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1-18-16 Kingdom Revelation


1/18/16 Kingdom Revelation
Jesus said the Kingdom is here.
Mat 4:17  From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Because Kingdom is all about relationship. 
Rev 21:3  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev 21:22-23  And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
For His name is Emmanuel – God with us.
Mat 1:23  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
The Holy Spirit is in us, so He is with us even though He returned to be beside the Father.
Luke 17:20-21  And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Because of a close personal/intimate relationship, we take on His character, i.e. do the things He did/does, i.e. have the power to change/transform the world around us.
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Luke 10:19  Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke 24:49  And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Acts 1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Healing came because of the people’s desire to seek what Jesus had.
Mat 9:20  And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
Mat 14:36  And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Mat 15:22  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Mat 8:5  And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Deliverance came because of His presence.
Mat 8:28-29  And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.  And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
We are to carry His presence.  His presence dispels evil.  It can’t be in the same place. Much like light dispels darkness.
Mat 5:15  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
All the darkness of the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle, yet one candle can illuminate all the darkness. - Jewish Hanukah Prayer
So therefore many “candles” will dispel more darkness.  The light exposes that the darkness exists.  Much as the law’s purpose was to expose that sin existed.
Rom 5:13  (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Rom 7:7  What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
God's light is making people attracted to us. People are attracted to us much like a moth to a light/flame. Why are moths attracted to light? I found an answer here: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0LEV7r_qpxWnhYAnkEnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?qid=20070421182451AAZJgSi - To understand this phenomenon, you need to know about phototaxis. Phototaxis is an organism's automatic movement toward or away from light. Cockroaches are an example of a negatively phototactic organism. You've probably noticed how they scurry back into dark corners and crevices when you illuminate their late-night snacking party in your kitchen. Moths are positively phototactic. They seem charmed by your porch light, your headlights or your campfire (even if it leads to their untimely demise).
I thought this first paragraph was profound when you think about moths in a "friendly" manner and roaches as evil and dirty. How moths are attracted but roaches run and hide. That's the enemy for you, confront him and he'll run and hide. He can't stand up to the light of God!
Melissa Going
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