What Does The 'Kingdom' Of God Mean? - Zac Poonen

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[@davidrobinson6697]

John the beloved saw the kingdom while on the isle of Patmos. He didn't just see a vision. He saw the very kingdom of God coming in power.

[@reesagomez1527]

Amen. Praise the Lord. Only when we are under the government of God, we are in the Kingdom of God. (We in Christ and Christ in us.) He must increase and I must decrease. God bless you brother . Pray for me.

[@rajeevmalhotra6768]

This has blessed me immensely. Bless you pastor.

[@36yovan]

*The king indwelling in a believer and guiding or ruling him daily!*

[@carolmueller3191]

Jesus told Christians to pray for God's Kingdom to come and for His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, didn't he? Matthew 6:9,10! God's Kingdom is a heavenly government ruled by Jesus Christ as King. Soon Jesus will bring beautiful changes to the earth. There will be no more death, pain or sorrow on earth, Revelation 21:4,5! No more wickedness on earth, Psalm 37:9-11! After Armageddon the meek will inherit the earth and live forever on it, Psalm 37:29; Matthew 5:5; Proverbs 2:21,22! There will only be one government over the entire earth forever, Daniel 2:44! Jesus said that this good news of the Kingdom would be preached about in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come, Matthew 24:14! Can we believe these promises from the Almighty God? Of course we can, NUMBERS 23:19! Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 42:8!

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Love ist the Best

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Thank you for this.

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Do not try to understand what Jesus was saying by thinking of what you have been told by religious teachers. They can only repeat from the scriptures and have no personal knowledge of the Kingdom of God or Heaven. God is not contained within any one place but is everywhere, as are the heavens and air above you. The Holy Word spoke truly when it says: in God you live, move and have your being. For the Kingdom of God is above, around and also within you - and you can enter the Kingdom of God. But what is it? It is a state of mind and heart which is fully possessed by God - our Father. When you are in this state, the Father is the head of your body and directs everything you do and all of your life. How can that be? It is possible to be so emptied of selfish desires, enmities, angers, jealousies, greed, and vindictiveness that only God is left in control within your mind and heart. What happens then? Then you enter into the State of Being which is God-directed. It is altogether beautiful and glorious. It is Love, it is generosity, it is caring for other people as you care for yourself, it is non-judgmental since you accept other people exactly as they are, knowing that they too are God’s children and are equally in the Father’s care. It is happiness beyond measure, beyond description, it is joy in the beauty of the world, it is life unlimited and increased energy, it is health and it is the fulfilment of your every need before you even know that you have such a need. You suffer because you do not understand how you have been created, and the true purposes for which you were born. You were born to be sons and heirs of the Father, you were born to enjoy all that the Father is in Himself, and all that He can give you. But you turn your backs on all the glory of the Kingdom and try to find pleasures in earthly things. While you do this, you will never find the Kingdom of God; nor enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. How shall we enter the Kingdom? Jesus has already told you. You enter the Kingdom of Heaven when you repent of all that you are in your heart and mind. When you take your evil to the Father and ask forgiveness and pray for the strength to be cleansed of your evil thoughts, words and deeds, and you finally get rid of them, then you may be sure that you are about to find the Kingdom of Heaven. When you have accomplished this, you will find that your attitudes towards others are changing, for the Father will be doing His Love Work within you. You will be free of the chains and thongs of evil desires and deeds which previously bound you and made you a captive in the world. More than this, you will find that the Father does satisfy your every need.

[@abrahamfregene8498]

Best message and explanation I have seen in ages thank you Pastor am blessed today

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sir what is kingdom of heaven

[@luanskipolanski215]

Jesus uses the terms Kingdom of God and Kingdom of heaven interchangeably, it's the same.

[@terryrambarran5917]

This is the most beautiful explanation of this I have ever heard.

[@monicag7330]

As always, thank you Bro Zac for breaking it down so simply so we can understand. I pray for you and your family to continue to stir us in the right direction in understanding Gods word, not our own/deceived minds! We need to truely be set apart in decisions and choices everyday- in our place of work etc as you describe and BE and practice Matthew 5-7, the way of living. Luke 9:23

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Amen. Very clear explanation . Thank u pastor. I praise god for u.

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Thank you Jesus for touching my heart 🙏😭😭😭 Jesus I'm a sinner plz forgive my sins 🙏🙏 in Jesus Name AMEN 🙏🙏

[@progamerdude712]

Thanks for the wonderful explanation.

[@charlenelaguer7072]

Such a wonderful sermon about a wonderful truth that we believers must recognize! Thank you so much for sharing this biblical wisdom with us!

[@ronnycarney4719]

What that means is to be born again by the spirit that’s what that means the kingdom of heaven lives within you🍞🍷

[@ricklannoye4374]

WHAT JESUS MEANT BY SOME PEOPLE NOT ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD (PSST…NOT HELL!) Most of the Jews of Jesus' day believed in an imminent Day of Judgment-- a large Citizenship Court Hearing, that a new king, called the Messiah, would conduct following his arrival to oust the Romans from Judea. For those Jews who had been faithful to God, the Jewish prophets promised citizenship in this coming kingdom--the new, independent, theocratic, Jewish government the Messiah would set up, beginning in Jerusalem and, from there, eventually, spreading to all the rest of the earth! To be clear, this "Kingdom of God," was not some pie in the sky, but a real, earthly government, with a lot of people working in many of the administrative positions, and all the perks that would go with them, like nice places to live! This new state of Israel was the "inheritance" God promised the Jewish people once they repented of their sins. But it was obvious, especially in Jesus' day, that not all the Jews were living according to what the Law of Moses and the Prophets said they should, but just doing whatever they could get away with under Roman rule, to live it up, even at the expense of their fellow Jews! These errant Jews were called "sinners," and the ones thought to be the worst sinners were the "publicans," those who collected taxes for Rome by defrauding their fellow Jews. The faithful Jews, however, believed the Messiah would grant citizenship in the new Jewish government only to the observant Jews, and the "sinners and publicans" would be exiled and regarded no better than all the other Gentiles, if not worse! Jesus of Nazareth spoke about this coming Citizenship Court Day, but he added another element to it--that many of those who were claiming to be the most righteous for all their outward piety would actually end up worse off than the "sinners and publicans"! He said they would not only fail to receive some of the really good jobs in the new government of the Messiah, but would not even get citizenship at all! In fact, he said the Messiah was going to look at all their phony good works as if they are just a bunch of dry sticks and have them (the fake good works, that is) all "burned up"! Then, they'd have to leave and, in effect, be thrown out into the "cold" of exile from the kingdom and, as they're leaving, they would be crying ("weeping") and their teeth would begin chattering, ("gnashing") from the metaphorical sense of "darkness" and "cold" they're going to feel when, in complete contrast to all their expectations, they'll end up being the LAST ones to ever get their citizenship! However, it's not that Jesus said anyone, not even the self-righteous, would NEVER get their "green card" in the coming kingdom of God. He did say the "sinners and publicans" would get theirs beforehand! But let's be clear, it's nuts to think Jesus' many warnings to the self-righteous and fake pious people of his day would result in, themselves, getting burned alive in some spirit world after they die! It was only due to a real misunderstand of Jesus' teachings about fake good works getting "burned up" by later Greco-Roman converts to Christianity who thought he meant to say the exiled would, themselves, get burned alive! Thing is, there are false preachers and teachers who are perpetuating this mistaken idea as if it were really true! Rick Lannoye, author of www.amazon.com/Hell-No-Certain-There-Place/dp/1477401938 Got questions? Go to ricklannoye.com

[@christanofficial]

Thank you Grandfather for opens huge revelation

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Hallelujah 🙌🏻 All Glory to YESHUVA Our Saviour LORD 🙏 Amen

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Hallelujah 🙌 Hallelujah 🙌 Hallelujah 🙌 Praise God! God bless you brother zac!🙏

[@rosemarry1033]

Glory to God. Uncle.

[@frankchristian6355]

Amen

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Thanks for your explanation

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Thank you sir for your good Teaching

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God bless you, Sir

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Thank you sir

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AMEN

[@sureshbaghel]

Amen

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So clear

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Iv come to tell you that the Lion is coming 🦁👑🕛🎺

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Praise God. I got an important message

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Amen

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Thank you pastor for the info

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Great explanation

[@stephen8289]

On point !!

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Amen.