The kingdom of God and the world

(The kingdom of God and the world) Many church people say that the garden of Eden is their home. So they say that we must restore the garden of Eden. Human being is not born in the garden of Eden, was born in this world. The garden of Eden symbolizes the kingdom of God. The Bible says home is the Kingdom of God 『Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth for they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.』(Hebrews11:13-16) People try to understand the kingdom of God as a concept of land. The Bible explains the kingdom of God. Luke (17:20-21)『Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."』People are trying to understand the kingdom of God through the concept of land. But the concept of a nation includes land, people, and sovereignty. 『the kingdom of God is within you.』 The word『within』 includes two concepts『with and in』. First, the kingdom of God is in your spirit. The Holy Spirit is in the spirit of the repentant. God said in the Old Testament “I'm in the sanctuary and in the temple”. At that time people could not meet God because they were sinner who left God. So the priest kill the sheep with sacrifices that the people brought and the priest went out to God. Those who are associated with Jesus can go directly to God because Jesus is a sacrifice and he was a high priest. Therefore God's temple appears in the spirit of man that union with Jesus. 1 Corinthians (3:16)『Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?』God's Spirit is the Spirit of salvation. Who came the Holy Spirit of salvation in spirit become a people of God. So The Saints can worship God directly. John(4:20-24)『Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem." Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.』 Second, the kingdom of God is with you. The kingdom of God represents sovereignty in people. Matthew(18:15-20) explain the authority of the kingdom of God.『"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will bebound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."』 Authority is the authority of the judge. And The Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus Christ. This Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit of the comforter. The Holy Spirit of Salvation and the Holy Spirit of comforter are the same Holy Spirit. People are named differently in the order that the Holy Spirit appear to people. Third, we must understand the territory of the kingdom of God. This world is not the kingdom of God but the earth of satan. God allowed satan, having the power to rule this land until the final judgment. Matthew(8:29)『"What do you want with us, Son of God?" they shouted. "Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?" the appointed time is that the final judgment』 Satan had the ruler of the kingdom of the air but the territory of satan's dominion was restricted to the earth from the air by the resurrection of Jesus. Revelation(12:12) 『Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short."』Many people say that satan took possession of the dominion of the earth. But that is not what the Bible says. People say that satan took possession because Adam and Eve had sinned in the garden of Eden. God allowed that satan dominates the world. Luke(4:6) 『And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.』 The god of this world is satan. So God says at 1 John (2:15) 『Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.』God wants that the Garden of Eden to be restored, God waits for a sinner who has left God. God wants the sinner to repent and return. And God wants that they will restore the garden of Eden. Repentance to God means that Sin and evil are dying. We must realize that evil is our very own. So human being produces sin. People want to be forgiven of their sins to God without telling evil. It’s the opposite. Evil in my mind must die. Then God forgives sin to the repentant because of Jesus. Satan is desperately disturbing repentant such as 1 Peter (5:8)『Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.』 In this land, the kingdom of God is the church. The church is the place where the Saints gather. We call the saints who Holy Spirit come in the spirit. The temple is not a church building, but a saint. It does not matter to the number of saints. So saint can meet and worship God alone, saints can meet and worship God at home, school, company. Worship is not a form, is to confirm that saints are the servant of Jesus. 『The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation』But everyone sees when Jesus returns, Many people will regret not knowing the kingdom of God. The eyes of the flesh can not see the kingdom of God. Only those with the eyes of the Spirit can see it. John (3:5)『no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.』One must repent of leaving God, must return to God, have to match Jesus' cross with oneself, and deny the self from the bod. Because evil is hidden in the body. This is way how we can obey God's word.

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