Jhn 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered,
Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Jesus says to Pilate: This is the reason I was born, and for this cause came I into the world...
What reason? What cause?
That I should bear witness unto the truth.
Jesus never said he was a King, other's accused him of wanting to be king. Others accused him of wanting to dethrone Caesar.
Others believed he came to restore the Kingdom of Jerusalem as David's heir to the throne.
And Pilate asked him, art thou a king? Jesus answered, that's what you say.
But I will tell you why I was born and what is my cause.
I was sent here to bear witness to the truth.
Jesus would not receive his kingdom until after he rose from the dead and all enemies were put under his feet.
Jesus said: My Kingdom is not of this world, some say age.
My Kingdom is not of this age, meaning it was not at that time that his Kingdom would reign.
John was given a letter to the churches in the book of Revelation which reads:
Rev 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace
be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
Rev 1:5 And from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness,
and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him
be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Was this message to the current churches in Asia, or were they written for a future world?
In verse 6, we are either now or yet to be kings and priests.
And what does it mean, "The time is at hand" in verse 3?
Rev 1:3 Blessed
is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time
is at hand.
Was this 2000 years ago or is this for today, or for some future time yet to come?
Are there ather examples of the "time being at hand" ?
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 26:18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith,
My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
Mar 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Rev 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.
I personally believe Jesus's Kingdom is here and now. And he teigns as King of kingd and Lord of Lords.
But his kingdom is not a material kingdom, but rather a government that is administered by his Spirit.
And we are the army of the Lord, here and now to do his will.
We will see the manifestation of this kingdom when all enemies of the truth are removed.
Until then it is still hidden behind a veil of secrecy. The world doesn not believe that it exists because it can not see it.
But we know it exists, because we live it every day. And we bare fruit, and we witness to others this glorious kingdom of the Lord, by being his Ambassadors, his representatives, as lights in a dark world.
Most of us are the blind man that could only see men walking as trees. We can't see through that dark glass.
But the closer you draw to God, the clearer the glass becomes. Until you find yourself no longer living in a material world,
but one where people are known by the spirit they bear.
Picture your life right now, where you are, living in the kingdom of God.
Hold that thought. Now take it with you everywhere you go for the rest of your life.
Amazing the things you see and hear and learn and know.
Faith:
Heb 11:1 Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
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