The victorious saints are the kingdom that has been prepared from the creation of the world to bring justice, deliverance, guidance, blessing, eternal life, and the Presence of God to the nations.

"The kingdom prepared for you," that is, for the "sheep" nations.

The victorious saints are being prepared in order that they may serve as a royal priesthood for the nations of saved people.

Christ-filled sons will stand as sentinels around the Glory of God forever. Never again shall self-will pass through the gates into the Presence of the Father. The fallen lords have been sentenced to total destruction at the hand of Christ and His saints.

And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. (Deuteronomy 7:24)

And the God of peace shall bruise [crush] Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (Romans 16:20)

The original sin always is disobedience, not murder, adultery, or covetousness, but disobedience. This is why both Christ and Abraham, and then every member of the governing priesthood, must be tested rigorously in the area of stern obedience to the Father.

The almighty Christ was perfected in obedience to the Father during His sojourn in this world.

Now, all authority in Heaven and on the earth has been given to Him because of His total obedience to the Father. We also who have been born sons of God shall inherit all things if we are willing to love not our own life, our own soul, our own will to the point of death.

If we would be fruitful and rule all the works of God's hands we must be sternly obedient to the Father in all areas of personality and behavior.

It may be noted that earth's peoples, even the majority of the elect, are not as yet convinced that sin brings suffering, corruption, destruction, and death; or that each of God's creatures must choose to do the will of the Father rather than his own will. Therefore much suffering, much agony of body, soul, and spirit, is yet ahead for natural and spiritual Israel and the remainder of mankind.

God will permit Satan to develop fully all that is in his spirit, and then God will bring into judgment all Satan is and all he has caused to be true of the angels and people. The creatures of the heavens, of the earth, and of the realms below the earth's surface are being given the opportunity to observe the results of rebellion against the Father's will. The history of the world is an object lesson, the intent of which is to remove sin from the creatures of God forever.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (Ephesians 2:2)

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)

All the rewards, all the inheritance, go to those who through Christ struggle successfully against all that is of Satan in the world and in their own personalities—especially the desire to think, speak, and act independently of the Father.

Review

It is our point of view that fundamental Christian theology is in need of a reformation. While there are several errors being preached today, the common denominator appears to be the concept that the Christian redemption consists primarily of forgiveness, with the objective being eternal residence in the spirit Paradise (Heaven). As venerable as the grace-Heaven teaching may be it simply cannot be supported by the Hebrew-Christian Scriptures. Furthermore, the doctrine of "justification by faith alone" has destroyed the moral strength of the Christian churches. (from The Mainspring)