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THE KINGDOM
The Bible starts from Genesis 1:1 to tell us that God created "heavens", which is the invisible realm, and the "earth" the visible realm. The word "God" - "Elohiym", though plural, is translated to "Theos" in Greek, not "theoi" (pl.). It is not a name, but the character of who and what He is. The word describes a "self-existing", "self-sufficient" one that needed nothing to exist. Though difficult to understand, this is why He and only He qualifies for the title "God". He the Creator is "the ruler" - or with another word "the King" over the domain heaven.
He created the earth and everything to fill the air, the water and land including mankind which He authorized as rulers -"kings" over His domain called earth. Jesus confirms that the Kingdom has been prepared "since the creation of the world" (Matthew 25:34). Mankind lost the kingdom when we broke the commandment that we should not "eat fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil". Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden of Eden, but God protected them and clothed them and repeated His command to mankind to go on "to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken." (Genesis 3:23)
Therefore our responsibility and authority as rulers of the creation which God "saw was good" has never changed. My only question is: What do we do now in our time, or have we simply neglected this command? Let's walk in this world with the understanding that we are the representatives of the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Frank Kaleb Jansen
Discipling - Habitat
Christianity has become the biggest ever world movement 2 billion Church members -34% of the world population. Although we must rejoice when we see this documented steady church growth, we have been so good and busy in baptizing people into our churches, but we have often missed out on the two major points of Jesus' Great Commission: a) Discipling (that is, teaching them to obey all things Jesus has commanded) b) Bringing the Gospel of the Kingdom to every habitat or settlement
Family
Since the "discipler" of a person, which is the key to disciple a nation, is the family, this strongly points out the need for the Church to rediscover the Bible's teaching on family.
Point Summary
These three points, DISCIPLING - HABITAT - FAMILY, can only become effective if the Christians embrace the Word of God as the Truth and guide in every arena of life and society. The only prevailing truth in our pretentious tolerant societies is this: Everything is relative! With that as the philosophical core of our culture, nothing can stop it from becoming fragmented and disenfranchised.
