Today’s lesson is on the Kingdom of Heaven. Below are the study notes taken from the Fear the LORD & Prosper course, which were also included in the Unlocking Your Finances…When Budgeting is NOT Enough conference manual. I challenge you to dig deep and get understanding because we have entered into the era of the Kingdom. We have entered into an era of power. Let us possess this Kairos timing and step into the inheritance that God has for us! Ask the LORD for spiritual understanding and wisdom of how YOU have been called to prosper in the Kingdom of Heaven, then walk in it by being a DOER of the word. Be a person who manifests power and releases the Kingdom of Heaven wherever you go, and not merely one who talks about it.
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A kingdom has 3 parts:
– A king/ruler = Jesus Christ is our King of Kings
– A territory = The Earth is the LORD’s and everything in it. We are given dominion over the earth.
– A legal system = The Law of Moses is the law system of the Kingdom of Heaven. We need to know our legal standing and possess the payment of Jesus blood in order to truly walk in freedom. The devil knows the Bible better than we do and will use it against us if we walk in ignorance. That is in part the Doctrine of Balaam – get God’s people to compromise on His commandments and God Himself will curse them as per His own commandments.
A man cannot flow in godly authority unless he himself is first submitted under God’s authority. We cannot flow in godly authority unless we are first submitted under God’s Law and abide by it. Jesus gave his disciples all power and authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and declared nothing shall by any means harm them. Note that Jesus did not give all power and authority to the Pharisees and unbelievers and followers, but to his disciples. (Luke 10:19)
KINGDOM WORKSHEET
There are 2 kingdoms – Gods kingdom and the kingdoms of this world (Col 1:13)
– God’s kingdom is spiritual, not of this world. Man’s Kingdom is earthly. (Jn 18:36,)
– God’s invisible kingdom rules behind the scenes in man’s visible kingdom.
– Isaiah 55:1 – Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
– Store up treasures in heaven or on earth – what do we choose? Kingdom of Heaven will produce natural provision through obedience (Matt 6:19-21, Matt 10:7-10, 1 Cor 9:11)
God’s Kingdom – The Kingdom of Israel / Heaven:
– The children of Israel shall be a kingdom of priests and an holy nation (Ex 19:6)
– Kings required to write a copy of the book of the Law so he learns to Fear the LORD and obey God’s commandments (Deut 17:18)
– God establishes His Kingdom, not man’s efforts (1 Sam 13:13, 2 Sam7:12)
– A man after God’s own heart will be captain over His people ( 1 Sam 13:14)
– Is not naturally discerned (1 Sam 18:8)
– God will exalt his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake (2 Sam 5:12
– The LORD decides who the kingdom belongs to (1 Kings 2:15)
– God’s kingdom is original, not a copy (1 Kings 10:20)
– The kingdom over Israel is given to David’s sons by a covenant of salt (2 Chron 13:5)
o Every grain offering must be made with salt. (Lev 2:13)
o Salt healed Jericho’s cursed waters (2 Kings 2:21)
o Salt makes the unsavory things savory (Job 6:6)
o Miry places & marshes (places with no living water, no fish, no trees that bear fruit) will be given over to salt (Ez 47:11)
o We are the salt of the earth, warning not to lose saltiness (Matt 5:13)
o Everyone salted w fire, every sacrifice w salt (Mark 9:49)
o Speech be with grace, seasoned with salt (Col 4:6)
– God’s Kingdom ruleth over all earthly kingdoms (Ps 103:19)
– Sons of men shall see the evidence of Kingdom glory and power and mighty acts manifesting (Ps 145:11-12)
– His Kingdom government shall continually increase, established with judgment and justice (Isa 9:7)
– Nations & kingdoms that do not serve the Kingdom of God will be utterly wasted (Isa 60:12)
– The saints of the Most High shall take and possess the Kingdom forever. Judgment shall be given to them. (Dan 7:18, 22)
– Jesus preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God, displaying power by healing all sickness & disease, commanding people to repent and believe the gospel (Matt 4:23, 9:35, Mk 1:14)
– The Kingdom belongs to the poor in spirit and those persecuted for righteousness sake (Matt 5:3,10)
– Whoever shall do and teach God’s commandments shall be called great in the Kingdom of heaven. (Matt 5:19)
– Our righteousness (internal) must exceed that of the Pharisees (external show, no heart) to enter the Kingdom of heaven. (Matt 5:20)
– Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven = no sin in heaven so no sin on earth! (Matt 6:10)
– Those who do the will of the Heavenly Father will enter the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 7:21)
– Those least in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than John the Baptist, that taught repentance of sin only but lacked the Spirit (Matt 11:11)
– The Kingdom of God is come unto you if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God (Matt 12:28)
– Disciples, not mere followers, get to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 13:11)
– Kingdom of Heaven is like a tiny grain of mustard seed or yeast – not easily visible – yet the effects transform its environment (Matt 13:31, 33)
– The children of the Kingdom are good seed planted in the world. Then shall the righteous children shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. (Matt 13:38-43)
– Kingdom of Heaven like a treasure unseen by others that someone is willing to sacrifice everything for, knowing it will make him very rich. (Matt 13:44-46)
– Every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of Heaven is like a master of the house which brings forth out of his treasure things new and old (Matt 13:52)
– Keys to the Kingdom of heaven, whatever is bound or loosed on earth the same will be done in heaven (Matt 16:19)
– Spiritual eunuchs – Voluntarily abstaining from worldly pleasures for the Kingdom’s sake (Matt 19:12)
– God gives equally in the Kingdom of Heaven, not on an seniority scale – all were paid a denarius regardless of time put in (Matt 20:1-16)
– Publicans and harlots, people who willingly acknowledge they are sinners and repent, will go into the Kingdom of God before those who think they are righteous in their own eyes and don’t repent. (Matt 21:31)
– Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached for a witness to all nations (witness = something they can see / hear.) (Matt 24:14)
– Kingdom of heaven like 10 virgins, all slept but the wise virgin’s lamps continually replenished so that didn’t they need to purchase refills from man like the foolish virgins. (Matt 25:1-13)
– Kingdom of Heaven is like the men given 2 & 5 talents that traded the same & it multiplied. The one who buried it in the earth failed to multiply. Comparing supernatural with natural (Matt 25:14-29)
– Both Esther & Herodias were offered up to half the Kingdom. Esther took the spiritual kingdom through intercession & saved the Jewish people. Herodias took away the spiritual kingdom John the Baptist had offered Herod, resulting in Herod’s eventual destruction.
– Acknowledging our sin and repentance is key to understanding and receiving the gift of the Kingdom of God. (Luke 7:28-30, Lk 23:40-43)
– Not required to die before we see the Kingdom of God (Lk 9:27)
– It is the Father’s good pleasure to give us the Kingdom. But it requires we pursue God’s provision instead of trusting in earthly riches (Lk 12:32-34)
– Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God (Lk 14:15)
– God appoints his disciples to a kingdom, to eat and drink at his table and judge the twelve tribes of Israel (Lk 22:29-30)
– Must be born again, born of the water AND of the Spirit, to enter into the Kingdom of God. (Jn 3:3-5)
– Jesus Christ is our access to the kingdom of God as the law of Moses, and the prophets foretell (Acts 28:23)
– The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost (Rom 14:17)
– The Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. (1 Cor 4:20)
– A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of His kingdom (Heb 1:8)
– Kingdoms are subdued by faith, wrought righteousness, obtain promises & stop the mouths of lions (Heb 11:33)
– God’s kingdom cannot be moved, therefore through grace we serve God acceptably with reverence & holy fear (Heb 12:28)
– God has chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he has promised to them that love him, and those who love him keep his commandments (James 2:5, John 14:15)
– The kingdoms of this world will become the Kingdoms of our Lord when the seventh angel sounds (Rev 11:15)
Warnings for God’s Kingdom:
– Turn not aside from the commandment, to the right to the left that he may prolong his days in his kingdom (Deut 17:20)
– Do not lift your heart up above your brethren (Deut 17:20)
– Do not greatly multiply FOR HIMSELF silver and gold (Deut 17:17)
– Do not multiply wives to yourselves (one’s enough!) as they will turn your heart away from God (Deut 17:17)
– Read God’s word daily (Deut 17:19)
– Failure to keep the commandment of the LORD will result in you losing His kingdom here on earth.
– The LORD will rent the Kingdom of Israel away from disobedient kings and give them to those that are better than them. (1 Sam 15:28)
– Do not forsake God’s laws once your kingdom is established (2 Chr 11:17, 12:1)
– When God’s people do not obey His law, neither turn from their wicked works, God will take away their earthly kingdom and put them into captivity (Neh 9:33-37)
– Do not take the material blessings God has given to build your kingdom to commit whoredom and trust in your own beauty (Ez 16)
– Beware of claiming that you have built this kingdom by YOUR power and for the honor of YOUR majesty, lest you fall into the same judgment as King Nebuchadnezzar (Dan 4:30)
– The eyes of the LORD God are upon the sinful kingdom and I will destroy it off that face of the earth, except for a remnant of the house of Jacob (Amos 9:8)
– Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matt 3:2, 4:17)
– Do not trade God’s kingdom for the kingdoms of this world’s visible glory. (Matt 4:8)
– Seek FIRST the Kingdom of God AND his righteousness, not our own, that we may have all these things added unto us (Matt 6:33)
– Possible to enjoy the rewards of the Kingdom of Heaven but still be cast into outer darkness for not being a part of the Kingdom (Matt 8:11-12)
– The Kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take it by force (Matt 11:12)
– Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation (Matt 12:25)
– One must understand the Kingdom in order to receive the seed of God’s word that is sown in his heart and understand it so it will bear fruit (Matt 13:19-23)
– The Kingdom of Heaven is like a net that draws in all kinds of fish but only the good / just will be kept (Matt 13:47-50)
– Requires humility like a little child to be greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 18:4)
– Kingdom of Heaven requires we forgive from the heart everyone his trespasses lest we are handed over to the tormentors to pay everything we are due (Matt 18:23-35)
– A rich man will struggle to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, because he trusts in visible riches more than God and doesn’t want to give up what he can see to gain what he cannot see. (Matt 19:23-24)
– The Kingdom of God shall be taken away from barren and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof (Matt 21:43)
– Kingdom of heaven is like marriage for his son, where people put their personal priorities higher than the King’s and ended up destroyed. All were welcome but those found without wedding garments were cast out (Matt 22:1-14)
– Beware of self-righteousness that shuts the kingdom of Heaven against men and prevents those we influence from entering in also. (Matt 23:13)
– God does not condemn the Pharisees’ obedience to the law the but rather their heart condition in why they obey – failing to observe judgment, mercy, and faith (Matt 23:23)
– Beware of deceiving yourself that you are in God’s kingdom by appearing righteous on the outside while being full of dead man’s bones and all uncleanness, hypocrisy and iniquity on the inside (Matt 23:27-28)
– Those who keep covenant (Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob and the prophets) will be in the Kingdom of God while those who work iniquity will be thrust out (Lk 13:27-29)
– The Kingdom of God is nigh at hand when there are signs in the heavens & upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity & the seas & waves roaring, men’s hearts failing for fear. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (Lk 21:25-27)
– Simply knowing about and believing the things of the Kingdom isn’t enough. Must receive the Holy Spirit and His power. Philip preached about Kingdom and people repented but Peter & John finished the job with baptizing them with the Holy Spirit, for flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, neither corruption inherit incorruption (Acts 8:1-25, 1 Cor 15:50)
– The Unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Do not be deceived – fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers of themselves with mankind, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, extortioners, envyings, murders, uncleanness, lasciviousness, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies will not inherit the Kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6:9-10; Gal 5:19-21)
– Walk worthy of God who hath called you unto his kingdom & glory. (1 Thess 2:12)
Miscellaneous
– Kingdoms can be renewed at Gilgal – the place of rolling away our sin (1 Sam 11:14)
o When we pray and God hears our supplication, he can bring us back to our kingdom that we may know the LORD is God. (2 Chron 3:13)… Manasseh
– Earthly kingdoms can be translated from one man to another (2 Sam 3:10)
– It is possible to have 2 kingdoms superimposed one over the other then be revoked:
o God’s kingdom departed Saul due to rebellion & stubbornness yet he was still technically king of the earthly kingdom. God’s kingdom transferred to David while King Saul was over the natural land kingdom. The natural king will never prosper to his fullest potential and fail to achieve his destiny when he is not also the king in God’s kingdom. (1 Sam 15 – 31)
o The kingdom of God departed King Nebuchadnezzar due to pride while his kingdom of Babylon was still technically his during the 7 yrs of judgment (Dan 4:30-31)
– Blessings of obedience will flow down generations (1 Kings 11:34)
– God giving man earthly kingdoms is to serve God’s purposes – to build God’s house (Ez 1;2)
– God’s chosen prophets can have authority over the nations & kingdoms to to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jer 1:10)
– Israel is the battle axe and weapons of war against those who do not obey God (Jer 51:20)
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