THE
KINGDOM AND GOD'S PURPOSE
In order to understand the Kingdom of God , it is necessary to
see the Kingdom from the viewpoint of eternity rather than from the viewpoint of time and
space and from the earth. This close up viewpoint of time and space is what has led some
into error interpreting the Kingdom as it relates to us, or as it relates to the church.
DAN 7:14 "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples,
nations, and {men of every} language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting
dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. DAN
7:27 'Then the sovereignty, the dominion, and the greatness of {all} the kingdoms under
the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom
{will be} an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.' The
Kingdom of Heaven has always existed, exists now and always will exist. It is an
everlasting Kingdom that will not pass away or be destroyed. The saints of the highest one
do not generate the Kingdom, they receive the Kingdom that has always existed. When we
search the scriptures and try to interpret the Kingdom from a microscopic viewpoint, we
see the parables and the principles of the Kingdom from Matthew 5, 6, and 7. Then we do
word studies, background studies, interpret scripture with scripture and compare
concordance references and arrive at a microscopic conclusion of what the Kingdom is. The
problem is we still don't see the Kingdom from God's viewpoint. We see it from the earth
perspective. For that reason we get a confused interpretation. When God views His Kingdom
He sees it from the viewpoint of eternity and He sees it as a panoramic vision of His
eternal purpose. God sees His creation and His kingdom from His Throne. If we were raised
up and seated together with Christ, we would see creation and the Kingdom as He sees it.
If we view the Kingdom from the church we see the Kingdom from the wrong end of the
telescope. We need to view the church from the Kingdom. It looks quite different. Then our
vision perspective is of tremendous importance in interpreting the purpose of God For
example, man has generally interpreted God's purpose as it relates to his own need for
redemption. Man begins with the fall in Genesis 3 and relates all that God does as God's
response to the fall. Calvary then becomes an emergency measure to correct the error of
mankind, to provide salvation for man and the means God uses to save man from hell. From
man's earthly viewpoint sin is the whole problem. When the sin problem is handled by the
blood of Jesus, the goal has been reached. If we could just see from the throne of God, we
would see that God's purpose still needs to be completed by redeemed man. Man certainly
needs redemption before he can fulfil the purpose for which man was created but redemption
itself does not fulfil God's eternal purpose. >From the panoramic viewpoint, from the
throne, this is clearly evident. Redemption is simply the doorway that leads to God's
eternal purpose. Now if we can see the Kingdom as it relates to God's eternal purpose from
the panoramic view from the throne of God, the Kingdom takes on a whole different
dimension. Now we can see redemption doesn't automatically put us into the Kingdom but
from the viewpoint of redemption we can at least see the Kingdom. JOH 3:3 Jesus answered
and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God." However seeing the Kingdom is not the same thing as entering the
Kingdom. JOH 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of
water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. If man tries to see the
difference from the viewpoint of earth, he will argue there is no difference. Seeing and
entering is exactly the same thing. But from just the elevation of the mountain it was
clear to Moses that seeing and entering is quite different. DEU 34:4 Then the Lord said to
him, "This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and |