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KINGDOM
GOOD NEWS
The
Kingdom of God Has Come
By Keith Winterowd These
things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have
peace.
In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer;
I have overcome the world. Jesus
said to
students John 16:33
Kingdom News
The
kingdom has come and God's will is being done on earth as it is in
heaven.
The kingdom came when Jesus his Son, drank the bitter wine
(vinegar)
just before he died at the Calvary tree about 2027+/- 6 years ago.
God is
still birthing and raising his children and kingdom heirs on earth
through
the sayings he sent through his, Son Jesus. Jesus came to
earth to
do God's will and to give the Father's messages to those who
would get
a vision of Jesus sayings and believe and follow him only.
He was
the only person to do God's will up to that point. His students
are the
people who are doing his will currently.
He told his disciples,
toward
the end of his stay on earth that he would not drink of the
product
of the vine until the kingdom came. The kingdom came
at the
exact moment that Jesus drank the vinegar, a product of the
vine
which was given to him by the attending guard at the cross.
Jesus
died immediately after drinking the bitter wine. He gave up his
life to
God, heralding the coming of God's kingdom to earth at that
very
instant. This was the concern of the prayer that Jesus taught his
disciples
to pray.
The
kingdom came not so much to be noticed by the citizens of the
world or
his disciples. The main interest of the people was the death
of Jesus
who hated his life in his time on earth and traded it for the
love he
had for living in eternal life with the Father in his glory.
Jesus
sayings disturbed most everyone one that heard him speak.
He was
victorious in taking ownership and power from Satan as he
invaded
the strong man's house and took away the fear of lost ones
in his
kingdom as the ransom from Satan. By removing the power of
fear of
losing earth life through dying, the Devil's kingdom crumbled
and Jesus
assumed all of Satan's power at that moment. Satan was
left with
only the power of ignorance and darkness.
Satan was
defeated because Jesus died fearlessly and without regard
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life in time. He removed the power of the fear of death that
Satan holds
over people. This happened by means of the fearless death that
Jesus went through because of his intense love for the Father. Jesus
encourages us to follow him because of our love for the Father.
Jesus
wants us to do the same as him in all our ways home as we
follow
him to the Father. He went ahead of us to show us the way.
He
went
ahead of us, not instead of us. Jesus wants us to carry our own
cross
daily the same way he did. The ugly cross of living a despicable
life on
earth by living it fearlessly as a student of Jesus through loving
the
Father totally and our neighbor as ourselves.
He was
resurrected from his stay in death that lasted three nights and
three
days in the boulder sealed tomb in the earth. God our Father
raised
Jesus from death and he and was given all power in heaven
and on
earth.
Jesus
spent the next forty days after the resurrection, eating and
drinking
in the kingdom with his disciples. He discussed the kingdom
of heaven
as it is on earth and heaven with his followers. He opened
their
understanding of the scriptures. Jesus had an estimated one
hundred
twenty followers at that time. Jesus ascended to the right hand
of power
with the Father in heaven forty days after the resurrection.
Jesus
told us to carry this good news of the kingdom of God to the
inhabited
world. Jesus gives us his invitation to follow him, his
commands
and his way to the Father in Glory. He wants us to give
up our
life in time (temporal life) and any glory on earth out of love for
the
Father our God because we love him totally. The Father's will for
us is to
come home and live with him in his everlasting glory. We will
go to him
when he calls and not before then.
Satan no
longer need hold people in his grasp except as they will to
do with
their love for life in time on earth. This is the process that
holds
people in Satan's clutches. Remember that Jesus took all
power
from Satan. He no longer has power except for that which
people
willingly give him through the darkness of ignorance.
You see,
we are brain washed by everything around us to believe that
the love
of our life on earth is our highest moral obligation. It just so
happens,
that very belief is our only sin. Satan calls that belief
'the
kingdoms
of this earth and all their glories.' He offered all of that to
Jesus.
Jesus ransomed us from that state of affairs by showing us
the way
out of that system. Loving the Father totally and hating our
earth
life is our way out. We surrender all of our old ideas and old
ways to
the Father for everlasting life with him in his glorious home
in the
heavenlies.
He is our
shepherd that gave up his earth life for us to show us the way
home.
We are lost without following Jesus only. We are his sheep,
he
is our
shepherd. He was not a sacrificial animal. A shepherd is not a
lamb.
God said: I want
mercy, and not sacrifice.
To some prominent
churchmen,
Jesus said: Go find
out what that means. Ho.6:6, Mt.12:7
God's Witness
"THIS IS MY SON, THE BELOVED, WHOM I HAVE
APPROVED; LISTEN TO HIM " God said
in Mt.17:5
Jesus
wants us to hear him, get a vision of him and follow him home
to the
Father just as he did. He will call us when he is ready.
Let's
Listen To Him
PEACE BE TO YOU AND TO YOUR HOUSE
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written
11/25/03 edited 5/7/05 ct. 57
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