The secret battle of the kingdoms

The secret battle of Kingdoms

Luke 4:33

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In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,

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“Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

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A man possessed, sitting in the congregation on the Sabbath. This sets the tone for what this letter is about today. "What do you want with us!", he said. The 'we' in the Tabernacle is unsettling when considered.

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Mark 7:36

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Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

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I once had a minister tell me, that to overcome his fear of speaking in front of a group, he would picture them all naked. I had another minister tell me, that to remain sincere while speaking in front of a group, he would pretend that he was speaking directly to the demons inside them all. Naked, demon possessed congregation. The reality is closer to this than not.

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Romans 3:9-18

9What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

10As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;

11there is no one who understands;

there is no one who seeks God.

12All have turned away,

they have together become worthless;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.”

13“Their throats are open graves;

their tongues practice deceit.” 

“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”

14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” 

15“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16ruin and misery mark their ways,

17and the way of peace they do not know.”

18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.” 

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Before the law was set forth through Moses, there was no sin. What that means is there was no knowledge of what sin is.

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Romans 3:19,20

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Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

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The kingdom of Satan, leads souls into death. Death, not of the flesh but souls into cost that must then be paid. Bound by consequence they created in their existence. The Law was set out to make way for the gospel of the Kingdom of God. First, we become conscious of sin, then we deny ourselves to observe the Kingdom Of Holiness. That generality basically explains that mankind is being brought away from what enslaves them into what keeps them free from enslavement.

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Luke 11:18

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If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

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Matthew 24:14

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And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

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The Gospel of Thomas Saying 2,3

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Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find.

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When they find, they will be disturbed.

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When they are disturbed, they will marvel,

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and will rule over all."

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Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) imperial rule is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you.

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If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you.

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Rather, the (Father's) imperial rule

is inside you and outside you.

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When you know yourselves, then you will be

known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father.

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But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."

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A kingdom in physical terms is like a breeze that all who are present acknowledge. A kingdom in unholy spiritual terms is like a hatred that casts the first stone which empowers all who are present to let fly stones in grouped will. The Kingdom of God is like a showing of mercy by one soldier, that stops the killing around him by those who are witness to the mercy.

The secret battle of kingdoms is the unseen qualities of soul and spirit that either intend to condemn us or save us. There are kings, lords, masters and servants in a kingdom. And they are constantly doing what they pledge to do.

A child has no awareness of itself, and only reacts to its requirements. It grows, and from the knowledge it gains from those who are around it, it begins to rely on what it has been shown. Spiritually speaking, it is much the same. What the world considers 'self', is a knowledge of good and evil that becomes a person's spiritual characteristics.

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Luke 18:15-17

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People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.

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But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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The Kingdom of God is the eternal conscience where holiness is full and complete. That kingdom is under the authority of the Holy One. What Jesus was saying is, in order to enter this holiness, a soul must first be reborn into it, leaving behind the kingdom which defined it previously.

I return now to the naked and possesed congregation. How very realistic is this interpretation.

Further, we have a fuller explanation of why Jesus said he came first for the Jew then for the Gentile. The Jews had been made conscious of sin through the old mediation of Moses. The Law and the repent made straight paths for the gospel of the kingdom. The rest of the world, who walks in their transgressions, would need atonement, so by grace they could deny themselves to have what is holy come through them by the Kingdom of God.

It is disturbing to consider.

But, I leave you with this: The kingdom of Satan is defeated in Christ who is the Chosen One of God. His mediation is the key to the Kingdom of God. All who believe in him, can deny themselves, and in that humility, seek from the Holy Spirit the holiness of the Kingdom of God. That holiness then comes through them in their actions, replacing what would have been their own actions based on their desires they grew into.

We are truly either spiritually enslaved or spiritually in service. The difference is that one had no choice and the other chose to serve.

The secret battle of the kingdoms will end with enlightenment. The more people understand this gospel of the Kingdom, the closer mankind comes to bringing the end of our enslavement.

I encourage you to pray on this. Reread it, talk about it with others and your leaders. Having the knowledge of the Kingdom is reason enough to strive to remain within it. One of the first things you will notice, is the naked and possessed congregation. And in this, you will understand why we do not judge. They do not know they are naked, and they only know what the kingdom they are of places in front of them.

Love. Bear holiness as part of the body of Christ who carries the Kingdom here on earth as it is in Heaven. Suffer in denial of the self you relied upon. The suffering validates the service you offer to God.