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John Mark and Sandy Pool just returned from a tour of Israel and the surrounding region. John Mark shares what the Lord spoke to him and showed him while there – and it's all about the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom is OUR inheritance!
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John Mark Pool:
The Everlasting Kingdom of God
The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. Revelation 11:15
Never forget we reside in a Kingdom not made by man's hands! This earth will be our transformed Kingdom of God beginning when we know Him and can have faith to transform this earth into God's spiritual atmosphere. Become His Word and decree this kingdom become His Kingdom now in earth as it is in Heaven!
Hebrews 9:15 summarizes the fact we in the Lord have an eternal Kingdom and we must know our authority in that Kingdom as we transform this earth accordingly.
And for this cause He is the mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Hebrews 9:15
Our inheritance is that we as God's children are heirs of the entire Kingdom of God, and as we begin to live and move and dwell as God's children, and not simply "associates of the earthly kingdom," we will indeed transform lives today that are desperate for their "belonging" to the Father. When we demonstrate that our life is not in buildings, activities, functions, and "the game of churchiosity" we can offer the reality they want – a genuine Father who is dwelling within us – His temples are not made by man's hands!
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building. Hebrews 9:11
This was so evident when I recently stepped up to the same podium in Rome that the Apostle Paul used in the Pretorium. Wow, what a thrill to feel that these ancient rocks where Paul preached were yet resounding with the anointing of compelling others to come to the Father through the Son, Jesus Christ! This is the temple of the Known God, the very House of Prayer, and the sanctuary of hope that is Christ dwelling within us!
Battle for the Kingdoms!
There has been a "Battle of Kingdoms" since the existence of God's creation of mankind. This was for communion and for fellowship with God – not the devil. Since this fellowship did not include Lucifer, humans have had to contend with satan's efforts to wrestle us from God's Kingdom design.
Our Lord is the One whom we say is the God of the living and not the dead, so be sure to demonstrate His good works to those desperate for understanding of "to whom do they belong" and for what purpose is all this life on earth? We have the complete message in a temple wrapped in flesh made by the Most High God.
Earthly rulers living only in the "Monarchy of Man" (not regenerated by Christ) have temporary power.
Evil in this world is temporary. But God's sovereign authority and power are eternal, and thus His victory will be everlasting. This means persecution and suffering for Christians are also temporary. God will judge evil, reward faithfulness, and rule the world forever.
The final victory will see Jesus rule openly and eternally over all creation. And this will continue forever – world without end! Amen. God's Kingdom has already been established, yet one day will be the transformed into the only presiding existent eternal Kingdom without end! God is indeed going to change this present earth into His competed Kingdom of God.
It is time to follow the will of the Father's request to go out and bring in the Bride for the Groom! We must not only see the ones who have invitations yet do not appear, we must now go out into the highways, hedges, and other countries and bring them into the Kingdom of God! We are the "living invitation" for the wedding that must oblige everyone to join in the great celebration for eternity!
"Our Time on Earth Has Secured Our Eternal Life with Our Lord Forever!"
The Lord recently gave me an acrostic that describes His value of our TIME on earth:
T-transformational
I-investment
M-making
E-eternity
S-secure
After just viewing the catacombs in Rome of the persecuted Christians prior to Constantine's decree to allow Christianity throughout the Roman empire, the scene was an eye opener of the short lives for so many who gave their hearts to Jesus Christ. They died many ways, but in all this persecution, they made a great statement to their oppressors: We are a witness that our time on earth has secured our eternal life with our Lord forever! How does that blood cry out to you today? Does it speak clearly that we must be His witnesses in Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth?
One day this will reach the fullness of God's time and then we will hear the declaration of loud voices in Heaven announcing an establishing of God's Kingdom through conquest of the kingdoms of the world. The world will ultimately come under the universal government of Christ, who will reign eternally.
As I traveled up the highway called the Appian Way, I knew my heart was causing me to push beyond where my flesh had gone because this is the road where the Apostle Paul was beheaded. The Lord said, "Now you do not have to lose your head, but your life!" The Lord asked me, "Lovest thou Me more than these? Is your life sold totally out to My will?"
He saith unto him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me?" Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, "Lovest thou Me?" And he said unto Him, "Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus saith unto him, "Feed My sheep." John 21:17
Transformers for the Kingdom of Heaven
For the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17
Just as many judge Kingdom citizenship by our outward activities only, remember how the Apostle Paul makes this clearer when he addressed this in his letter to the Corinthian Church:
"But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better." 1 Corinthians 8:8
Therefore, do not fall prey to the "religious spirits" who want to appear more spiritual for what they "do not do." Go into the heart of the Father and secure your eternal abode – not one that is built to please the dominion of men ran by minds of flesh! We must now live in the secure understanding that we are children of the King, and live now in His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven. God's Kingdom is increased daily by those who know in Whom they have believed and live it daily to multiply our Kingdom through others with Transformational Investments Making Eternity Secure!
"The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever." Revelation 11:15
Our forefathers of the faith have left an eternal witness. As I stood in Rome where thousands of martyrs for Christ stood, I could not help hearing their blood cry out to my spirit saying, "Become a part of the Kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, for indeed it is the everlasting Kingdom!"
John Mark Pool
Word to the World Ministries
Email: MarkandSandyPool@aol.com
