They were in perfect union and full communion with God. God walked in the Garden, with Adam and Eve when they were sinless. And it was to be inhabited by those whom He created in His image. It was God’s intent in creation to have a united kingdom (both spiritual and physical) on earth. Phil 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, A United Kingdom to Come Psa 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all. But we must always remember that we are also citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. It is a kingdom of “righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Rom 14:17). We certainly understand our being part of the spiritual kingdom, for it is the kingdom that we entered into when we were born again. Since the fall in the Garden, this Kingdom has been in Heaven, specifically in the Third Heaven (Read: Three Heavens? Where is the Third Heaven?) There God sits on the throne and rules over ALL - the spiritual and the physical kingdoms of which Christians are citizens of both. It can be thought of as the place where God dwells in His glory. The Kingdom of Heaven is a literal, physical kingdom. But we, as Christians, can “see” it with the “eyes of our understanding.”Įph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. The Kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom, unseen by the human eye. The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof the world, and they that dwell therein. Everything belongs to the Lord and He is Sovereign over all.Ī Psalm of David. He reigns over the heavenly realm, the earth, the universe - over all that He created. The Kingdom of God is the rule and reign of God over all that exists. One is a spiritual kingdom and the other is a physical kingdom. But they are very different in nature and in purpose. In addition to revealing Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, our Sustainer, and our Hope, the Bible also reveals Jesus as our King. The Bible is all about Jesus and it reveals all that Jesus is! From the first page of Genesis to the last page of Revelation, the Bible reveals our Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, and the One who will restore all things to God’s created order, purpose, and plan.
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