UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM
Gen 14:18-20
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
KJV
Gen 22:17-18
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
KJV
The coming kingdom of Christ, towards which the whole of Scripture moves, will be one kingdom with two realms – a heavenly realm and an earthly realm. Christ, the Seed of Abraham, will be the Supreme Ruler, and occupying positions of power and authority with Him, will be the seed of Abraham (the Church) ruling from a heavenly realm, and the seed of Abraham (Israel) ruling from an earthly realm.
Christ after this fashion, will have dual reign, both from His Own throne in the heavens and from David’s throne on the earth (Luke 1:31-33; Rev. 3:21). There will be a Jerusalem above and a Jerusalem below. The New Jerusalem will rest in a heavenly position above the earth, as the capital of the earth from above (apparently a satellite city which those on the earth can behold); and the city of Jerusalem on the earth will be restored, existing as the capital city of the earth from below.
Christ with His co-heirs will exercise power and authority from the New Jerusalem above the earth, and Christ is the midst of and with His people Israel will exercise power and authority from Jerusalem below. Power and authority from above will emanate from Christ’s Own throne, and power and authority from below will emanate from David’s throne, which will be given to Christ.
That will be the basic structure of the coming kingdom of Christ, in which both the heavenly seed and the earthly seed of Abraham will “possess the gate of [rule over]” the Gentile nations of the earth. And this rule will result in not only the nation blessed, but the kingdom ultimately (at the end of 1000 years) being brought back into a state where it can be delivered up to the Father so that “God may be all in all” (Gen. 12:1-3; 22:17, 18; 1 Cor. 15:24-28).
Gen 14:18-20
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
KJV
Gen 22:17-18
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
KJV
The coming kingdom of Christ, towards which the whole of Scripture moves, will be one kingdom with two realms – a heavenly realm and an earthly realm. Christ, the Seed of Abraham, will be the Supreme Ruler, and occupying positions of power and authority with Him, will be the seed of Abraham (the Church) ruling from a heavenly realm, and the seed of Abraham (Israel) ruling from an earthly realm.
Christ after this fashion, will have dual reign, both from His Own throne in the heavens and from David’s throne on the earth (Luke 1:31-33; Rev. 3:21). There will be a Jerusalem above and a Jerusalem below. The New Jerusalem will rest in a heavenly position above the earth, as the capital of the earth from above (apparently a satellite city which those on the earth can behold); and the city of Jerusalem on the earth will be restored, existing as the capital city of the earth from below.
Christ with His co-heirs will exercise power and authority from the New Jerusalem above the earth, and Christ is the midst of and with His people Israel will exercise power and authority from Jerusalem below. Power and authority from above will emanate from Christ’s Own throne, and power and authority from below will emanate from David’s throne, which will be given to Christ.
That will be the basic structure of the coming kingdom of Christ, in which both the heavenly seed and the earthly seed of Abraham will “possess the gate of [rule over]” the Gentile nations of the earth. And this rule will result in not only the nation blessed, but the kingdom ultimately (at the end of 1000 years) being brought back into a state where it can be delivered up to the Father so that “God may be all in all” (Gen. 12:1-3; 22:17, 18; 1 Cor. 15:24-28).
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