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But, meanwhile, to RESTORE THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD to earth,
Christ was going to need a whole ORGANIZATION of other born
GOD-BEINGS under Christ in all the many operations and
administrations of ruling the earth with the GOVERNMENT OF GOD.
Even a human king or president can't do all the ruling himself
alone. He must have many UNDER him, in an ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT
ADMINISTRATION!
So God made an exception to making binding Adam's decision to
cut himself and all his human family off from God. God would
specially call certain ones He would choose, to be reconciled to
Him, to have contact with Him, to be prepared to be resurrected as
immortal GOD-BEINGS when Christ should come to RESTORE THE
GOVERNMENT OF GOD OVER THE EARTH. They would be called to be
trained, IN THIS MORTAL HUMAN LIFE, through the Holy Spirit of God,
to be PART OF GOD'S GOVERNMENT ruling with and under CHRIST!
So God called Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--gave them the
PROMISES of this divine heritage. Four hundred thirty years after
Abraham, God called the three or four million of Abraham's
descendents, then the Children of Israel, to be His NATION, having
God's GOVERNMENT as one of earth's nations. But GOD DID NOT GIVE
ANCIENT ISRAEL HIS HOLY SPIRIT! He did specially call out of them
His PROPHETS, and He gave to them His Holy Spirit. These Prophets
were prepared to be a CO-FOUNDATION of the CHURCH when God later,
through Christ, would raise up His CHURCH. No prophets in the New
Testament Church had administrative or preaching functions in the
Church--none contributed the doctrines or customs to the Church.
But Old Testament Prophets' writings did become part of the
FOUNDATION of the Church.
So then came CHRIST, the second Adam.
Now WHY did Jesus say, "I will build my CHURCH"? To CALL OUT
FROM THE WORLD CUT OFF FROM GOD a special BODY to become a
SPIRITUAL BODY--to be given the HOLY SPIRIT--to be trained in
LIVING THE WAY OF GOD'S LAW--to be trained to RULE WITH AND UNDER
CHRIST when He RESTORES THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD OVER THE EARTH--to
replace the RULE OF SATAN who still sits on the THRONE OF THE
EARTH!
And THAT'S WHY Christ put His GOVERNMENT in God's Church! We
are being trained to administer the GOVERNMENT OF GOD over the
whole earth, when Christ comes to RULE and Satan is taken off that
throne!
That's WHY we read in Isaiah 9:6-7 and other prophecies that
Jesus was to be BORN to be a KING. That's why Jesus told Pilate He
was born to be a KING. Do the preachers of the churches of this
world ever preach Christ as a KING--as coming to restore the
GOVERNMENT of God? They know NOTHING of the real PURPOSE of the
Church--or even WHAT THE GOSPEL IS!
Read again Revelation 3:21 and 2:26-27. If WE in His CHURCH
overcome Satan, we shall sit with Christ in His THRONE and be given
power to RULE THE NATIONS!