The Gospel of the Kingdom by Lanny Swaim
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By Lanny Swaim
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." Mark 1:14-15 It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Hebrews 9:27-28
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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3 (emphasis added)
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:14-15 (emphasis added)
It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Hebrews 9:27-28
Jesus didn’t preach what I refer to as the Gospel of Personal Salvation. Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom.
The Church throughout most of its history, has focused on getting people born again (born from above) to enable them to go to Heaven when they die, but this is not what Jesus preached. John 3:3 explicitly states that we must be born again to see the Kingdom. Going to Heaven is not mentioned in this verse.
Because the Church has misunderstood the Gospel, we have also misunderstood the meaning of salvation. Salvation for the most part is not about going to Heaven. Salvation is about becoming like God in character.
A misunderstanding of times and seasons has also caused confusion concerning salvation. Much has been put off somewhere in the future and considered to be events on the timeline of history rather than referring to the process of salvation (becoming like God), causing a gross misunderstanding of salvation.
According to Hebrews 9:27-28 we died with Jesus when He was crucified and then we began the process of being saved (becoming like God), which enables us to see the Kingdom. The judgment spoken of here and the Lord’s appearing a second time is referring to the process He puts us through to make us into His likeness.
Because of the cross God sees us as sinless, but it is the process of salvation that makes us like God in character.
As we become like God in character, we will, as His representatives on Earth, begin to reveal and implement the Kingdom of God into society and even entire nations.
Jesus taught us to pray that His Kingdom would come in earth as in Heaven (see Matthew 6:10/Luke 11:2). This is the purpose of the Gospel of the Kingdom, a convergence of Heaven and Earth. Its main focus is not about getting people to Heaven one day but is instead about bringing Heaven to Earth.
Lanny Swaim
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Dr. Lynn Hiles was in Washington, NC this weekend teaching at The Cave on Friday and Saturday evenings and doing a question and answer session on Saturday morning at the weekly pancake and sausage breakfast. Jay Jones, who heads up the ministry at The Cave had given me a book by Lynn entitled, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." It is perhaps one of the most important books I have ever read. I had the pleasure of hearing Lynn minister in Wallace, NC a few weeks ago, and was greatly looking forward to traveling to Washington to hear Lynn and perhaps spend some time getting to know him.
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There are currently numerous prophecies about the year 2024 being the year of the open door. So, the question becomes, "What exactly does that mean?" Let's take a look at what an open door actually is, and at what it means for the present time. In the Book of Revelation John saw an open door in Heaven and was immediately in the Spirit. But this was the second in the Spirit experience he had as he was receiving revelation that day on the Island of Patmos. So, a reasonable question to ask would be, "What is the difference between John's first in the Spirit experience and his second in the Spirit experience?"
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And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:26-27 And the LORD God said, "Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil." Genesis 3:22 In Genesis 1:26 God says, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." There is much debate as to the literal meaning of image and likeness in this verse. My intention is not to look into that debate in this teaching, but instead to share revelation I have been given on the subject.
