What is the Kingdom of God ?
Pr Jeremie Manirakiza ()
Pr. Jeremie Manirakiza, from Burundi, East Africa, is a man of God, a true son that truly preaches the Gospel of the Kingdom - Josimar Salum
The Kingdom of God is the rule of Christ over the whole creation.
Jesus reigns over the entire universe and upon the earth as well forever.
“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will have no end. Luke 1:28-37.
Jesus did not come on earth to plant churches and denominations. The purpose of Jesus was to come to establish a kingdom and rule over it eternally. And He, in the Kingdom, is building the Church that the gates of hell will not prevail against.
How do we enter the Kingdom of God ?
When we are born again, we are given the right to become children of God and to become citizens of the Kingdom of God.
Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless they are born again. " (John 3:3)
The gospel of the salvation versus the Gospel of the Kingdom.
Some preachers preach the gospel of salvation, which is only a small part of the message. The gospel of salvation is focused mostly on the fact that Jesus paid for our sin. It is wonderful, but it is just the basic of it. It puts its emphasis on heaven and rapture. According to them, we are saved to go to heaven. According to them Jesus will rapture us and we will escape earth to be taken away to heaven.
In fact, they really have a tendency to escape the reality of this world.
When Jesus was praying for his disciples, he said this: "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." (John 17:15)
Jesus taught us to pray His will: “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.” Philippians 3:20-21
Observe carefully that the Holy Spirit says that our citizenship in heaven, FROM WHICH we also eagerly wait for the Savior.
The Kingdom Gospel is the message of faith. It is the message of the cross. It is the message of Christ Jesus making all of His disciples not only sons of God but kings and priests.
The message that invites us to live a life for Christ, to bring his Kingdom down and to accomplish his will on earth, to apply the kingdom principles in all aspects of life and to introduce the kingdom culture not only in the church but in the marketplace.
Consequently, the Kingdom message will transform society as are the Salt of the Earth and the Light of the world and will disciple people that will like us shall submit under the authority of Christ.
“To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever Amen.” Revelation 1:5-6
“Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever! Revelation 11:15
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