Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Principles

since that fatal fall from governing grace, man has been attempting to establish a form of self-government that would alleviate the inter nal and external chaos he continues to experience. Of course, that chaos is also manifested in the natural physical creation he was mandated to govern—the earth. This is the reality behind the state ment of the first-century biblical writer, Paul, when he wrote: The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God (Romans 8:19-21). Paul’s statement reveals the fact that government affects not only the people of the land but also the land and physical environ ment itself. Governing is serious business. When man rejected heav en’s government, he became the source of his own governing program. The results ever since have proven that we need help. The Creator’s intent was to administrate earth government from Heaven through His image (nature) in man and thus manifest His nature and character on earth. God’s government is a unique structure that is yet misunderstood. I would at this point describe it as a corporate kingdom government. Government by corporate leadership! The theocratic order of a King over kings as partners in governing! This is what we would call the “Kingdom of Heaven.” The kingdom gov ernment concept is God’s idea. However, when man rejected heaven’s government, he had no choice but to accept as an alternative the disappointing plethora of human attempts at government. When the children of Israel left the land of Egypt, as recorded in the Exodus story, God instructed Moses to advise them that they would be governed by the laws of heaven and led by God Himself as their heavenly King on earth. This was the first step in God’s plan to reinstate the Kingdom of Heaven

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