This occured to me profoundly yesterday. I hate, yes truly hate, China's CCP disregard for human life and lack of compassion towards other living things. But WHAT IF WE HAVE BEEN CONNED JUST LIKE WE ARE ABOUT RUSSIA RIGHT NOW, ABOUT WHO ARE ENEMIES ARE. Our worst enemies are in our own government and always have been. Helluva revelation.
The world is undergoing a great division: (good) sheep from the goats, the wheat from the chaff.
It's not about if this country or that country is good, or bad, or a friend or an enemy. The era of the nation has been superseded. Now, it's about WHO is in control of this country or that country. For our enemies are in all countries, in all societies, in all communities. And our allies are in all countries, in all societies, in all communities.
This is part of the meaning of the Kingdom of God. We were NEVER meant to be defined by our society, or our nation, etc. In God's eyes, NONE of the nations of the Earth are True and Legitimate. Why? Because they are not God's country.
But God raised certain nations to be champions, on his side, but none of them are fully and completely of Him. When the Kingdom of God manifests on Earth, there will be only ONE legitimate country, and one people. God's country, and God's people. At that time, what we call nations now will simply be "states" in that kingdom.
This is why the USA is the model. Independent Sovereign states united in a common cause and common trust in God and self-evident Truths.
Globalism is the Satanic version of the Kingdom of Heaven. It is the Kingdom of Hell. It resembles in some aspect the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is a mockery, a distorted, twisted evil form and content.
In the Heavenly Kingdom, the government will serve the people, and there will be one central authority; God's authority. But unlike Satan's kingdom, where all serve Satan, where there is no freedom, and no one is sovereign, in God's kingdom each son or daughter of God (each man and woman) are sovereign unto themselves under God. In that governance system, even the President of the USA, or France, or whatever country, even the President is a lesser position than that of the sovereign individual. (We don't live like that now, because we still live in a corrupted society with slave-like mentality. I mean, it's not God's kingdom yet!)
Love China, love the Chinese people, hate the CCP. Know that ALL people are my brothers and sisters, but that just like me, they have never been truly sovereign, because to be truly sovereign, one must be sovereign in both spirit and flesh. But that is our destiny.
tyvm for a great explanation. i've had this understanding for 50yrs. many ppl don't appreciate the earthy connection to God's kingdom. i don't think very many religions teach this
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Actually, there is an understandable reason for this.
Christian theology developed and grew on the basis of an imperfect relationship with Christ. How so?
When confronted with the faithlessness of the Jewish people (who should have believed in him. ("Master, What is the will of God?" "To believe in him who He has sent.") Jesus had no choice except to offer his body as ransom to recover humankind. This is the salvation thru the cross. Spiritual salvation.
However, if the people had faith in him, Jesus would have been able to offer both spiritual and physical salvation at that time. Why? Because Jesus could forgive sins even before the cross. It's the faith and acceptance of Jesus that is the condition for salvation.
For the first part of his ministry, Jesus spoke all about repenting because he Kingdom was at hand. It's only later, when the people's faith was not forthcoming, that he began to explain that he would suffer at the hands of the people, and go the crucifixion path.
So, instead of living his whole life, to a ripe old age, directly educating the disciples, with a growing family, community, society, and whole nation surrounding him and accepting him, Jesus had to offer his body as a ransom due to their faithlessness. ("There are many things I have to teach you, but you cannot bear them now")
Even Paul admits that his understanding was limited and that at some future point, he would know clearly, "even as I am known".
Jesus death was not the preferred route. "To obey is better than sacrifice" 1 Samuel 15:22. If the Israelites had obeyed, in faith, and received Jesus, then the Kingdom would have manifested on Earth directly at that time. Instead, because Jesus body was offered up as the sacrifice (due to their faithlessness and disobedience), the manifesting of the Kingdom on the Earth was postponed until the Second Coming.
Thus, Christianity has been a "spiritual only" religion. ("Paul: with my mind i serve the law of God, but with my body, I serve the law of sin. Who will rescue me from this body of death?"). There has been a strong tendency to focus only on the spirit because the flesh realm has still been unde the Devil's control, including our bodies.
You are correct, that much of religion does not teach this. It's spiritual ignorance.
Jesus had only 3 years of public ministry before he died as a sacrifice. Imagine if the people had obeyed, believed. Jesus himself could have written books, explained everything in detail, and educated his people. Instead, he had to educate from the spiritual realms, via instruments that were NOT on his level.
This is WHY "now we see through a glass, darkly".
But the core content is there. It requires us being sensitive to the Holy Spirit to grasp it and understand it.
As the time grows ripe, God has begun to reveal these things far clearly than over the past 2000 years. Is it a coincidence that the time period from Abraham to Jesus (the first coming) was 2000 years, and the time period from Jesus until now, is 2000 years? No.
Now, as the great awakening is unfolding, God is revealing more and more. Christians are learning that restoration is part of the salvation plan. Our understanding is increasing, moving from theory towards knowledge.
Personally, I believe that once the corruption ruling the world is steadily removed (after all, the Cabal is the system via which Satan has maintained his dominion over our world), there will be a great awakening in the spirit, one that has never before been seen in history.
This occured to me profoundly yesterday. I hate, yes truly hate, China's CCP disregard for human life and lack of compassion towards other living things. But WHAT IF WE HAVE BEEN CONNED JUST LIKE WE ARE ABOUT RUSSIA RIGHT NOW, ABOUT WHO ARE ENEMIES ARE. Our worst enemies are in our own government and always have been. Helluva revelation.
The world is undergoing a great division: (good) sheep from the goats, the wheat from the chaff.
It's not about if this country or that country is good, or bad, or a friend or an enemy. The era of the nation has been superseded. Now, it's about WHO is in control of this country or that country. For our enemies are in all countries, in all societies, in all communities. And our allies are in all countries, in all societies, in all communities.
This is part of the meaning of the Kingdom of God. We were NEVER meant to be defined by our society, or our nation, etc. In God's eyes, NONE of the nations of the Earth are True and Legitimate. Why? Because they are not God's country.
But God raised certain nations to be champions, on his side, but none of them are fully and completely of Him. When the Kingdom of God manifests on Earth, there will be only ONE legitimate country, and one people. God's country, and God's people. At that time, what we call nations now will simply be "states" in that kingdom.
This is why the USA is the model. Independent Sovereign states united in a common cause and common trust in God and self-evident Truths.
Globalism is the Satanic version of the Kingdom of Heaven. It is the Kingdom of Hell. It resembles in some aspect the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is a mockery, a distorted, twisted evil form and content.
In the Heavenly Kingdom, the government will serve the people, and there will be one central authority; God's authority. But unlike Satan's kingdom, where all serve Satan, where there is no freedom, and no one is sovereign, in God's kingdom each son or daughter of God (each man and woman) are sovereign unto themselves under God. In that governance system, even the President of the USA, or France, or whatever country, even the President is a lesser position than that of the sovereign individual. (We don't live like that now, because we still live in a corrupted society with slave-like mentality. I mean, it's not God's kingdom yet!)
Love China, love the Chinese people, hate the CCP. Know that ALL people are my brothers and sisters, but that just like me, they have never been truly sovereign, because to be truly sovereign, one must be sovereign in both spirit and flesh. But that is our destiny.
tyvm for a great explanation. i've had this understanding for 50yrs. many ppl don't appreciate the earthy connection to God's kingdom. i don't think very many religions teach this
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Amen.
Actually, there is an understandable reason for this.
Christian theology developed and grew on the basis of an imperfect relationship with Christ. How so?
When confronted with the faithlessness of the Jewish people (who should have believed in him. ("Master, What is the will of God?" "To believe in him who He has sent.") Jesus had no choice except to offer his body as ransom to recover humankind. This is the salvation thru the cross. Spiritual salvation.
However, if the people had faith in him, Jesus would have been able to offer both spiritual and physical salvation at that time. Why? Because Jesus could forgive sins even before the cross. It's the faith and acceptance of Jesus that is the condition for salvation.
For the first part of his ministry, Jesus spoke all about repenting because he Kingdom was at hand. It's only later, when the people's faith was not forthcoming, that he began to explain that he would suffer at the hands of the people, and go the crucifixion path.
So, instead of living his whole life, to a ripe old age, directly educating the disciples, with a growing family, community, society, and whole nation surrounding him and accepting him, Jesus had to offer his body as a ransom due to their faithlessness. ("There are many things I have to teach you, but you cannot bear them now")
Even Paul admits that his understanding was limited and that at some future point, he would know clearly, "even as I am known".
Jesus death was not the preferred route. "To obey is better than sacrifice" 1 Samuel 15:22. If the Israelites had obeyed, in faith, and received Jesus, then the Kingdom would have manifested on Earth directly at that time. Instead, because Jesus body was offered up as the sacrifice (due to their faithlessness and disobedience), the manifesting of the Kingdom on the Earth was postponed until the Second Coming.
Thus, Christianity has been a "spiritual only" religion. ("Paul: with my mind i serve the law of God, but with my body, I serve the law of sin. Who will rescue me from this body of death?"). There has been a strong tendency to focus only on the spirit because the flesh realm has still been unde the Devil's control, including our bodies.
You are correct, that much of religion does not teach this. It's spiritual ignorance.
Jesus had only 3 years of public ministry before he died as a sacrifice. Imagine if the people had obeyed, believed. Jesus himself could have written books, explained everything in detail, and educated his people. Instead, he had to educate from the spiritual realms, via instruments that were NOT on his level.
This is WHY "now we see through a glass, darkly".
But the core content is there. It requires us being sensitive to the Holy Spirit to grasp it and understand it.
As the time grows ripe, God has begun to reveal these things far clearly than over the past 2000 years. Is it a coincidence that the time period from Abraham to Jesus (the first coming) was 2000 years, and the time period from Jesus until now, is 2000 years? No.
Now, as the great awakening is unfolding, God is revealing more and more. Christians are learning that restoration is part of the salvation plan. Our understanding is increasing, moving from theory towards knowledge.
Personally, I believe that once the corruption ruling the world is steadily removed (after all, the Cabal is the system via which Satan has maintained his dominion over our world), there will be a great awakening in the spirit, one that has never before been seen in history.