That we may receive the Kingdom of God
Christ purpose for us is that we may inherit the Kingdom of heaven, and this is by giving us the Kingdom of God or the rulership of God first.
God sent His Son to come and save mankind and give us the kingdom of God so that in the end we may receive the Kingdom of Heaven. As detailed in my book, “THE KINGDOM OF GOD,” receiving it is the same as receiving the Holy Spirit because the Kingdom of God means the reign, rulership, or the administration of God in us and through us. In other words, the kingdom of God is the reign of God that brings about through Jesus Christ, i.e. the establishment of God’s rule in the hearts and lives of his people, the overcoming of all the forces of evil, the removal from the world of all the consequences of sin – including death and all that diminishes life – and the creation of a new order of righteousness and peace, and this comes by receiving the Holy Spirit; hence anyone who has received the Holy Spirit has received the Kingdom of God, therefore, we Christians are the Kingdom of God on earth. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Mt 6:10
The Kingdom of heaven is the territory or dominion of God in the third heaven where the hosts of heaven – angelic beings, etc, are, and where Christians and the elected Jews shall inherit after the end of days. So Jesus thought us to pray for the kingdom or the rulership of God to come so that His will could be done on earth as it is in heaven.
How to receive the Kingdom of God
How to receive the Kingdom of God is the same as how to receive the Holy Spirit; and this is how to receive salvation, and to receive salvation is to receive the Lord Jesus as your personal savior and confess him as Lord so that immediately you receive Christ in your heart the Holy Spirit comes and indwells you permanently.
Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses unto salvation. For the Scripture says, "Everyone believing on Him shall not be put to shame." Rom 10:9-11
And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, so that He may be with you forever, the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see Him nor know Him. But you know Him, for He dwells with you and shall be in you. John 14:16-17
Jesus told Nicodemus that unless he is born again he can neither see nor enter into the Kingdom of God. He was confused about this statement of Jesus and found it difficult to accept, but this being born again is all about believing in the name of Jesus (not head believe but heart believe) that he is the Messiah and, for that matter, the savior of the world, then the Holy Spirit indwells you and renews your spirit and set you apart for holy living so that you receive the new birth or the regeneration.
And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Ac 4:12
The moment one receives salvation the Kingdom of God is settled in his heart so he is not a slave to sin but master of righteousness because the righteousness of Christ is given to him/her through the Holy Spirit, and so he/she is ready to manifest the new life in Christ.
For if by one man's offense death reigned by one, much more they who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by One, Jesus Christ. Rom 5:17
So the purpose of Christ Jesus for us is to give us the Kingdom of God that we may inherit the Kingdom of Heaven in time to come. Even now whoever has the kingdom of God is a citizen of heaven, and if he/she is able to overcome or endures to the end, the same shall inherit it.
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death." Rev 2:11
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