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Why is the true gospel of
Jesus Christ neglected in
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professing Christianity?
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Why do we hear instead a
different gospel from that
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taught by Jesus, His
apostles, and first
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century Christianity?
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Why is the message
Jesus proclaimed for
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three-and-a-half years
ignored and forgotten?
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The answer to these
questions is simple.
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A substitute gospel
entered the professing
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Christian world shortly
after the early church
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began and the true message
of Jesus Christ has been
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supplanted ever since.
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But how can that be?
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Surely the messages heard
throughout the land on
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Sunday mornings must
be the same as Jesus
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proclaimed.
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Sadly, it's not true.
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Many of you viewing this
telecast read your Bible.
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You know what that
message is that Jesus
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proclaimed...
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or do you?
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Is it possible even
you have been deceived.
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I give you this
challenge today.
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Look into what the Bible
says and compare it with
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the message you think
Jesus preached during His
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ministry.
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Because I can almost guarantee
that the true gospel of
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Jesus Christ has not
been preached in the
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denomination
you grew up in.
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Does that sound too brash,
too arrogant, to say?
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Is it too politically
incorrect to tell you the
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truth?
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As we often repeat on this
program, don't believe us
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just because we say it.
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And don't believe your
minister or priest just
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because he says it.
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Prove it for yourself,
right out of the pages of
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your Bible.
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So if you want to hear
what the true gospel is,
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stay with me.
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I’ll be back in
five seconds.
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♪
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A warm welcome to all of
you from all of us here at
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Tomorrow’s World.
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The true gospel that
Jesus taught is not being
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preached in mainstream
professing Christian churches.
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Now I know that is a bold
statement and I don't expect
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you to believe it without biblical proof.
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If the gospel you've been
hearing is not the same as
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that proclaimed by Jesus,
and if you can prove for
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yourself from the pages of the
Bible, what will you do
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about it?
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Think about it.
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A Christian is supposed to
be one who follows Christ,
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so who will you follow?
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Christ?
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A popular denomination,
a charismatic teacher,
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family tradition?
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Will you continue
attending the “Church of
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your choice,” if it's
not proclaiming the gospel
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brought by Jesus, or will
you take another path?
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This is a serious question
that may call for
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courageous action.
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How important is it to
understand, and believe,
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not just any gospel,
but the true gospel?
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Notice what Jesus said at
the very beginning of His
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ministry, as recorded in
Mark 1:14-15...
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"Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee,
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preaching the gospel of
the kingdom of God, and
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saying, “The time is
fulfilled, and the kingdom
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of God is at hand.
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Repent, and believe in
the gospel.”
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Yes, that’s a command straight from Jesus: “Repent, and
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believe in the gospel.”
But how can you believe in
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something if you've never
been taught what it is?
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Oh, but you are
not deceived.
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You know what
that message was.
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Don't be too sure, because
you're not hearing it in
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mainstream Christianity.
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So, what is that message?
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Do you care to know?
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Or are you comfortable
with a counterfeit, just
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as the first century
Corinthians were?
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Notice how the Apostle
Paul soundly corrected
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them for their
careless attitude in
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2 Corinthians 11:3-4.
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"But I fear, lest somehow,
as the serpent deceived
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Eve by his craftiness,
so your minds may be
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corrupted from the
simplicity that is in
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Christ.
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For if he who comes
preaches another Jesus
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whom we have not preached,
or if you receive a
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different spirit which you
have not received, or a
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different gospel which you have not accepted--[he says] you may
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well put up with it!"
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Wow.
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A different Jesus, a
different spirit, and a
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different gospel.
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If the Corinthians could
be deceived, to whom the
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great apostle to the
Gentiles was sent, how
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about you?
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Is it possible that you
too could be fooled?
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Could you be worshiping
a different Jesus and
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believing a different
message from the one He
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proclaimed during His
three-and-a-half year
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ministry?
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Paul did not care about
political correctness.
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He called out these
deceivers for what they
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were in verses 13-15:
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"For such are false apostles, deceitful
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workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
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And no wonder!
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For Satan himself
transforms himself into an
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angel of light.
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Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also
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transform themselves
into ministers of righteousness,
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whose end will be according to their works."
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No, these
ministers did not look
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evil, but they appeared
as ministers of
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righteousness.
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And do we think it is
any different today?
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There are a lot of
charismatic preachers in
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our world.
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Many are kind-hearted
and do lots of wonderful
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works--feeding the poor,
carrying on campaigns to
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“bring people to Christ,”
but here is what Jesus
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said in Luke 6:46...
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"But why do you call Me “Lord, Lord,” and not do the
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things which I say?"
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Notice He also said this in Matthew 7:22-23...
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"Many will say to Me in that
day, “Lord, Lord, have we
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not prophesied in Your
name, cast out demons in
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Your name, and done many
wonders in Your name?”
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And then I will declare to
them, “I never knew you;
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depart from Me, you who
practice lawlessness!”
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Many people claim Jesus
to be their Lord and Master.
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It’s easy to claim Him as
Master, but not so easy to
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live as though He
were your master.
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The Apostle John dealt
with the same issue of
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people professing to know
Christ, but living their
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own way.
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Have you ever been asked,
“Do you know the Lord?”
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How do you answer
that question? Well, here's
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how John answers it in chapter 2 of his first letter:
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"Now by this we
know that we know Him, if
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we keep His commandments.
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He who says, “I know Him,”
and does not keep His
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commandments, is a liar,
and the truth is not in him.
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But whoever keeps His
word, truly the love of
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God is perfected in him.
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By this we know
that we are in Him.
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He who says he abides in
Him ought himself also to
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walk just as He walked."
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Now circling back, what were the two commandments
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Jesus gave at the beginning of His ministry?
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"Repent, and believe in
the gospel.”
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But how can you believe in something you've never heard?
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I understand that it is
shocking to hear that the
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true gospel of Jesus
Christ is not taught in
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professing
Christianity today.
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That is why I’m
challenging you to prove
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it for yourself from
the pages of the Bible.
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The Apostle Paul said
anyone preaching another
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gospel is under a curse.
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Therefore, it's vital for
you to know exactly what
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it was that Jesus and the
first century apostles
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taught.
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Welcome back.
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Why is it that people
refuse to believe what
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Jesus said? Why is it that
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so few are willing to simply read the scriptures
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and understand them for what they say? As we saw
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earlier in the program, Mark tells us that Jesus gave
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two commandments at the beginning
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of His ministry:
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"Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
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But what
is that gospel?
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Before the break, I told
you that I would show you
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in His own words,
what Jesus said He came to
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earth to proclaim.
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So here it is in
Luke 4:42-43...
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"Now when it was day, He departed and went
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into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him
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and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving
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them; but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom
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of God to the other cities also, because for this
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purpose I have been sent.”"
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Yes, for this
purpose He was sent, and
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the message He was to
proclaim was the Kingdom
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of God.
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So what is the
Kingdom of God?
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Do you know?
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Does it matter?
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Absolutely, according
to the Apostle Paul.
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Here’s what He wrote to
the people of Galatia,
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chapter 1, verse 6:
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"I marvel that you are turning away so soon from
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Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a
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different gospel, which is not another; but there are
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some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
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But even if we, or an
angel from heaven, preach
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any other gospel to you
than what we have preached
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to you, let him be
accursed."
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So what was
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it that Paul taught?
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Was it the same gospel
Jesus proclaimed, or was
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it a different message?
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At the very end of the
book of Acts, where we
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find the Apostle in Roman
custody, long after he
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brought the truth to the
people of Galatia, here is
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what we read in chapter
28 and in verse 23:
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"So when they [that is, the Jews in Rome] had appointed him
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a day, many came to him at
his lodging, to whom he
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explained and solemnly
testified of the kingdom
11:34.860 --> 11:38.631
of God, persuading them
concerning Jesus from both
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the Law of Moses and the
Prophets, from morning
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till evening."
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Notice that while he taught them about Jesus and how He
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was the fulfillment of many prophecies, his testimony
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involved the same message
Jesus was
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sent to proclaim--the Kingdom
of God.
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Now notice verses 30 and
31--the last two verses
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found in the book of Acts:
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"Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented
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house, and received all who came to him, preaching
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the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern
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the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence,
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no one forbidding him."
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So what
exactly is this Kingdom
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of God that Jesus and the
early apostles taught?
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Some think of it as a nice
sentiment--something set up
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in the hearts of men.
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Many think the church in
today’s evil world is the
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Kingdom of God.
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Others think it is
about going to heaven.
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And as outrageous as it
may sound today, some people
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once thought the British
Empire was the Kingdom of God.
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None of these are correct.
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But, the Kingdom Jesus
proclaimed was not a
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sentiment in one’s heart.
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It was not about
going to heaven.
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It was not the church.
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And it was not about
Christianity taking over
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the world.
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It was a message about a
very real kingdom set up
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on this earth with a King,
with territory, subjects,
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and laws.
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We'll see that in the next
segment of this program
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right from the pages of the
Bible, but I want to offer
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leaves no doubt as to what
Jesus and the early church
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taught, nor exactly
what that Kingdom is.
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The gospel of Jesus
Christ--the good news that
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He proclaimed for
three-and-a-half years
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prior to His
crucifixion--the same
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gospel that His original
apostles and first
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century Church
of God taught--
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is not the message
heard in mainstream
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churches today.
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So far, we've only looked
at a few of the dozens of
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scriptures proving
this point.
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We've seen that a substitute
gospel was extant even
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in the early years of
the Church, but the true
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gospel was, without a
doubt, about the
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Kingdom of God.
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So it’s time to see, what
exactly is that Kingdom of God.
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It's self-evident that
a kingdom is a government
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which must have four
elements: A King,
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subjects, territory, and laws.
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Does the Bible tell us about such a kingdom?
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The answer is yes, it does.
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Beginning in Daniel
2 we read of an
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unusual dream given to
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
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The prophet Daniel was
given understanding and
15:14.513 --> 15:17.683
explained to the king that
the giant image he saw in
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his dream represented four
great empires that would
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arise in the area of
the Middle East and the
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Mediterranean.
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The first was that of Nebuchadnezzar’s
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Chaldean empire.
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Then history shows it
was followed by the
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Medo-Persian, the
Greco-Macedonian, and the
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Roman empires.
15:36.902 --> 15:39.938
This last empire would
continue in one revival
15:40.005 --> 15:42.708
after another until the
end of the age when the
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God of heaven would
set up a Kingdom.
15:45.644 --> 15:48.280
Let’s pick up the story in
verse 44:
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"And in the days
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of these kings the God
of heaven will set up a
15:52.217 --> 15:55.988
kingdom which shall never
be destroyed; and the
15:56.055 --> 15:59.024
kingdom shall not be left
to other people; it shall
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break in pieces and
consume all these
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kingdoms, and it shall
stand forever."
16:05.864 --> 16:09.234
These same four kingdoms are
described in Daniel 7, but
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instead of a giant
image of a man, they are
16:12.171 --> 16:15.741
depicted in greater detail
in the form of four wild
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beasts.
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And again, the last one
continues down to the end
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of the age. Daniel 7 and
verse 27:
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"Then the kingdom and dominion,
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And the greatness of the
kingdoms under the whole
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heaven, Shall be given to
the people, the saints of
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the Most High.
16:32.758 --> 16:35.961
His kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, And
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all dominions shall serve
and obey Him."
16:39.431 --> 16:42.634
Jesus elaborated on this
kingdom in His parables.
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And as we have already
seen earlier in this
16:45.804 --> 16:46.505
program, He said:
16:46.572 --> 16:47.806
"I must preach the kingdom of
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God to the other cities also,
because for this
16:51.443 --> 16:56.882
purpose I have been sent." That's in Luke 4:43.
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Do you realize, my friends, that
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Jesus gave us the answer
to all four elements of
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this divine kingdom?
17:03.522 --> 17:06.725
He explained: who would be
the king of the kingdom,
17:06.792 --> 17:09.528
who the subjects
of the kingdom would be,
17:09.595 --> 17:12.531
where the kingdom would be
located, and what would be
17:12.598 --> 17:15.167
the laws governing
the kingdom.
17:15.234 --> 17:17.436
In the remainder of this
program, let’s look at
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each one, beginning with
Who would be the King of
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the Kingdom.
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The prophet Isaiah
prophesied of Him in this
17:24.810 --> 17:29.615
famous passage found in the 9th
chapter and verses 6 and 7:
17:29.681 --> 17:32.418
"For unto us a Child is born,
17:32.484 --> 17:34.753
Unto us a Son is given; And
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the government will be upon
17:36.288 --> 17:38.123
His shoulder. And His name will
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be called Wonderful, Counselor,
17:40.692 --> 17:42.761
Mighty God, Everlasting
17:42.828 --> 17:45.664
Father, Prince of Peace.
17:45.731 --> 17:46.632
Of the increase of His
17:46.698 --> 17:47.966
government and peace There
17:48.033 --> 17:49.568
will be no end, Upon the
17:49.635 --> 17:51.670
throne of David and over
17:51.737 --> 17:53.672
His kingdom, To order
17:53.739 --> 17:55.174
it and establish it with
17:55.240 --> 17:57.176
judgment and justice From
17:57.242 --> 18:00.412
that time forward, even forever.
18:00.479 --> 18:01.780
The zeal of the Lord of
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hosts will perform this."
18:04.082 --> 18:06.752
This was a clear reference
to the One who would come to
18:06.819 --> 18:09.521
set up a literal
government on earth.
18:09.588 --> 18:12.424
Many passages point us
to none other than Jesus
18:12.491 --> 18:16.829
Christ as that King,
but let’s look at one of them.
18:16.895 --> 18:18.964
When Jesus
appeared before Pilate,
18:19.031 --> 18:22.100
he asked Him a very
direct question, and Jesus
18:22.167 --> 18:25.003
gave him a very direct answer.
18:25.070 --> 18:28.173
John 18:37...
18:28.240 --> 18:32.544
"Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”
18:32.611 --> 18:36.982
Jesus answered, “You say
rightly that I am a king.
18:37.049 --> 18:40.185
For this cause I was born,
and for this cause I have
18:40.252 --> 18:42.187
come into the world....”
18:42.254 --> 18:44.256
But how do we know that
this was not
18:44.323 --> 18:45.958
figurative language?
18:46.024 --> 18:48.393
Did Jesus mean it
was a real kingdom?
18:48.460 --> 18:51.897
And where would it be set
up--in heaven, or on earth?
18:51.964 --> 18:54.933
And who would be the
subjects of this kingdom?
18:55.000 --> 18:57.803
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19:41.580 --> 19:44.616
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19:44.683 --> 19:47.419
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As we've seen in the
previous segments, the
20:57.356 --> 21:00.425
message Jesus proclaimed
for three-and-a-half years
21:00.492 --> 21:03.829
prior to His crucifixion,
was that of the Kingdom of
21:03.895 --> 21:04.997
God.
21:05.063 --> 21:07.199
And that was the same
message preached by His
21:07.265 --> 21:10.235
apostles and first
century Christians.
21:10.302 --> 21:13.305
Now before the break I said
we will look at where that
21:13.372 --> 21:16.775
kingdom will be set up,
who will be its subjects,
21:16.842 --> 21:20.012
and what will be the laws
governing that kingdom.
21:20.078 --> 21:23.382
One of Jesus’ most famous
parables is found in Luke,
21:23.448 --> 21:24.983
the 19th chapter.
21:25.050 --> 21:27.853
He gave it in response
to a misunderstanding.
21:27.919 --> 21:30.522
Let's notice it, beginning in verse 11:
21:30.589 --> 21:32.524
"Now as they heard these things,
21:32.591 --> 21:35.460
He spoke another parable,
because He was near
21:35.527 --> 21:38.897
Jerusalem and because they
thought the kingdom of God
21:38.964 --> 21:41.566
would appear immediately."
21:41.633 --> 21:44.269
There was no question that
He spoke about the kingdom
21:44.336 --> 21:48.073
to be set up--it was
only a matter of when.
21:48.140 --> 21:50.609
So in response to their
lack of understanding, He
21:50.676 --> 21:52.644
begins by representing
Himself as
21:52.711 --> 21:55.047
a nobleman on a mission:
21:55.113 --> 21:57.716
"Therefore He
said: “A certain nobleman
21:57.783 --> 22:00.652
went into a far country
to receive for himself a
22:00.719 --> 22:03.121
kingdom and to return.”
22:03.188 --> 22:06.124
Now notice that He states here that He would receive
22:06.191 --> 22:09.294
a kingdom and return.
22:09.361 --> 22:13.432
We read of Him being crowned in a future coronation ceremony
22:13.498 --> 22:18.470
in Daniel 7, and verses 13-14:
22:18.537 --> 22:20.372
"I was
watching in the night
22:20.439 --> 22:23.575
visions, And behold,
One like the Son of Man,
22:23.642 --> 22:25.577
Coming with the
clouds of heaven!
22:25.644 --> 22:28.113
He came to the Ancient of
Days, And they brought Him
22:28.180 --> 22:29.915
near before Him.
22:29.981 --> 22:33.652
Then to Him was given dominion and glory [and note this]
22:33.719 --> 22:36.555
and a kingdom, That all peoples,
22:36.621 --> 22:39.658
nations, and languages should serve Him.
22:39.725 --> 22:42.561
His dominion is an
everlasting dominion,
22:42.627 --> 22:46.164
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
22:46.231 --> 22:48.900
Which shall not
be destroyed."
22:48.967 --> 22:51.269
Now back to the
parable of the minas.
22:51.336 --> 22:54.372
What are His servants
to do until He returns?
22:54.439 --> 22:57.843
Are they to live out their
lives with nothing to do?
22:57.909 --> 23:00.912
Or are they--are we--expected to grow in
23:00.979 --> 23:04.182
grace and knowledge and to do His work? Let's notice
23:04.249 --> 23:08.820
Luke 19 once again, this time beginning in verse 13...
23:08.887 --> 23:11.423
"So he called ten of his
servants, delivered to
23:11.490 --> 23:15.026
them ten minas, and said
to them, “Do business till
23:15.093 --> 23:16.161
I come..."
23:16.228 --> 23:19.064
And so it was that when he
returned, having received
23:19.131 --> 23:22.167
the kingdom, he then
commanded these servants,
23:22.234 --> 23:24.236
to whom he had given the
money, to be called to
23:24.302 --> 23:27.005
him, that he might know
how much every man had
23:27.072 --> 23:29.074
gained by trading.
23:29.141 --> 23:32.310
Then came the first,
saying, “Master, your mina
23:32.377 --> 23:35.547
has earned ten minas.”
And he said to him, “Well
23:35.614 --> 23:38.750
done, good servant;
because you were faithful
23:38.817 --> 23:43.054
in a very little, have
authority over ten cities.”
23:43.121 --> 23:46.358
Yes, Jesus was
born to become a king.
23:46.424 --> 23:49.394
He came 2,000 years ago
proclaiming the message
23:49.461 --> 23:53.365
about His coming Kingdom
and to give His life a
23:53.431 --> 23:55.167
ransom for many.
23:55.233 --> 23:58.503
He gave parables showing
that we can be born into
23:58.570 --> 24:01.873
that Kingdom by the
resurrection from the dead
24:01.940 --> 24:04.209
and we can rule with Him.
24:04.276 --> 24:07.345
We must be changed from
physical to spirit, as
24:07.412 --> 24:11.883
clearly stated in 1
Corinthians 15:50...
24:11.950 --> 24:16.221
"Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot
24:16.288 --> 24:19.391
inherit the kingdom of
God; nor does corruption
24:19.457 --> 24:21.827
inherit incorruption.
24:21.893 --> 24:24.896
... For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
24:24.963 --> 24:28.567
and this mortal must
put on immortality."
24:28.633 --> 24:32.037
One must be born into the
Kingdom of God, no longer
24:32.103 --> 24:33.839
flesh and blood.
24:33.905 --> 24:35.340
But then what?
24:35.407 --> 24:37.976
Where are those cities
that God’s servants will
24:38.043 --> 24:40.779
rule over--the ones spoken
of by Jesus in the
24:40.846 --> 24:42.714
parable of the minas?
24:42.781 --> 24:45.283
Are those cities in heaven?
24:45.350 --> 24:47.452
Not according
to your Bible.
24:47.519 --> 24:51.223
Not according to Revelation the 5th chapter and verse 10:
24:51.289 --> 24:54.993
"And have made us kings and
priests to our God; and we
24:55.060 --> 24:58.063
shall reign on the earth."
24:58.129 --> 24:59.798
But who
will they rule over?
24:59.865 --> 25:02.734
Who are these subjects?
25:02.801 --> 25:05.203
Notice in Zechariah the 14th chapter...
25:05.270 --> 25:07.973
"And it shall come to pass
that everyone who is left
25:08.039 --> 25:10.642
of all the nations which
came against Jerusalem
25:10.709 --> 25:14.379
shall go up from year to
year to worship the King,
25:14.446 --> 25:17.349
the LORD of hosts, and
to keep the Feast of
25:17.415 --> 25:19.417
Tabernacles."
25:19.484 --> 25:22.420
Read all of Zechariah
14 and you'll see that
25:22.487 --> 25:25.490
these subjects will be
flesh and blood human
25:25.557 --> 25:28.860
beings who survive the
great tribulation and the
25:28.927 --> 25:30.262
day of the LORD.
25:30.328 --> 25:33.231
These are not servants
of God up in heaven, but
25:33.298 --> 25:35.934
carnally minded
individuals who will learn
25:36.001 --> 25:39.037
God’s perfect way and
also have a chance for
25:39.104 --> 25:41.306
salvation just as we have.
25:41.373 --> 25:44.542
In summary: The King of
the kingdom will be Jesus
25:44.609 --> 25:49.014
Christ, as we saw in Luke 19:12.
25:49.080 --> 25:54.352
The territory will be here on earth--Revelation 5:10.
25:54.419 --> 25:59.991
The subjects will be flesh and blood humans--Zechariah 14:16.
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And the laws of God will govern Christ’s Kingdom--Matthew 19:17.
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26:42.000 --> 26:45.270
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