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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Eternal Purpose of God, #2
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. (Revelation 22:18,19)
What Revelation states will happen shall indeed take place. Not one word is to be changed. He who tampers with the text in any manner will suffer the severest of penalties.
These are events that "must shortly come to pass." They will take place in certainty, in fullness—precisely as written.
The Kingdom of God, and the nations over which the Kingdom is to rule, have all been completed in the mind of God. They will come into existence as He wills.
The biblical doctrine of the Kingdom of God cannot be understood until we realize there will be two classes of saved people in the coming age—the Church, and then the nations of saved people. The nations of saved people are our inheritance in Christ. Apart from them we would have no people to serve as a royal priesthood.
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. (Revelation 21:24)
Current Christian teaching is only partly scriptural. The Gospel has become a plan whereby people who take the "four steps of salvation" gain a ticket to Heaven. This is not the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. The Gospel of the Kingdom is the good news that Jesus Christ shall soon return with multitudes of His saints to establish justice on the earth—saints who have been prepared by the gifts of grace that God has given us through Christ.
The primary purpose of the gifts and ministries given by the Holy Spirit during the Church Age is to bring all the members of the Body of the Christ to the stature of the fullness of Christ so they may serve as kings and priests over the saved nations of the earth.
We have changed the Word of God and we need to return to the Scriptures!
Each member of God's elect has been called to serve God as a priest in the new world of righteousness. Whether or not we as an individual manage to lay hold on our own calling depends on the diligence with which we apply ourselves to doing God's will. We can lose our inheritance! Many are called but only a few are chosen as kings and priests of God.
The last two chapters of the Book of Revelation do not show us much of the new age, considering the fact that this is the Divine portrayal of the eternity that faces each human being. We would like to know so much more! Nevertheless, all we need to understand at this time concerning redemption and the Kingdom of God is present in the Book of Revelation.
The vision of the new heaven and earth, and the new Jerusalem, is to be interpreted spiritually and also somewhat literally. The Book of Revelation is exceedingly rich in spiritual concepts.
Let us hold firmly to the glorious hope of a new world wherein dwells righteousness, for it shall certainly come into view. God will dwell on the earth and His servants will serve Him. The Lamb and His Wife will be the Light of the creation to the ages of ages.
To be continued.