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The Daily Word of Righteousness
In My Father's House, #4
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Colossians 1:26,27)
In the Father's house there are many dwelling places. Christ is the true and eternal Dwelling Place of the Father. In that greatest of dwelling places there are many rooms, many abiding places for the Father. Each saint is being created part of the Body of Christ, a "room" in the eternal dwelling place of the Father.
If it were not so, I would have told you.
Christ is informing us of what may be the most important truth of the entire Scriptures. This truth, as in the case of all Divine Truth, is based on the atoning death and glorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The truth is this: Christ, although the chief Cornerstone, will not be the only living stone in the House of God. If Christ were to remain the only abode, the only "mansion," the only dwelling place, the only room of God's eternal Temple, He would have told us so.
The mystery of the Gospel is that Christ is in us. This is why our training is as intense and demanding as it is. If Christ merely were with us we must be taught how to serve and please Him. Because He is being formed in us and will dwell eternally in us, we are required to give over our spirit, soul, and body to the completely transforming processes of death and resurrection.
If the Lord Jesus Christ were to remain as the only room of the House of the Father, He would have set up His Kingdom at His first coming, two thousand years ago. Christ would have surrounded Himself with unconquerable angelic warriors, would have chosen His princes, nobles, and captains, and would have taken His place on the Throne of David in Jerusalem.
Mankind would have been spared two thousand years of wars and famines, anguish and tragedies. Multitudes would have been converted at once because of the power and glory of Christ governing the earth. The peace and blessings of the Kingdom of God would have come to mankind. How different would have been the history of the world from that time!
The purpose of the Church age has been the creation of rooms in the Father's eternal House.
If the Kingdom of God had come to us at Christ's first appearing, the Lord Jesus would have been surrounded by His followers who would have performed His will as King David's "mighty men" performed David's will. In that case the Kingdom of God would have been similar to any other earthly empire.
However, the Kingdom of God is in us. The Kingdom of God is the rule of the Father in Christ in the saints through the Holy Spirit. The Kingdom of God is the House of the Father. God will rule and bless His creation from within the saints in whom Christ is dwelling.
To be continued.