OpenHeaven.com Digest April 13, 2017

One of the three most significant biblical events in the history of man is coming to fruition in this season of the history of God and man.The three most significant events in the history of mankind are:

• The creation of man
• The fall of man
• The redemption of man and subsequently the entire world

The first two major events are finished.

The third major event, the full redemption (restoration) of man and the entire world including the planet, is in process. Yes, in the Spirit realm it is settled and finished. However, the finish of the process has fallen upon this season of the history of man and God.

Contrary to some theological views, the biblical eternal truth is that mankind has a part as the sons of God on earth in the manifesting of the finished work of Christ Jesus ruling and reigning on earth.

Spirit Christ in Mortal Bodies

Christ Jesus is to rule on earth in and through His body of many sons and daughters manifesting His resurrected life as Redeemer, Lord, and King. Christ Jesus, Yeshua Messiah, in us is the express image of Father God on Planet Earth. (John 14:12-23) (Mat 16:19-20). Christ in us is the hope of glory on earth. (Col 1:27).

Because mankind has been given dominion, the entire world has followed the state of mankind (Gen 1). In man’s created state the entire world was to become as the Garden of Eden and was going that direction until the fall of man. (Gen 1:28).

The whole earth has suffered since the fall of man has hindered the fullness of God from flowing in and through mankind to bless the earth as the Garden of Eden.

In His incarnate life, Christ Jesus demonstrated and taught the goal of the transformation of mankind and the world to the design and purpose of God, the kingdom or rule of God through and with mankind on earth.

Redemption began at the cross.

Restoration began at the resurrection of Christ.

The transformational process in and through man began at Pentecost as Spirit Christ returned in the Holy Spirit to work within His people to finish the restoration of the world to the kingdom of God, Garden of Eden, life on earth. (John 14:12-23, 28)  (Mat 16:20).

The enemy is now released by the refusal of much of mankind to believe and receive the following:

1. The work of Christ Jesus at the cross,
2. His resurrection and ascension,
3. His return at Pentecost to indwell His people to redeem and restore man and the world to the plan and purpose of Father God.

The fallen world of evil released by rebellious unredeemed man is fully responsible for the lack of the fullness of the kingdom of God on earth and its Garden of Eden life now. The devil is defeated and has only the authority given to him by mankind. (Luke 10:19) (Eph 1:18-23).

Christ Jesus has done all and provided all needed for the redemption and restoration of mankind and Planet Earth along with all that is on it or in it. The kingdom of God is truly at hand. (Mat 4:17).

The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. (Rom 14:17).

Redeemed mankind saturated or filled with the Spirt of Christ within has full access to the magnificent all powerful, all knowing, and all loving kingdom of God. The guidance and power to complete the work of redemption and restoration of man and the world is fully available in man filled with the indwelling Spirit of Christ by the Holy Spirit. (Mark 9:23).

You and I are alive on Planet Earth in the season of great transformation of the world to the kingdom of God. Every day people are awakening from religion to the reality of the kingdom of God. Spirit God is in and with His people releasing the love, wisdom, and power of Christ in His people to do the works that Jesus did while incarnate on earth. (Phil 4:13) (Acts 1:4-8).

The Mighty Roar of Transition

All that is not of God that man and the enemy have built on earth must be redeemed or brought down. (Isa 2).

The roar of apocalyptic cataclysmic events coming upon the world is the end of the era of natural man being ruled by evil forces of darkness. No person or thing will stop the transition of the world and all that is in it from being transformed into the image and likeness of God and heaven.

A natural man by his natural mind knows natural things. A living Spirit man knows spiritual things and natural things. Natural man without the Living Spirit God is only half the person God originally created mankind to be. (1 Cor 2:9-16).

Only the living Spirit man will endure all things and survive the transition of Planet Earth back to its God-designed fullness of the love and wisdom of God ruling and reigning on a beautiful earth in which all systems from the micro to the macro all function in perfect harmony in the unity of the purpose of God on earth as in heaven. (Mat 6:10).

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

Ron McGatlin
www.openheaven.com
basileia@earthlink.net

The Gospel that Christ and the apostles proclaimed was the Good News of the Kingdom—of the new order of God’s government coming to earth, not in Caesar (i.e. the state), but in Christ. It is not only personal salvation but cosmic—the renovation of the universe. A new heavens and a new earth!

September 27, 2016 by David Orton

What is the nature of God’s Government for the world?

The biblical motif of God’s ‘Kingdom’ conveys this truth. God’s government invades planet earth through the preaching and teaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, accompanied by supernatural confirmation; as the executive agent of the Godhead, God’s government is “in the Holy Spirit” (Rom 14:17). But what is the core message of the Gospel?

The Gospel that Christ and the apostles proclaimed was the Good News of the Kingdom—of the new order of God’s government coming to earth, not in Caesar (i.e. the state), but in Christ. It is not only personal salvation but cosmic—the renovation of the universe. A new heavens and a new earth! Having been enthroned over the universe through his ascension, Christ is now actively ruling. And the Scriptures teach that he will do so until all his enemies are subdued. Thus, Christ’s victory in history is both already inaugurated and progressively realized. It will gradually increase, through the ambassadorial role of Christ’s Body, the church, until the knowledge of the glory of the Lord fills the earth.

Just as every human civil government has a constitution, likewise, God’s government. Its constitution is God’s covenant with humankind, accompanied by its divinely revealed stipulations (conditions) and sanctions (consequences).

God’s government flows from the spiritual regeneration of the individual and their self-government through to the family, the redeemed community, and to civil government. Each of these four spheres has been constituted by God through which he delegates his authority for human protection and flourishing.

 

About David Orton

David has served as a teacher and ministry leader for over 40 years. He teaches with a measure of prophetic gravitas and as the founder of Lifemessenger carries a word of reformation, particularly for the Western church and culture.