KINGDOM OF HEAVEN:
Myles Monroe, speaking on his book, Rediscovering the Kingdom, knocked our socks off! You know when you hear revelation knowledge because you blend it in with the Word of God as you read it over and over again and the revelation knowledge received from the Holy Spirit, you just know, because you know, because you know the Word is truth. I am including my own revelation with it also.
Jesus talked about the Kingdom of Heaven. We usually hear nothing about the Kingdom of Heaven. In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. About six thousand years ago Adam disobeyed God. Genesis 1:26 says Let us make man in our own image—let them have dominion—man there is plural, it means a species of man in our own image— Let them have dominion- it means a species of five colours of dust: yellow, white, black, red and brown. In Hebrew it is “ish”. This species possesses the DNA of God. This species had dominion, a domain and a rulership or a King, therefore it was called a domain and was ruled, so a KINGDOM. In the beginning God created everything; He spoke it into existence. Let us make man...God built a domain for a Kingdom (a ruler or king for a domain). When Adam disobeyed, Adam lost the Kingdom. Jesus came to replace, to restore, what man lost. Matthew 24:17. After Jesus was in the wilderness for 40 days the Holy Spirit anointed Him and the first thing Jesus said was Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
In the Bahamas and in Canada, it is a democracy. There is no democracy in the Kingdom of Heaven. In the Kingdom of Heaven there is no vote. In a democracy the people have a vote. In a democracy there is a Constitution which really was created by people. In the Kingdom of Heaven, the Constitution is the Law of the Lord. In a Kingdom, there is a King. In a democracy there is a Prime Minister or a President. In a democracy the people can make the laws and amendments to the laws. In the Kingdom of God, the King makes the Law. His Word stands forever.
For instance, Jesus says adultery is a sin. You cannot change the law. Jesus says perversion is a sin. In a democracy the people will say God has to catch up with our way of progressive thinking and an alternative lifestyle is okay. Theologians get together and change what they want but Jesus law cannot be changed. The gay churches, for instance, are no concern of mine, really. These churches are not in the Kingdom of Heaven they are in the kingdom of the domain of the world, ruled by satan. That is why Jesus came into this world to give us Grace; He died for the whole world's sin and whosoever will repent (turn away from their sin, acknowledge their need for the blood to cleanse them and give them a New Heart and a New Mind that needs to be filled with the Word of God) He has already saved them. There is no sin so wicked that Jesus has not died for it (just go through the Old Testament: Judges and Kings to get some perspective on that). God is willing that none perish and demands repentance.
Why do you think it took so long, about 4000 years for Jesus to come to restore man back? Well, ideas and concepts have to have a prototype. Every government from Adam's time to the time of Jesus, would have war and the government would conquer the people, invade and the territory would be uprooted and slaves would be taken and they would be taken to the conqueror's country. But the Roman government (a prototype) would subdue the people in their own countries and would send a governor; the Head would be in Italy and the governors would be in the conquered countries. Rome ruled the whole world, a powerful system. When in Rome do as the Romans do. So now we have a prototype: so in the fullness of time when everything was right, a King was sent from the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus prayed Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on EARTH as IT IS in Heaven. So just like in Heaven there is a government, now Jesus puts Himself on Earth.
Did you know where Jesus saw the greatest FAITH? Remember the Roman centurion? He understood what it is to rule over soldiers, so he said to Jesus You don't have to go to my servant who is sick, just SAY THE WORD, and my servant will be healed.
The Kingdom man is Jesus. He has power and authority just like the governor would have had in Bahamas from the King of England. The Kingdom on earth is spiritual as it is in Heaven. You can see the fruit of it also.
So now you know that we are Ambassadors of Christ Jesus. Let me tell you that an Ambassador of Christ is not a person. An Ambassador of Christ is an embodiment of a country. An Ambassador is a country—An Ambassador is a walking country! Say, there is an Ambassador from Mexico in Canada. The Ambassador from Mexico in Canada pays no mortgage, car, gas, groceries, children's tuition, because the country of Mexico pays it all. An Ambassador of a country pays no bills. The government of a country is represented completely by its Ambassador. That's why Jesus said to the disciples: Have no THOUGHT what you shall eat or what you shall drink...wear, etc. Just go about your Father's business! Let's put it this way: If a citizen slaps another citizen, it is an assault; if a citizen slaps an Ambassador, it is an “international incident”. You know what Jesus said about anyone that offends you: It would be better if a rope was tied around his neck and thrown into the sea. Vengeance is mine, God said.
An Ambassador is conferred by the Ruler, the King; There is no appointment by vote. Jesus said that He confers on you the Kingdom. I chose you, you did not choose me. The Government of the Kingdom of Heaven is totally responsible for you. Mortgage, gas bills, all your bills are paid, the car, the chauffeur, are paid. Why? SO THAT THE AMBASSADOR GOES ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS. So now we go about our Father's business. The disciples were right, only the pagans worry (pagan means religious, devout); they worry. But you, you seek first the Kingdom of God, righteousness, peace and joy, in the Holy Ghost, and all these things will be added to you.We are going about our Father's business. We are Kingdom people, saints. The whole Bible was written to saints. We are born-again, kings and priests. In a democracy, people vote. In the Kingdom of Heaven, King Jesus has the WORD, first and last. In a democracy people change laws; in the Kingdom of Heaven, the Law cannot be changed. In the Kingdom of Heaven we obey the King; in a democracy, the people disagree with the government. In the Kingdom of Heaven we cannot; what God commands, goes.
The King's purpose is to have a territory on earth like Him. The Kingdom appoints administrators. We cannot counsel a King. A King is not a religious leader. Jesus is the anointed King. When Jesus asked Peter who he thought Jesus was, Peter said You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. We, as Ambassadors, who are born-again, who have repented and accepted and are baptized into Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, are to turn the world into a country that looks like Heaven, to administer the revelation knowledge that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. We are the salt of the earth; when you see wrong done, you are to do the right thing. When my niece came to borrow some money to have an abortion, I said to her I will keep the baby but her mother, my sister, heard about it and kept her grandson. He is a PEACEKEEPER now, really! You are the yeast, you infect the whole world.
The Roman government brought Rome to the whole world, corrupt as it was. We, as Ambassadors of Christ bring righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost by giving the Holy Ghost to the world for Jesus to save. We are to impact this world for GOOD. Rome did not take the conquered people as slaves to Rome. Rome appointed Governors over the conquered people. Religion, like Rome, had members. The Kingdom of God has citizens and it's citizenship is in Heaven. We are in the world, but not of it. When we repent and accept Jesus, we are born-again; the language, the ORIGINAL LANGUAGE of our Kingdom citizenship is TONGUES. You are reconnected to your original language and country, Heaven. It is your original language back. Your mind is unfruitful if it does not have its original language and country. The first thing Jesus restored was the Holy Ghost with tongues.
A King is never voted in; He is born a King; He is Sovereign; He cannot be counselled; King makes laws; The King owns His country; The President of a country does not own a country. The King is a permanent owner. The water, the trees, land, minerals, belong to the King. The King is the owner; Master, Jehovah, Adonai. The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Jesus is the King and Lord. He can do anything He want to. He is the King. Herod, a king, was so afraid of this King that he killed all the babies, two years old and under, to destroy Him, Jesus who was born a King, announced to the world by angels to shepherds in a field and to kings of the East who traveled near and far to bow down to Him. Our Queen, at her Coronation, took her crown and placed it at the Alter. Even the Queen is subject to our King Jesus. And, also, it is a type; we will take our crowns and place them at the feet of Jesus when we are raptured (snatched away to forever be with Him).
A king can become king only if his father dies. God is never going to die. Right now Jesus is a Prince in Heaven. He has made us kings and priests before Him and He gave us an earth suit and we are now kings. So now He is the King (Jesus) of kings (us); a King has a domain (Psalm 115). The earth belongs to the children of men. As Lord (Jesus) of lords (us), we become His heirs, co- heirs to rule and reign with Him, to co-own His land. He is Lord of us, landlords. Lord of lords.
This revelation totally changed my life: He did it all; He restored me; He saved me; He delivered me; He healed me; He gave me gifts of the Holy Spirit; He is awesome. He did it all.
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