When do you enter the kingdom? 9 Jan 2010

Initially the posing question was “when do you inherit the kingdom?” The next question should be: which kingdom? Are we referring to the kingdom of heaven or the kingdom of God?

It is clear from scripture that the kingdom of heaven is within God’s kingdom. There are real differences – unless you did some research, the subject would be confusing. Interesting that Kingdom denotes 2 meanings: basileia (rule, reign) and malkut (royal dominion, empire). The kingdom of God is all encompassing, universal inter-planetary, past/present/future, eternal in purpose and has God as king. There are New Testament indicators on how to be part of what God is doing right now: spiritual rebirth, Lordship, not all inherit it, seek first, laying down of your life, riches can hinder big time because of the bigger sacrifice, and more.

Which led us to talk about son-ship (co-relationship) and servant hood (co-laborer). What was God’s priority from the beginning in terms of reign? Complete rule has been usurped. If we choose to let something else reign, He cannot reign through us and His kingdom is not established.

We said goodbye to Ansie, who is off to Chennai, India to go to Discipleship Training School with Youth with a Mission for about 6 months. We also said goodbye to Alison, who is going to Malaysia also for about 6 months, to do a Member Care course, which will enable her to support/minister missionaries worldwide.

We have become a group of believers who have become family, united by kingdom truth and an honest desire to follow Yeshua. We are all witnessing how the group is journeying, each on their way to find meaningful purpose in the kingdom, each with their own game plan, designed by God Himself. Breathless!!