The Kingdom comes from above, from Heaven. The Kingdom is of Heaven, that is, of the Presence and Glory of God. When the Kingdom of God comes to the earth, the earth will be filled with God's glory. All we associate with Heaven will then be found in the earth, not in the sky above us.

The Kingdom of God is the clothing of Divine Glory with flesh and bones, and the clothing of flesh and bones with Divine Glory, with eternal Life.

When the Lord shows people visions of Heaven, He is revealing to them that which is true in the holy area of the spirit realm. That which is true in the holy area of the spirit realm is destined to be united eternally with flesh and bones, with all that is of the saved material creation. This is the coming to earth of the Kingdom of God.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Firstborn of the Kingdom of God. Christ is filled with Divine Glory and clothed with Divine Glory, with incorruptible resurrection Life. Christ includes within Himself all that is desirable of the spirit realm, all that is of the Heaven of God. Christ Is the Tree of Life in the midst of the Paradise of God.

Eternal Divine Glory was born in a manger. Divine Glory became flesh and tented among us. Divine Glory revealed on the earth the powers of the age to come. The Life from Heaven was crucified. The Word from Heaven descended into Hell, and then was raised up again to the surface of the earth, now being resurrected flesh and bones—no longer only a Spirit. Eternal Divine Life was raised from the surface of the earth and "a cloud received him out of their sight."

When we receive Christ, eternal Divine Glory is born within us. When we die we lose our flesh and bones because Christ (eternal Life) has not touched them as yet. But our saved spirit and soul continue in the Presence of Christ and God through the Holy Spirit.

One day soon the physical heaven (sky) above us will be rolled back as a scroll. The Presence of God will appear, not in blessing only but also in fiery judgment. The Presence of God in Christ will destroy the demons from the face of the earth. Satan will be bound for a thousand years.

Then the Presence and ways of Heaven will begin to be restored on the earth. The nations of saved peoples of the earth will be forced by a rod of iron to observe the Kingdom laws given in the Sermon on the Mount. There will be great peace and glory on the earth during the thousand-year period, but God's throne will remain "in Heaven," that is, above the clouds, but the throne already will have begun to be transferred to the hearts of the victorious saints, starting at the time of the rule of Antichrist, we believe.

At the conclusion of the thousand-year period the perfected elect will descend from the new heaven to the new earth as the Wife of the Lamb, the new Jerusalem.

To be continued.