Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Principles

rebelled against God, abdicated his regency, and passed control of his realm to a demonic usurper, a fallen angel who had no right or authority to take it. God’s purpose is unchanging. He created man for rulership, and so immediately set into motion His plan to restore to man the Kingdom he had lost. The Bible lays out a detailed record of the his torical outworking of God’s plan. In the fullness of time, when every thing was in place, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born into human flesh and appeared to men, saying, “ Repent [change your mind], for the kingdom of heaven is near [or has arrived]” (Matt. 4:17b). The Son of God came to get the Kingdom back for man. He came as a human because earth is man’s God-given domain, and only a human has the legal authority to rule it directly. SEVEN KINGDOM PRINCIPLES OF TERRITORY Territory is vital to a kingdom because without territory no kingdom can exist. This is why a king is always interested in expand ing his territory. Why is territory so important? Why can there not be a kingdom without it? Here are seven reasons. 1. No king can rule nothing. A king is a ruler, which by def inition requires a domain to rule over. No domain, no ruler; no ruler, no king. That is why God made the earth before He made man; man could not be a king until he had a domain. When God set out to establish His Kingdom, He began by creating territory: “ In the begin ning God created the heavens and the earth ” (Gen. 1:1). First He created Heaven, His territory, and then He cre ated earth, man’s territory. That way man could be a king like his Creator. 2. There is no kingdom without a domain. Why is the terri tory of a king called his domain? Because he dominates

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