The current doctrines have not helped our understanding of the Bible when they point to a Jewish kingdom on the earth and a Gentile kingdom in Heaven. We should know better than this. Paul taught clearly about the one olive tree, the one Seed of Abraham, the removing in Christ of the distinction between Jew and Gentile, the one new Man.

We should know better, and yet we turn away from the Bible and cling to our unscriptural traditions and teachings.

Today God is speaking to whoever will do so to come out of the current confusion. The concept of a "state of grace" in which untransformed Gentiles go to Heaven to live in mansions is not only unscriptural but absurd. Such an idea is about as far removed from the Kingdom of God as one could get.

The law is always the same because it comes from God's unchanging character. The law was present in the Garden of Eden in the form of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The law was present in the conscience of Enoch and Noah such that God regarded them as righteous.

The law was present in the conscience of Abraham so God could say to him, "Walk before me and be perfect," that is, perfect according to the moral law of God which is in every person until it is perverted by continued sin or unscriptural religious teaching.

The truth seems to be that the only group of people in the world who do not know what sin is are the Christians. Their teaching goes against conscience and causes them to believe a lie.

It is time now to return to the doctrines concerning righteousness that are found in the New Testament. We have been commanded to take up our cross, deny ourselves, and follow Jesus wherever He goes. As we do this, putting away our carnal nature by the power of the Spirit, Christ, the Law and Word of God, is formed in us.

When Christ has been formed in us we are prepared to descend with Him and install the Kingdom of God on the earth so the saved nations will have a moral light to guide them.

None of the numerous roles of the Kingdom of God, such as being part of the eternal Temple of God, a member of the Bride of the Lamb, a judge of men and angels, can be performed except as we are keeping the commandments of God to love Him with all our heart and our neighbor as ourselves.

Righteousness is the scepter of Christ's Kingdom, and all His fellow kings and rulers will be righteous in personality by the righteousness that has been created in them as Christ has been formed in them.

Let the eternal moral law of God now take its rightful place as the main consideration of every assembly of Christians. As we emphasize righteous behavior, God will give us His Holy Spirit (He always gives the Spirit to those who obey Him), and sinners will be converted to the Lord. (from The Flesh Becomes the Law)