anointed to serve as kings and priest. Where would they come from?

You Will Become "A Kingdom Of Priests"
Exodus 19:6 You will become to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
How intense would the enmity between satan and "the woman" be? It would be so bad that the serpent would stop at nothing to obliterate "the woman's" offspring. It is no wonder that the psalmist cried out in prayer to God about His chosen people":
Psalm 83:2-4 "Look! Your enemies are in an uproar; those who hate you act arrogantly. With cunning they secretly plot against your people; they conspire against your treasured ones. They say: "Come, let us annihilate them as a nation."
The line of descent of the offspring of "the woman" had to be protected from extermination and contamination. to accomplish this, Jehovah made further binding legal arrangements that would protect the fulfillment of His purpose.

A Covenant That Protects The Offspring
As the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob multiplied into the millions,
Jehovah made a nation out of them - the nation of ancient Israel. Through Moses, Jehovah concluded a unique national covenant with them by giving them the Law, and the nation of Israel agreed to the terms of the covenant. The Bible relates:
Exodus 24: 3-8 Then Moses came and related to the people all the words of Jehovah and all the judicial decisions, and all the people answered with one voice: “All the words that Jehovah has spoken, we are willing to do.” So Moses wrote down all the words of Jehovah. Then he got up early in the morning and built at the foot of the mountain an altar and 12 pillars corresponding to the 12 tribes of Israel. After that he sent young Israelite men, and they offered up burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as communion sacrifices to Jehovah. Then Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said: “All that Jehovah has spoken we are willing to do, and we will be obedient.” So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said: “This is the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you in harmony with all these words.

The Law covenant went into effect at Mount Sinai in 1513 B.C.E. By means of that covenant, the ancient nation of Israel was set apart as God's chosen nation. Jehovah now became 'their Judge, their Lawgiver and their King.' (Isaiah 33:22) The history of Israel provides a record of what happens when God's righteous standards are either observed or ignored. Since the Law forbade intermarrying with pagans and participation in false worship, it was designed to prevent Abraham's line of descent from being contaminated. (Exodus 20:4-6; 34:12-16)

The Law covenant also provided an arrangement for a priesthood, foreshadowing a greater arrangement in the future. (Hebrews 7:1; 10:1) In fact, through that covenant, Israel had a unique opportunity and privilege to become "a kingdom of priest," provided they met the stipulation to obey Jehovah's laws.
Exodus 19:5+6 Now if you will strictly obey my voice and keep my covenant, you will certainly become my special property out of all peoples, for the whole earth belongs to me. You will become to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”
Israel, however, failed to meet this requirement. Instead of esteeming the arrival of the Messiah, the primary part of Abraham's offspring, the nation rejected Him. Consequently, God rejected that nation.

Israel's failure to remain faithful to Jehovah and thus supply all those who would make up a kingdom of priest did not mean that the Law had failed. The Law was to protect the offspring and lead humans to the Messiah. Once the Christ came and was identified, the Law's role was realized. "Christ is the end of the Law," states the Bible. (Romans 10:4) The question, though, remains: Who would then have the opportunity to become a Kingdom of priest? Jehovah God provided another legal contract to form a new nation.

A New Nation Comes Into Existence
Long before the Law covenant was canceled, Jehovah foretold through the prophet Jeremiah that He would make with the nation of Israel "a new covenant"
Jeremiah 31:31-33 “Look! The days are coming,” declares Jehovah, “when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day I took hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, ‘my covenant that they broke, although I was their true master,’ declares Jehovah.”  “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares Jehovah. “I will put my law within them, and in their heart I will write it. And I will become their God, and they will become my people.”  “And they will no longer teach each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Jehovah!’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them,” declares Jehovah. “For I will forgive their error, and I will no longer remember their sin.”
That covenant would be unlike the Law covenant in that it would make possible the forgiveness of sins without the need for animal sacrifices. How would it do that?

Centuries later, Jesus instituted the Lord's evening Meal on Nisan 14, 33C.E. Speaking of the cup of wine, He told His 11 faithful apostles:
Luke 22:20 Also, he did the same with the cup after they had the evening meal, saying: “This cup means the new covenant by virtue of my blood, which is to be poured out in your behalf."
Matthew's account quotes Jesus as saying regarding the wine:
Matthew 26:27+28 And taking a cup, he offered thanks and gave it to them, saying: “Drink out of it, all of you, for this means my ‘blood of the covenant,’ which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins"

Jesus' shed blood validates the New covenant. That blood also makes possible the forgiveness of sins once and for all time. Jesus is not a party to the new covenant. Being without sin, He needs no forgiveness but God could apply the value of Jesus' shed blood to Adam's descendants. He could also adopt certain devoted humans "as sons" by anointing them with holy spirit.
Romans 8:14-17 For all who are led by God’s spirit are indeed God’s sons. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery causing fear again, but you received a spirit of adoption as sons, by which spirit we cry out: “Abba, Father!” The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s . If, then, we are , we are also heirs—heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ—provided we suffer together so that we may also be glorified together.
Being considered to be without sin in God's eyes, they would in a sense be like Jesus, the sinless of God. These anointed ones would become "joint heirs with Christ" and have the opportunity of becoming "a kingdom of priest." This was a privilege that the nation of Israel under the Law could have had. Concerning the "joint heirs with Christ," the apostle Peter stated:
1Peter 2:9+10 But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for special possession, that you should declare abroad the excellencies” of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. For you were once not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not been shown mercy, but now you have received mercy.
How vital the new covenant is! It enables Jesus' disciples to become the secondary part of Abraham's offspring.

The New Covenant Goes Into Effect
When did the New covenant go into effect? Not when Jesus made reference to it on His last night on Earth. For it to go into operation, Jesus' blood had to be poured out and its value had to be presented to Jehovah in heaven. Moreover, the holy spirit needed to be poured out on those who would be "joint heirs with Christ." Hence, the new covenant went into effect at Pentecost 33C.E. when Jesus' loyal disciples were anointed with holy spirit.

Though the former Law covenant was in a sense made "obsolete" when Jehovah announced through Jeremiah that He would conclude a New covenant with Israel, it did not actually end until the New covenant went into effect. (Hebrews 8:13) When that happened, God could view both Jewish and uncircumcised Gentile believers in the same light, since their "circumcision is that of the heart by spirit and not by a written code." (Romans 2:29) By concluding the New covenant with them, God would put His laws "in their mind, and in their hearts (He would) write them." (Hebrews 8:10) The total number of those in the New covenant would be 144,000, making up a new nation - "the Israel of God" - spiritual Israel. (Galatians 6:16; Revelations 14:1,4)

How do the Law covenant and the New covenant compare? The Law covenant was between Jehovah and natural Israel; the New covenant is between Jehovah and spiritual Israel. Moses was the mediator of the former covenant; Jesus is the Mediator of the New covenant. The Law covenant was validated by means of animal blood; the New covenant was validated by the shed blood of Jesus and the nation of Israel was organized through the Law covenant under Moses; those in the New covenant are organized under Jesus - the Head of the congregation (Ephesians 1:22)

The New covenant relates to the Kingdom in that it produces a holy nation that has the privilege of becoming kings and priests in that heavenly Kingdom. That nation constitutes the secondary part of Abraham's offspring. (Galatians 3:29) The New covenant thus reinforces the Abrahamic covenant.

One more aspect of the Kingdom remains to be established. The New covenant produces spiritual Israel and provides the basis for its members to become "joint heirs with Christ." A binding legal arrangement, however, is needed to allow them to join Jesus in His Kingdom as kings and priest in heaven.

A Covenant That Allows Others To Rule With Christ
After instituting the Lord's Evening Meal, Jesus made a covenant with His faithful disciples, often referred to as the Kingdom covenant
Luke 22:28-30 “However, you are the ones who have stuck with me in my trials; and I make a covenant with you, just as my Father has made a covenant with me, for a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones to judge the 12 tribes of Israel.
Unlike other covenants, in which Jehovah is one of the parties to the covenant, this is a personal covenant between Jesus and His anointed followers. When saying, "just as my Father has made a covenant with me," Jesus was apparently alluding to the covenant that Jehovah had made with Him to be " a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek." (Hebrews 5:5+6)

The 11 faithful apostles had 'stuck with Jesus in His trials' The Kingdom covenant assured them that they would be with Him in heaven and sit on thrones to rule as kings and serve as priests. However, those 11 would not be the only ones to have that privilege. The glorified Jesus appeared to the apostle John in a vision and said:
Revelations 3:21 To the one who conquers I will grant to sit down with me on my throne, just as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Thus, the Kingdom covenant is made with the 144,000 anointed Christians. (Revelations 5:9+10; 7:4) This is the covenant that forms a legal basis for them to rule with Jesus in heaven. This is similar to a bride from a noble family who might marry a ruling king and come into position to share in his ruling power. In fact, the Scriptures refer to anointed Christians as "the bride" of Christ, "a chaste virgin" promised in marriage to the Christ. (Revelations 19:Seven+8; 12:9; 2Corinthians 11:2)

Have Unshakable Faith In God's Kingdom
All the covenants that we have considered relate to one or more vital aspects of the Kingdom. This fact emphasized that the Kingdom arrangement is solidly based on legal contracts. We thus have powerful reason to put our full trust in the Messianic Kingdom as the instrument that God is using to make His original purpose for the Earth and mankind a reality.
Revelations 11:15 The seventh angel blew his trumpet. And there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever."
Can there be any doubt that what the Kingdom accomplishes will result in lasting blessing for mankind? With complete confidence, we can firmly proclaim that God's Kingdom is the only permanent solution to all mankind's problems. May we zealously share that truth with others.
Matthew 24:14 And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come
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I hope you have enjoyed studying this article as much as I did. It so wonderfully puts so many pieces into place and provides so much spiritual food for thought and meditation..

Love,
Katidid.