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TITLE: Thy Kingdom Come. 04/21/2018 By Gloria Pierre Dean 04/21/18 |
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"Thy Kingdom come to earth as it is in heaven,” said Jesus as He prayed to His Father.
The earthlings slowly realized that they needed to change their capacity.
"Capacity for what?" you may ask.
Capacity to receive. Firstly, to receive a King, but a King comes with Authority, an Emissary and Ambassadors.
Spiritually and physically the earthlings had been living under punitive laws, but they were humanly unable to keep the Laws perfectly as they were written. So lawlessness reigned. No one was holy enough!
In despair, they created leaders like judges who would lead and punish offences.
They formed groups like the Pharisees and Sadducees who policed their every act.
Even their gowned priests of Levi were flawed.
The earthlings’ hearts were dark and they despaired of ever seeing the Light that they had been promised by Isaiah.
"For unto us a Child is born, Unto us, a Son is given, And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace.There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice. From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
{9:6-7 (NKJV)}
So long ago, a Light was promised to this people.
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness, a light has dawned. {Isaiah 9:2}
He would rule justly and cause their society and the world to function in love, righteousness and in peace.
As God promised, one day The Light came, but it was not as they expected.
The Light came humbly, born in a stable and made little impact for thirty or more years until it was noticed that He was different. He walked everywhere except on the one occasion when he used a colt; not the noble horse but a humble donkey.
News and rumours trickled out of Nazareth, Galilee and Bethany about a Man who did only good and He loved people. He loved men and women and children. He did not issue Laws. He broke the Sabbath.
He was not a long-haired hermit who wore strange clothes. He was a man who did no wrong and He lived with people. He had normal hard working parents. He ate and drank with sinners, He healed the sick, raised dead people to life, and cast out demons. In fact, demons were afraid of him because they recognized Him as the Only Son of God.
The earthlings were now in the time of Grace- ".....by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." -{Ephesians 2:8}
"The goodness and loving kindness of God" is a synonym for Jesus. "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works"{Titus 2:11-14}.
So, the Kingdom came to earth and thousands of years later it remains!
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