Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
To the Jewish people, to God's chosen people, people who had a history of men of faith giving their lives to God. These people suffered through much but were rewarded with much. Given a Moral Law, they were told they had to agree to the Moral Law, and they AGREED. Once that agreement was made it was forever. When they failed to uphold their agreement they were punished- over and over again. They'd repent and then fall away again. This was their known history. They forever remain God's people, but what state they remain in is up to them.
Jesus wanted His Apostles to go to the Jewish people and PREACH- THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.
He wanted the Apostles to open up the eyes of the people to His truth, the truth of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.
He also wanted them to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils.
The kingdom of heaven.
Let's read some verses on heaven from the Old Testament-
Psa_22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psa_45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psa_103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Dan_2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Gen 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed
Gen 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Gen 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Gen 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Deu_10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
1Ki_8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
1Ki_8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
1Ki_8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
1Ki_8:36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
1Ki_8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1Ki_8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
1Ki_8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1Ki_8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1Ki_22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Neh_1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments
Exo 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exo 25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Exo 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Heb_8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
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I'm going to stop right there for now. I took a verse from the new testament and tied it into the old testament verses above it.
The point I think I need to make is that the Jewish people of Christ's day, KNEW the God of HEAVEN. They KNEW that GOD had a throne in HEAVEN. They KNEW that God had a TEMPLE in HEAVEN that their TEMPLE was patterned after the TEMPLE in heaven.
The KINGDOM of HEAVEN was NOT unknown to them!
Daniel spoke --
Dan_2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
The Kingdom of Heaven was known.
Jesus came and brought the message that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand- meaning, the WAY into the kingdom of heaven was being made. The kingdom of heaven was a real place. The kingdom of heaven was a place that Jesus was making available to all. The kingdom of heaven through Christ.
Yes, some people believed the kingdom of heaven was to be set up right then on earth, that Jesus was going to make an earthly kingdom such as the kingdom of mankind, having a king to bring all into submission. Rome would no longer rule over God's chosen people. Caesar would no longer rule, but Christ. They were wrong. Christ's kingdom was NOT of this world!
Christ's words-
Joh_18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
His kingdom, the kingdom of heaven, is where HE would ascend and where He would take us upon His return if we are found in Him, known by Him, loved by Him.
Jesus sent His Apostles to preach the kingdom of heaven at hand to the Jewish people. Jesus wanted ALL to have a chance to obtain the kingdom of heaven, and He still wants ALL to obtain the kingdom of heaven.
The truth, God's truth. We know it, we are told it, the truth is available for all to know if they choose. The kingdom of heaven is available for all to obtain, it is REAL. It's not some spirit world filled with the ghostly spirits of all the dead, that is NOT what Christ preached, and He would have preached that, if it were so.
Thy kingdom will COME. We pray it, but we imagine the kingdom is come to the dead, not that God's kingdom is coming to RAISE the dead, and RAISE the living all found in Him at His appearing!
Please LORD let us believe in Your kingdom as a reality, something to be found NOW. The way to the kingdom is for the living to find now. The reality of the kingdom to be had at Your second coming.
Please Lord, bless us, keep us, love us, know us! Mercy, Lord, Your mercy! Your grace! Your righteousness! Your forgiveness! All in YOU LORD, all in YOU!
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
To the Jewish people, to God's chosen people, people who had a history of men of faith giving their lives to God. These people suffered through much but were rewarded with much. Given a Moral Law, they were told they had to agree to the Moral Law, and they AGREED. Once that agreement was made it was forever. When they failed to uphold their agreement they were punished- over and over again. They'd repent and then fall away again. This was their known history. They forever remain God's people, but what state they remain in is up to them.
Jesus wanted His Apostles to go to the Jewish people and PREACH- THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.
He wanted the Apostles to open up the eyes of the people to His truth, the truth of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.
He also wanted them to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils.
The kingdom of heaven.
Let's read some verses on heaven from the Old Testament-
Psa_22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psa_45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psa_103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Dan_2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Gen 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed
Gen 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Gen 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Gen 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Deu_10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
1Ki_8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
1Ki_8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
1Ki_8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
1Ki_8:36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
1Ki_8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1Ki_8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
1Ki_8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1Ki_8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1Ki_22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Neh_1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments
Exo 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exo 25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Exo 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Heb_8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
*******
I'm going to stop right there for now. I took a verse from the new testament and tied it into the old testament verses above it.
The point I think I need to make is that the Jewish people of Christ's day, KNEW the God of HEAVEN. They KNEW that GOD had a throne in HEAVEN. They KNEW that God had a TEMPLE in HEAVEN that their TEMPLE was patterned after the TEMPLE in heaven.
The KINGDOM of HEAVEN was NOT unknown to them!
Daniel spoke --
Dan_2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
The Kingdom of Heaven was known.
Jesus came and brought the message that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand- meaning, the WAY into the kingdom of heaven was being made. The kingdom of heaven was a real place. The kingdom of heaven was a place that Jesus was making available to all. The kingdom of heaven through Christ.
Yes, some people believed the kingdom of heaven was to be set up right then on earth, that Jesus was going to make an earthly kingdom such as the kingdom of mankind, having a king to bring all into submission. Rome would no longer rule over God's chosen people. Caesar would no longer rule, but Christ. They were wrong. Christ's kingdom was NOT of this world!
Christ's words-
Joh_18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
His kingdom, the kingdom of heaven, is where HE would ascend and where He would take us upon His return if we are found in Him, known by Him, loved by Him.
Jesus sent His Apostles to preach the kingdom of heaven at hand to the Jewish people. Jesus wanted ALL to have a chance to obtain the kingdom of heaven, and He still wants ALL to obtain the kingdom of heaven.
The truth, God's truth. We know it, we are told it, the truth is available for all to know if they choose. The kingdom of heaven is available for all to obtain, it is REAL. It's not some spirit world filled with the ghostly spirits of all the dead, that is NOT what Christ preached, and He would have preached that, if it were so.
Thy kingdom will COME. We pray it, but we imagine the kingdom is come to the dead, not that God's kingdom is coming to RAISE the dead, and RAISE the living all found in Him at His appearing!
Please LORD let us believe in Your kingdom as a reality, something to be found NOW. The way to the kingdom is for the living to find now. The reality of the kingdom to be had at Your second coming.
Please Lord, bless us, keep us, love us, know us! Mercy, Lord, Your mercy! Your grace! Your righteousness! Your forgiveness! All in YOU LORD, all in YOU!
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