Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Concept #7

was in the world but not of the world. It was from another place but also resident here on earth. It was here now, but it was not from here. So all Kingdom citizens possess dual citizenship—in heaven and on earth. That status will continue until the day when the present heaven and earth pass away and the King re-creates them both. Then there will be no more separation because the time will have come when:

…the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God himself will be with them and be their God (Revelation 21:3).

On that day the government of heaven will exercise full domin ion over the new earth under the co-regency of all kingdom citizens.

INVISIBLE CITIZENSHIP Someone may ask, “If the Kingdom of heaven is here now, why can’t we see it? Why isn’t there more evidence of it all around us?” The answer is very simple: We cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven because it is invisible. And so are its citizens. In fact, all colonial gov ernments and citizens are invisible. I grew up and have spent most of my life in the Bahamas. I am a Bahamian citizen who was born while the Bahamas was still part of the British Commonwealth. While I was growing up, I never visited England. I never visited Parliament or saw the queen. But like the rest of my countrymen, I knew they were there. After all, we sang their songs, wore their clothes, observed their laws, learned their history; but we never saw them. So the government was invisible…but it was real. Just look at us today: We speak English, we drive on the left side of the street, and carry on many customs and traditions that are the legacy of our years as part of the British Empire. In the Bahamas, the British government was invisible but also influential.

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