The kingdom of God in the aspect of life is Christ as the seed of life sown into us, His believers, and developing into a realm over which God can rule as His kingdom in His divine life. In the Gospels the Lord Jesus Himself had announced the gospel of the kingdom, and in the […]
God’s Recovery of His Kingdom goes Together with His Recovery of His House
The crucial point in the book of Nehemiah is the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem with its wall as a safeguard and protection for God’s house within the city; this typifies God’s recovery of His kingdom, which goes along with His recovery of His house. Before Nehemiah, Ezra came, and during his time the […]
the church as the kingdom of God is the realm of the divine life
When the Lord Jesus came out to preach the gospel, He preached the gospel of the kingdom “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near” (Matt. 3:2). The intrinsic essence of the gospel is not for us to go to heaven but for God to have a kingdom of which we are part. The Lord Jesus told us to repent to be part of the kingdom of God. By repenting and believing into the Lord, we enter the kingdom of God as a realm of life [continue reading online]
we need to be born of God with the divine life in order for us to be part of the kingdom of God
It is not by our doing, our striving, or our behavior that we become part of the kingdom of God, and neither is it by our being affiliated to any of the “churches” that are out there. The only way we can become part of the kingdom of God or even see the kingdom of […]