Question 42: What benefit is there for us in the kingdom ruled by Christ?

 Question 42: What benefit is there for us in the kingdom ruled by Christ?


Answer: It is the benefit that through Him our conscience is freed from sin and filled with His spiritual richness, enabling us to live a righteous and holy life, and that we come to possess the ability to overcome the enemies of our souls: the devil, sin, the flesh, and the world.

The kingdom ruled by Christ is the Kingdom of God (Heaven) that dwells within the hearts of the saints. Therefore, the saints become the people of the Kingdom of God, and Jesus Christ returns into the hearts of the saints to establish the Millennium Kingdom.
The saints who establish the Millennium Kingdom are freed from sin and, as righteous people, carry out God's will, which is to preach the gospel to others so that they too may establish the Kingdom of God.

Although the saint obtains resurrected life and establishes the Kingdom of Heaven, the thorn of the flesh of the old self remains hidden within the spirit. This means that even though one has become a new person, the old self still lingers. Just as the Israelites had to end their wilderness journey, enter Canaan, and fight the Canaanites to drive them out, the saint, too, must fight and overcome the physical body that is themselves. Spiritual warfare continues until the physical body dies. When the saint overcomes the physical body, they enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but when they succumb to the physical body, they experience hell. Therefore, the saint must always remain awake through spiritual growth.

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