Friday, December 22, 2017

* JESUS AND HIS GOVERNMENT AND ALL HE IS DOING

“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. – Matthew 6:9-10 NIV
the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end
. – Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. – Luke 2:14 KJV
For four thousand years following the fateful decision by Adam and Eve to disobey God and their then being thrown out of the Garden of Eden, humankind was lost.  The Kingdom of God was not on earth.  Only through a rare few individuals known as prophets did God intercede and speak to people, prophets like Elijah and Isaiah.  God in that period was working on a plan to reconcile people to himself.  We’ve looked at this much in past years, how he spoke to people through these prophets, how he chose the Jews as the people to take the message, the history of the Jews, the receiving of God’s word, how eventually God’s plan was fulfilled in the wonderful coming and actions of Jesus Christ, his son and our savior.
Jesus made the point he came to preach the Kingdom of God.  That was why he came, he said.  His going to the cross and doing what he did made that Kingdom real and available for all who accepted Jesus as their savior.
That Kingdom in our current time on earth is inside each believer in Jesus Christ.  It is here on earth, but only inside us.  So wherever we believers go, we take the Kingdom of God with us.  We walk into a room, God comes into that room, regardless of however anyone else in the room thinks or believes.  Putting on the armor of God described by Paul, our feet are shod with the gospel of peace.  We take God’s peace with us.  And his truth.  And his righteousness.
But God’s total plan of reconciliation is yet not over!  It continues.  Soon, so very soon, so incredibly soon, the Lord will return to collect his believers: 
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.–1 Thess. 4:16-17 KJV
In just a few years after that, about seven or a little more, he comes back with his holy ones (the angels and the believers) to win a victory at Armageddon over his enemies and to establish his Kingdom rule from Jerusalem.  (Revelation 19 and 20). 
Then the Kingdom of God will truly be on earth in a physical way, as well as inside the believers! 
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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A FINAL END OF YEAR WORD!
Cathy and I send a special thank-you from the bottom of our hearts to all those who are working with us in the fulfillment of the ministry to which the Lord has called us.  Right now that focus is especially on getting the new book WAKE UP, AMERICA! published and brought to the attention of and made available to everyone in the United States and the world.  A big task.  We again thank all of you for your prayers and your continuing donations and your support in all ways.  God bless you all!

We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! 
Now and always, Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
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