Back in the 1980s, a man of God was ministering when God asked Him a question that changed His life.

The question was, “Why don’t you preach The Gospel that I preached?”

A conversation ensued, and he was told that Jesus preached The Gospel of The Kingdom, and he was preaching The Gospel of Salvation.

I also had a somewhat similar experience in the 1980s that changed my life forever.

After raising a family of five children, building a successful business, and growing considerably in the things of God and ministry, I had reached a point in my life where everything had come to an end.

It all seemed to be completed. Alone, in a nice travel trailer beside my house, I sought a way to start over again. I thought, what better way to start over than reading through the New Testament?

The word “Kingdom” kept standing out to me. I had not noticed before that Jesus used the word ‘Kingdom’ so often.

I asked God a simple question, “God, what does this word “Kingdom” really mean, and why did Jesus speak about it so much?”

Instantly, the travel trailer filled with The Presence of God, and His answer flooded into my heart.

Every question I asked was immediately answered!

My Bible became brand new, always speaking of The Kingdom of God — or The Kingdom of Heaven — like never before.

A whole new perspective on the reality of this world, The Kingdom of God, Heaven, and the entire Bible suddenly began forming in my heart.

The Bible all began to fit together in the light of The Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven, that Jesus proclaimed and demonstrated.

It was very satisfying and brought peace to see the reality of the true message of Jesus, which brings the whole Bible together.

The things that seemed to contradict or not fit together began to make sense and come together in the revelation of The Kingdom of God on earth.

“But He said to them, “I must preach The Kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”” Luke 4:43 emphasis added.

“Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of The Kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him.” Luke 8:1 emphasis added.

The Kingdom of God is Spirit That Forms and Reforms Creation

The Kingdom of God is Spirit and is far greater than the natural.

Spirit reality created the natural and causes it to continue to exist. Therefore, “The Kingdom” cannot be taught and received by only natural means. It must be revealed by Spirit, and received by Spirit.

Jesus used natural stories about natural things to convey a picture of spiritual kingdom realities to a person with “ears to hear.”

Ears to hear come by the Spirit of God present within our hearts . Spirit ears within the heart are given by Spirit Christ Jesus dwelling in a person. (Matthew 13:9, 13:43).

Spirit Christ Jesus abiding within by The HOLY SPIRIT is the connecting place of personal love communion with Father God.

The Spirit delivers this communion from our spirit to our souls, and we are IN THE MANIFEST PRESENCE OF GOD, overwhelmed and enraptured, in the loving peace and joy of The LORD.

We are emboldened, empowered, encouraged, and strengthened to be and do The Will of God without limitation.

We are forever grateful and blessed to be walking in this life in the Spirit of Christ as true, manifested sons of God.

Christ in you is manifested into the world, lovingly ruling with a rod of iron in The Kingdom of God on earth.

The rod of iron is the total pure love of God that destroys all evil and removes all sin and fills the world with His pure holy light and life, as it is in heaven.

This is the humblest life imaginable. Living and walking in His glorious presence, we are awed into loving and worshiping Him, and realize we are nothing without Him.

Sharing The Kingdom is Living as Sons of God

God, in Christ, by The Holy Spirit living in and through us, is the way of drawing others toward The Kingdom of God.

Experiencing the love of God in His people is the way of salvation of the world around us. Kingdom seekers are not drawn to the glory of our dynamic preaching and teaching.

They are drawn to the love of God flowing in and through us to them and others around us. This opens their hearts to desire The Kingdom life they see in us.

The natural sharing of the ways and Word of God, in an atmosphere of God’s love, demonstrates and teaches The Kingdom of God.

Formal Teaching and Preaching

Teaching and preaching sessions in an atmosphere of God’s loving presence are instrumental in releasing the ways of God to crowds of people.

Yet, this does not replace the need for practical, daily love relationships between individuals, families, and in business, where we share with and serve one another.

Kingdom principles can be taught as natural, wise intelligence that will yield a season of partial success in certain areas.

However, this knowledge without Spirit God puffs up the natural mind and elevates the pride of the person, which leads to downfall. 1 Corinthians 8:1, “…Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.” (Proverbs 16:18).

The benefits of self-made gain and upbuilding are always completely wiped out in the end results of the ungodly misuse of kingdom principles without the love life in and with Spirit God.

Kingdom teaching and demonstration are needed in the world today, as they help tear down some religious doctrines or teachings of half-truths that are infiltrated with the darkness of natural or false religious concepts, which limit or discredit the true Spiritual reality of God and His Kingdom of Love.

However, the most important thing needed is to be in a loving relationship with God and His Kingdom People.

Experiencing the real always leads to exposing the false or unreal. Living the experience of true Spiritual life in God makes it easy, with fewer words of teaching, to ignite the light of revealed truth in the hearts of those seeking The Kingdom of God.

It is usually much easier for someone not trained in a religious Church System to hear and accept The Gospel of The Kingdom than it is for someone who has been taught in a religious context.

They do not have the limiting traditional interpretational errors regarding the reality of The Kingdom of God on earth.

All the Truth and teachings of Christ and the first-century disciples are the same as The Gospel of The Kingdom that God is re-revealing in this season.

The Greater Contains the Lesser

The Gospel of The Kingdom that Jesus and His first-century disciples proclaimed included The Gospel of Salvation, receiving the fullness of The Holy Spirit, and giving Him your life now.

All of these are the necessary first parts of The Kingdom of God being revealed by Christ Jesus within the maturing sons of God, manifesting Jesus and the further parts of The Gospel of The Kingdom.

There is much more of the fullness of The Gospel of The Kingdom.

The Manifesting or Coming of Christ Jesus

The great lightning strike seen around the world, is the full manifestation of Christ Jesus in His Body and Bride of manifested sons and daughters on earth.

In every continent and every nation, The glory of God will be manifest in the Love Rule of The Kingdom of God on earth, as it is in heaven. (Matthew 24:27).

Jesus taught that He was going away and returning to His disciples as Spirit Christ in The Holy Spirit to establish the fullness of God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

This is the Gospel (The Good News) of the reign of the loving rule of God on earth.

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you…… You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’” John 14:16-18, 28.

In His earthly body, He was in one place at one time.

As Spirit, He is multiplied many times across the earth to completely restore the governing link between God or heaven and mankind or the world. As Spirit, He can be seen worldwide at one time.

God’s big plan and the purpose of Christ is to bring heaven to earth, much more than getting us to heaven after we die.

Thank God for heaven after we die, but even more for bringing heaven back to earth.

We are not waiting for God to decide to send the fullness of The Kingdom.

All that needs to be done from heaven is now complete.

God is waiting for mankind to believe and receive the fullness of The Gospel of The Kingdom now, and many are coming into hearing, receiving, and truly believing the Good news of The Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.

The Kingdom is here now in us if we have ears to hear it and receive it.

This is the great transition, the restoration to the fullness of The Kingdom of God, filling our hearts and the world with the purity of the love, power, and glory of Almighty God of Heaven and Earth.

“To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Colossians 1-27.

 

Be made whole in His love,
~ Ron McGatlin

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Ron McGatlin Ron has over 62 years of seeking to serve God in ministry and business. Barbara has served in pastoral and Christian education positions for over 10 years. They currently make their home in the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, USA. Ron has written 5 books on revival and the in-breaking kingdom and continues to write powerful apostolic/prophetic articles published weekly in the OpenHeaven.com Digest.

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