OpenHeaven.com Digest October 25, 2024

ULTIMATE REALITY OF LIFE – Ron McGatlin

WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE AND MINE ON EARTH?

Many, if not most, Christians would answer in some form that their ultimate purpose would be to be saved and to help others to know Jesus and be saved to go to heaven when they die.

Some would say that helping take loving care of others was their primary goal in this life. Some others, especially those in the medical field might say to help others to have a longer and more quality life. These and others are all very important parts and purposes of godly life on earth. Yet they are not God’s ULTIMATE purpose for our lives on earth in these earthly bodies.

Think about this: if our ultimate purpose on earth is to help others, WHAT IS the PURPOSE OF THE OTHERS?

Let me give you a hint about the ultimate purpose of our lives on Earth while alive and breathing in these earthly bodies. It involves The Kingdom of God.

A further look at this is to consider Christ Jesus and His life and ministry in His short life on Earth. Why did He come to Earth? What really was His message to the people of the world?

Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

At hand means it is right here with us. As close as the air we breathe. We have only to reach out and take it or breathe it in, and it is then in hand or within us.

Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

Matthew 6:9-10  In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come. Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:33 Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

All these things mean the good things of natural life that natural mankind seeks.

Matthew 9:35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom.

Matthew 10:7-8 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Jesus’ instruction to His disciples is to preach the kingdom of God is at hand.

Matthew 12:28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

The powerful work of Christ Jesus in our lives is evidence that the kingdom of God has come upon us.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

After His death and resurrection before his ascension, Jesus spoke the following to his chosen apostles.
Acts 1:3 …being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Jesus, from the start of His ministry to the end, proclaimed the kingdom of God.

THE DISCIPLES PREACHED THE KINGDOM OF GOD –

Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

Acts 19:8 and Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, IS GOD’S ULTIMATE PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE AND MINE ON PLANET EARTH.

THE END GOAL

THE GOAL IS THE FULL GLORY OF GOD IN THE PERFECT KINGDOM OF GOD, RULING IN PERFECT LOVE.

IT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY IN ALL OF THIS WORLD ON PLANET EARTH.

IT IS FATHER GOD AND KING JESUS, WITH HIS PERFECTED BRIDE, RULING AS ONE FAMILY TOGETHER IN THIS WORLD.

Jesus came from heaven to earth for more than getting you and me to heaven when we die. He did not come just to die on the cross so we could go to heaven after this life when we die.

Jesus came to bring the kingdom of Heaven, The kingdom of God to Earth.
Jesus is the kingdom bringer to this world. This is a spiritual work to transform physical or natural mankind and the natural world into the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God. It is not first a natural work.

Spirit God is the creator and the ultimate power, not a natural person. God is Spirit. Spirit God is eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing, all-righteous, and perfect love.

The power and wisdom of the love of God in the kingdom of God is in Christ Jesus, now abiding in His people who abide in Him. The kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, is within His chosen people in whom He lives in the world today.

Jesus came back just as He promised His disciples in Matthew 16:28: “Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

Jesus came back at Pentecost not in His human body, which would be limiting, but as Spirit in the Holy Spirit to indwell and empower HIS BODY of believers on Earth, bringing the Kingdom of God.

Jesus, in His people, began immediately to bring forth the kingdom of God in thousands of people. (Acts Chapter 2).

We are to be the BODY OF CHRIST JESUS, bringing forth HIS KINGDOM. Jesus is the kingdom bringer in us, establishing The Kingdom of God, The Kingdom of Heaven on earth.

If this is true, then why is the kingdom of God not yet like it is in heaven on earth? Doesn’t the Scripture say that Jesus would come back, and then the fullness of the kingdom would be here?  

That is a very good and important question.

2 Thessalonians 2:8 “And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His ‘coming’.”

The word “coming” in this verse and other similar scriptures is translated from the Greek word “Parousia” which means “presence or manifest.”

A simple translation refinement presents the truth of His manifesting in His people now to bring forth the fullness of the kingdom. Most Christians and all nonbelievers do not yet believe that Christ is now here on Earth within believers to bring forth the kingdom. Many, if not most, Christians believe that Christ Jesus must bodily come back to earth before the fullness of the kingdom can manifest.

The kingdom of God is within those within whom Christ Jesus now abides for the purpose of bringing forth the fullness of the kingdom in this world as it is in heaven.

AS SOON AS ENOUGH OF GOD’S PEOPLE ON EARTH BELIEVE OR HAVE FAITH FOR, THE WORD OF THE KINGDOM, THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST JESUS, THE “COMING” (Parousia) MANIFESTATION of the fullness of the kingdom of Christ is complete in this world as it is in heaven. All the kingdom promises are fully present in this world. Evil is defeated, and darkness is replaced with the light of the Glory of God on Earth.

FREEDOM TO HEAR THE WORD OF THE KINGDOM

Mark 4:11 And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come in parables.

This all makes sense and is recognized as a joyful reality for those who are free to hear the good news of the gospel of the kingdom.

Pharisaical religious teachings are blocking the minds of many Christians. Jesus confronted the Pharisees about this in Matthew 23:13, “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.”

Plainly said, the enemy spirit entered religious teachings to steal the kingdom of God from us by blinding our minds with cunning deceptions.

One of the most cunning forms of the enemy’s deception is to agree with what God says but put it off to a different time. The enemy has not denied that the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God, is coming to earth, but he has said that it is not for now; you cannot have it at this time. This implies that someday, when Jesus comes back again, the people alive at that time can have the kingdom of heaven on Earth but not you, not now. This deception and others planted into religion and believed by Christians have delayed the advancement of the kingdom for centuries.

THE MYSTERY REVEALED

The kingdom of God is a mystery that cannot be seen until revealed to us by the Spirit God within us.

Through many tribulations and brutal persecution, the words of Jesus and the love of God are bringing forth an increasing number of born-again, new creation in love with God, children of God becoming mature sons of God hearing and proclaiming the real gospel of the kingdom of God on earth bringing forth the kingdom of heaven on Earth and destroy the evil one with the brightness of His manifested glory.

WHAT ABOUT THE MULTITUDE OF BELIEVERS WHO NEVER RECEIVE THE TRUE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM?

They will have what they believe. They will have the fullness of the Kingdom of God in heaven.

Only their potential life on Planet Earth, which is to do the works of Christ Jesus in establishing the kingdom, is lost to them.

Their lives in this world may have felt harder and seemed more troubling and shorter than they could have been if they had been fulfilling their ultimate kingdom purpose of God.  

The enemy is trying to destroy the world and all the works of God on earth. His best chance to steal, kill, and destroy the kingdom life of believers is to deceive them into believing their only godly purpose is to get people to heaven. Which makes them powerless to bring forth the kingdom into this world.

We only have while we are alive in these bodies to change this world. Though we are redeemed and go to heaven when we die, we only have while alive to do our part in bringing forth the life of God in Christ to bring forth the kingdom of heaven on Earth.

KINGDOM BOLDNESS

Matthew 10,27 “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.”

This is a day, a season to speak with loving boldness the reality of the kingdom of God on earth.

If you are one of the chosen who are hearing the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, this is the time to boldly and lovingly share it with everyone. Remember, not everyone is yet given ears to hear and God loves all of us and has only good life for everyone.

Do not fear men or what they will do or say. Surely there will be threats from some well-meaning deceived believers and many of the devil’s followers. Speak what God gives you in communing with Him by the Holy Spirit, even in the time of darkness. Speak from whatever housetop God has made available to you.

Do not fear, God knows your every detail and will care for you.

“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10, 29-31.

Move quickly when God says, do not wait or debate, step out of the boat.

Recently God had some strong words for me. This is only a summary.

DO NOT HESITATE FOR FEAR OF LOSING YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU HOLD BACK AND DO NOT MOVE IN MY CALLING, YOUR LIFE IS ALREADY LOST. YOUR PURPOSE IS LOST TO YOU AND TO THE WORLD. DO NOT LET WHAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU GO TO THE GRAVE WITH YOU. CEMETERIES ARE FILLED WITH WORTHY GOALS AND VISIONS THAT NEVER CAME TO PASS.

Luke 12:32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

Ron McGatlin
https://openheaven.com
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