Kingdom Principles

The Original Kingdom Concept

God’s intent was to plant a colony of His citizens on the earth to make His “manifold wisdom”—His heart, mind, will, and desires— known to “the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.” In other words, to the spirit world. His purpose in colonizing earth was to show the spiritual powers of darkness how beings created in His own image could be planted on the earth and bring in the govern ment and culture of Heaven so that in the end, the earth would look just like Heaven. In summary: 1. A colony is a group of citizens established in a foreign ter ritory to influence that domain for their home govern ment. 2. A colony is a foreign territory inhabited by citizens charged to influence that domain with the culture and values of their government. 3. A colony is the presence of a distinct cultural citizenry in a foreign territory governed by the laws and culture of their home government. Such is the concept of kingdom colonization. UNDERSTANDING KINGDOM CONCEPTS Studying the concept of kingdoms is important for a couple of reasons. First, because most of us today, particularly in the west, have never lived in a kingdom, the concept is completely foreign to us. We simply do not know what it is like to live under a king. This might not be a problem were it not for the second reason for study ing the Kingdom: God’s government, the government of Heaven, is a kingdom, and God is the King . And because His Kingdom extends through all creation, encompassing both the supernatural and the natural realms, it covers us also, which is why we need to understand it. A third and critical reason to study and restore this concept of

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