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Jesus proclaimed that His kingdom was not of this world. That eliminates anything and everything that is of the political order of this world. John 18:36 In other words, His kingdom is not earthly, carnal or worldly. The anticipation at His first coming was a kingdom for the Jews. Acts 1:6 The kingdom of God is not physical, nor will it be. The kingdom of God is spiritual, for it is revealed within the spiritual nature of a person who has been born again. Luke 17:20-22 The kingdom is not meat and drink, the supply of the necessities and even the surplus or riches of this life. Again, it is spiritual, for its citizens must have been justified by the Lord Jesus. Living in the abundant peace and life which is found in Christ alone. A people who, to their spiritual delight and happiness, are filled with and living in the power of the Holy Spirit. Rom. 14:17.
The kingdom of the Lord will be established on a renewed earth for the day of the Lord, the thousand year of the millennial reign of Christ. Rev. 20:6 In as much as the works of men are destroyed at the second coming of Christ and the topography of the earth is altered. Rev. 6:14 Therefore He will have made all things new for that glorious thousand years of His kingdom on earth. Rev. 21:5 The ultimate will be a new heavens and a new earth, the dwelling place of righteousness and the righteous. 2 Peter 3:13.
The question now is, how and by whom will the new heavens and earth be occupied. The promise to Abraham was threefold, signifying its importance. Count the stars, count the grains of sand and also the dust of the earth, so will be the number of your descendents. Could we count the number of people of faith, from Adam down to the last man, the accumulation would end up far short of the proposed number of the promised seed. The Bride, the married woman of Revelation twelve is the key to the divine will and intention of the Lord. She is glorious. She is ‘with child’ and gives birth to a son. Rev. 12:1 The one hundred forty four thousand are that segment of the body of Christ which will produce that which is the called firstborn. The firstborn of any creature, human or animal, Israel was to be dedicated to the Lord. They were special and would be used of the Lord as a sacrifice or would be the one making the sacrifice before the Lord.
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