The Daily Word of Righteousness

Christ and His Saints Go to Work, #22

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, (Luke 1:32—NIV)

Jesus Christ is Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Can you see in these offices all that mankind needs to obtain survival, security, joy, and achievement? God has placed in Jesus all we shall ever need.

Christ will sit on David's throne. This is because the political, earthly aspect of the Kingdom of God always will be associated with the physical land and people of Israel. The gates are named after the sons of Jacob. The names of the Jewish Apostles of the Lamb are in the foundations of the wall.

The reason Satan has worked so diligently to separate the Christian Church from Israel is that he understands the Kingdom of God includes both the physical land and people of Israel and the Christian Church. The two shall converge in the last days.

There can be no Kingdom of God apart from the physical people and land of Israel. There can be no Kingdom of God apart from Christ and His Church. The two are destined to be one. They are the one Olive Tree whose roots are in Abraham.

Whenever you hear talk of two kingdoms, a Jewish kingdom and a Gentile kingdom, just ask the persons involved to point out a passage of Scripture that clearly presents the two-kingdom theory. When they fail, as they certainly will, you can show that the Apostle Paul, in the Book of Ephesians, refers to the eternal house of God, built on the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Cornerstone of the building, as "one new Man."

Jesus Christ will govern forever, seated on David's throne.

The Kingdom that is coming will be established and upheld with justice and righteousness forever.

The zeal of God Himself guarantees all this.

The original Gospel was the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. "Repent, believe the good news, the Kingdom of God is at hand."

Somehow the good news of the coming Kingdom was changed into the good news of going to Heaven when we die. God permitted this alteration to exist throughout the Church Age, so apparently no harm was done.

But now the Kingdom is at hand. We are being commanded to turn aside from our earthly life and start concentrating on our life that is in Christ at the right hand of God. This is where the battle will be fought. This is where Antichrist will be permitted to reach up and tear down those of God's host who still have rebellion in their hearts.

We can and we shall overcome if we keep choosing truth, keep bearing our cross, keep following the Lord Jesus. But there will be many who will attempt to take our crown from us. There will be many distractions and diversions as Satan attempts to draw our attention away from our position in Christ at the right hand of God.

If Satan succeeds, or if we permit people—perhaps people who have the best of intentions—to talk us down from our high position in Christ, then we will not appear with Jesus when He returns to earth.

The spiritual struggle has commenced. It shall continue until the Lord returns. Let us turn away from the pull of our adamic nature, using each pressure that comes on us to drive us further into Jesus Christ. We can and we shall gain God's fullness if we do not turn back but keep our hand to the plow. (from Christ and His Saints Go to Work)