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The core theme is that the true message of Jesus Christ, centered on the coming Kingdom of God, has been largely obscured by Satan and misunderstood by most modern churches, leading to a distorted understanding of Christian faith and salvation.
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Believe it or not, Satan, the devil, has
deceived most of the churches of this
world to virtually avoid the very heart
of Jesus Christ's message to the world,
the good news of the coming kingdom of
God. As a result, most who consider
themselves Christian don't even
understand what the kingdom of God is.
If you want to defeat Satan's plan to
keep you in the dark, this edition of
Tomorrow's World is for you. Join us
today as we answer the question the
devil wants you to ignore. Just what is
Welcome to Tomorrow's World, where we
help you make sense of the world through
the pages of your Bible. Today we're
going to explain in plain and simple
terms the kingdom of God. A mystery
which almost no one understands today,
including those who call themselves
Christians. What is the kingdom of God?
Is it just a feeling in your heart? Is
it the church or the collection of
Christians throughout the ages? Is it
only in heaven? And why is it a mystery
at all? Why is there such confusion over
the kingdom of God in the first place?
We'll also be offering you a free
resource that explains why today's
churches are in such utter confusion.
It's titled Satan's Counterfeit
Christianity. Keep an eye out for the
information you need to get your free copy.
copy.
Constantly in the churches of the world
or in videos online, you will find men
and women preaching about Jesus, who
they think he was, the story of his life
as they understand it, the miracles he
performed, some of the things he said or
did, his crucifixion and resurrection.
It all seems to make sense. And to be
sure, Jesus Christ is the savior of the
world. It is by his shed blood that we
are forgiven our sins. But we have to
ask ourselves. Is the message preached
by these churches the same message that
Jesus preached? As we'll see in a
moment, Jesus did not come to only talk
about himself. The heart and soul of the
message, preaching, and teaching of
Jesus Christ was about the kingdom of
God. Now, that might surprise some of
you because we don't hear much about the
kingdom of God today. Yet, it is
mentioned around 150 times in the New
Testament. Let's take a brief but
sweeping journey of the ministry of
Christ and his disciples and see for
ourselves. In the book of Mark 1, we
read at the very beginning of Christ's
ministry, right after the imprisonment
of John the Baptist. Here in verses 14-
15, Mark writes,
"Now after John was put in prison, Jesus
came to Galilee preaching the gospel of
the kingdom of God and saying, "The time
is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is
at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel."
gospel."
Jesus came preaching the gospel of the
kingdom of God. In fact, look at Jesus
statement in the book of Luke in chapter
4. Jesus makes a very explicit statement
about his purpose and his mission about
why he was on earth in the first place.
In verse 43, we read, "He said to them,
I must preach the kingdom of God to the
other cities also because for this
purpose I have been sent." Jesus tells
us that his purpose, the very reason he
was sent by God was to preach about the
kingdom of God. The kingdom of God was
so central to Jesus' message to
humanity, to you and me, that he told us
that seeking that kingdom should be the
number one focus of our lives. Read it
with me in Matthew 6 and verse 33.
But seek first the kingdom of God and
his righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you. That same chapter
of the Bible contains the famous passage
commonly called the Lord's Prayer. In
that model prayer, Jesus mentions the
kingdom of God twice at the beginning
and the end. In fact, the four gospels
are full of teachings and parables from
Jesus about the kingdom of God. So many
we don't have time on today's program to
read them all. Instead, let's turn to a
passage in the book of Acts that may
surprise you. Many people don't know
that the Bible says Jesus actually spent
almost six weeks with his disciples
before ascending to heaven to remain
with his father until his return. Six
weeks of teaching them and preparing
them for their mission. And what did he
focus on during that time? Acts 1 and:3
tells us that Jesus presented himself
alive after his suffering by many
infallible proofs, being seen by them
during 40 days and speaking of the
things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
That's how important the topic was to
Jesus Christ. And his disciples took his
instructions seriously. Consider the
famous Apostle Paul. Acts 14:22 pictures
him speaking of the difficulty of
entering the kingdom of God. Acts 19:8
says he spent three months in the
synagogues of the Jews quote reasoning
and persuading concerning the things of
the kingdom of God. Acts 20:25 shows him
testifying to Christians in Ephesus that
he has been among them quote preaching
the kingdom of God. The list goes on and
on and on. At the very end of the book
of Acts, we find Paul in a state of
house arrest and receiving visitors.
Acts 28:es 30 and 31 tell us what he was
doing there. Then Paul dwelt two whole
years in his own rented house and
received all who came to him, preaching
the kingdom of God and teaching the
things which concerned the Lord Jesus
Christ with all confidence, no one
forbidding him. The testimony of the
Bible is unanimous and deafening. The
message of Jesus Christ and the message
of his church must be about the kingdom
of God. If the kingdom of God was at the
heart of Jesus' message, why do most
people who consider themselves faithful
Christians not hear about it more? Why
do so many not even know what it is?
Because the Christianity we see around
us today has been long corrupted by the
devil and influenced to ignore or change
many vital and inspiring truths of God,
including the truth about the kingdom of God.
God.
I know that might be shocking to hear,
but it is unquestionably true. There is
a reason the modern Christian church is
shattered into a thousand pieces. All
teaching doctrines and practices that
differ in ways great and small from the
teachings of the Bible. Satan, the
devil, has been working to corrupt
Christianity from its beginning. Men
make the Bible complicated and
confusing, but God is not the author of
confusion. When God speaks plainly, why
not simply take him at his word instead
of adding our own ideas to his
teachings? If we want to understand the
kingdom of God, we need to consider what
makes a kingdom a kingdom. By seeking
that plain understanding and allowing
the Bible to answer our questions, we
can cut through the devil's confusion to
see the beautiful simple truth. When we
consider it carefully, we find that four
elements make up every kingdom,
including the kingdom of God. A king, a
territory, laws, and subjects.
Looking to the Bible's insights with
these four elements of a kingdom in mind
will reveal the answer to today's
question and reveal the kingdom of God.
Let's first consider the king. It may
come as no surprise to you that the king
of the future kingdom of God will be
Jesus Christ. He will literally rule the
world. People often get sentimental
about the words of Isaiah 9 and:es 6 and
7, but they rarely actually look at what
it says. Let's read it together.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given, and the government will be
upon his shoulder. Now, pause for a
moment. Did you catch that? The
government will be upon his shoulder.
The first part of the verse is not a
metaphor. Why would this be one? Jesus
Christ was born to govern. Let's
continue. And his name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. of
the increase of his government and
peace. There will be no end upon the
throne of David and over his kingdom to
order it and establish it with judgment
and justice from that time forward even
forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts
will perform this.
King David ruled in Jerusalem over a
real kingdom. So too, Christ will rule
in Jerusalem over a real kingdom, but
this time a kingdom without end. He will
be exactly what he's called in
Revelation 19 and:e 16, King of Kings
and Lord of Lords. But he will not be
ruling alone. For instance, Matthew 19
and verse 28 tells us that his 12
apostles will be ruling under him in the
kingdom, judging the 12 tribes of
Israel. Even more than that, each and
every Christian who has suffered and
struggled in this world to overcome sin
and follow in the footsteps of Jesus
Christ will directly rule the world
under Christ as well. So many verses
speak of this future. Daniel 7 18 and 27
talk of the kingdom being given to God's
people. Revelation 20 and 6 speaks of
the saints reigning with Christ for
1,000 years. Turn to 1 Corinthians 6 and
verse 2 where Paul talks of the reign of
the future glorified Christians very
plainly. Do you not know that the saints
will judge the world? And if the world
will be judged by you, are you unworthy
to judge the smallest matters? Do you
not know that we shall judge angels? How
much more things that pertain to this life?
life?
Judge the world. Judge angels. What an
incredible destiny ahead for the true
followers of Jesus Christ. The reward of
the saved is not a heavenly retirement
home. It is ruling tomorrow's world in
glory under Jesus Christ. Here we see
the second element of a kingdom, the
territory. The saints will rule the
world under Christ. That's this world,
not heaven or some fuzzy feel-good
kingdom in your heart. I know it's hard
to unlearn some things. But shattering
the deceit of the devil to learn the
real truth of Jesus' message is worth
it. And the truth is plain for those
willing to read and believe their
Bibles. True Christians can proclaim the
clear words of Revelation 5 and:e 10 and
say, "You have made us kings and priests
to our God, and we shall reign on the
earth." It doesn't get more
straightforward than that. Those who
follow Christ now shall reign on the
earth. And earlier in Revelation in
chapter 2 and:es 26 and 27, Jesus
encourages us. And he who overcomes and
keeps my works until the end, to him I
will give power over the nations. He
shall rule them with a rod of iron.
Power over the nations means authority
on this earth. Is Jesus lying to us? Is
he saying something he doesn't really
mean? Satan would have you believe that?
Why can't people just trust the Bible
for what it says? Today, we're unlocking
the mystery of the kingdom of God. And
we're doing so by simply believing the
Bible for what it says. In our last
segment, we highlighted that those who
follow Jesus Christ now will rule the
world alongside him. Which may be a bit
of a surprise to many of you who simply
expected Christians to die and go to
heaven. But if you think about it, the
truth of the saints coming world rule
has been in front of you all the time.
Write in your Bible. Even many atheists
are familiar with Jesus' promise
recorded in Matthew 5 and verse 5. The
meek shall inherit the earth. There are
so many verses that we're skipping for
the sake of time. But I want to ask you,
aren't some of these verses and passages
beginning to make sense? Jesus really
did mean what he said. The meek are
going to literally inherit planet Earth.
When we sweep away the devil's ideas and
embrace the plain truth of the Bible, so
much becomes clear. Let's continue.
We've covered the first two elements of
every kingdom, including the kingdom of
God, a king and territory. Let's now
look at the third element every kingdom
possesses, a collection of laws. The
Bible is clear from beginning to end
that the future kingdom of God will be
ruled by the laws of God embodied in the
Ten Commandments. So many sincere but
confused pastors, preachers, and priests
will tell you that Jesus somehow did
away with his father's commandments. But
this simply is not so. For example, you
can read for yourself in Matthew 19 16
and 17 how Christ replied when a young
man came to him asking to receive
eternal life. Jesus answered, "If you
want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
commandments."
Many prophecies speak of Christ's reign
on earth and how the law of God will
form the basis of that reign. For
instance, Isaiah
2 and:e 3 tells us, "For out of Zion
shall go forth the law and the word of
the Lord from Jerusalem."
In fact, if we take a look at the larger
passage there in Isaiah 2, we see the
fourth element every kingdom possesses.
Subjects. The subjects of Jesus' reign
will comprise the entire world. Let's
read the larger passage beginning in
verse two.
Now it shall come to pass in the latter
days that the mountain of the Lord's
house shall be established on the top of
the mountains and shall be exalted above
the hills, and all nations shall flow to
it. Many people shall come and say,
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of
the Lord, to the house of the God of
Jacob. He will teach us his ways, and we
shall walk in his paths. For out of Zion
shall go forth the law and the word of
the Lord from Jerusalem. Zechariah 14
tells us that this globe covering reign
will take some time since some will
refuse at first to be subjects of this
kingdom and come under the laws of God.
But those nations will find that
resisting this new world ruler is harder
than they imagine. For instance, when
the glorified Jesus Christ calls for all
the nations of the world to keep the
biblical feast of tabernacles in
Jerusalem, some nations will apparently
resist. Zechariah records that Christ
will not take such refusals lightly.
And it shall come to pass that everyone
who is left of all the nations which
came against Jerusalem shall go up from
year to year to worship the King, the
Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of
tabernacles. And it shall be that
whichever of the families of the earth
do not come up to Jerusalem to worship
the King, the Lord of Hosts, on them
there will be no rain. With the new King
of Kings controlling nature itself,
it'll not be long before all the world
learns to submit. And they will learn
that resisting only postpone the
blessings that come from yielding to a
loving God. The result of Jesus Christ's
reign over the entire world and the
people of the world will be the kind of
world we've always wanted, one of peace
and prosperity. As recorded in Isaiah
chapter 2, he that is Christ shall judge
between the nations and rebuke many
people. They shall beat their swords
into plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up
sword against nation. Neither shall they
learn war anymore.
Completely understanding the mystery of
the kingdom of God and the role it plays
in salvation. The heart of the real
gospel of Jesus Christ has changed more
lives than I can count. And it is only
the start of a beautiful journey of
walking fully and closely with God.
We've been explaining the simple truth
of the kingdom of God that it isn't a
matter of living among the clouds of
heaven or a feeling in your heart or the
church. Rather, it is a real kingdom
with a king, Jesus Christ, ruling a
territory, the entirety of planet Earth,
possessing laws, the Ten Commandments
and the laws of God, and reigning over
subjects, the people and nations of the
entire world. Regardless of how much
Satan, the devil, seeks to obscure this
truth, it is at the very heart and soul
of the message that Jesus Christ brought
to this earth. Jesus has commissioned us
to preach about the kingdom of God. Not
merely a gospel about Jesus or about his
person or about his life, but the gospel
of Jesus. And we here at Tomorrow's
World are devoted to doing just that. In
fact, you can see the mission of
tomorrow's world reflected in Christ's
prophecy recorded in Matthew 24 and: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.
come.
And that gospel of the kingdom along
with the whole council of God that goes
with it is what we strive to deliver to
you at tomorrow's world week after week.
The world that Jesus Christ will
establish at his return and that will
spread to cover the entire earth will
truly be amazing beyond comprehension.
His saints will rule with him for a
thousand years, reigning in power and
glory alongside their savior and finally
teaching the world all the truths that
have been hidden by Satan the devil for
so long, including the remarkable
purpose of man and the way of life that
truly leads to life. But you don't have
to wait until the return of Jesus Christ
to begin experiencing the benefits of
the kingdom of God. You can begin to
enjoy them to some degree in your life.
Now, I know that there are people all
over the world watching this program
right now. I know because so many of you
write to us each week and request our
literature or to visit with one of our
ministers. God is calling some of you
listening to this message today to
understand more of his truth. And if God
is calling you, you need to act. You can
begin a completely new and more dynamic
walk with God right now. Psalm 34:8
tells us to taste and see that the Lord
is good. And you can begin doing that
today. If anything in our messages here
at Tomorrow's World has begun to prod
you to consider that there's more to the
Bible than you realized and that there's
more to God's way of life that you had
previously imagined, feel free to
contact one of our representatives. You
can find a minister near you on our
website at tomorrowsworld.org or reach
out to one of our regional offices
listed in our magazine, which you'll
receive with today's free offer. If you
have questions, we want to help with
God's answers. Those who will be ruling
with Jesus Christ after his return,
making this planet the beautiful,
peaceful paradise that God always
intended it to be will be those who
learn to let him rule their hearts and
minds now. Those who rule with him then
will be those who are willing to be
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