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the governmcnts th a t rule Russ ia .
China. J apa n. ltaly. Germany -
yes. and evcn the Unitcd States a nd
the Briti sh natio ns. Thcy then shall
become
thc kingdorns - th e oov–
ER:-\~IEl"I S
of thc Lo rd JEsus
CHRIST. then KING or kings ovcr the
en1irc eanh.
This makes completely PLAIN the
fact that th c KL GDOM or- Goo i. a
literal GOVERNME
T.
Even as the
Cha ldcan Empire was a KI NGDOM –
even
a~
thc Roman Empire was a
KI GDOM
SO
the KtNGDOM OF
Gon
i ~
a govc rnment. lt is to
take
Ol'er
1hc GOVt.:R tvtE
T
of 1he NA–
f!ONSoí thc wor ld .
Jesus Christ was 130RN to be a
KING - a RULI: R!
These Scripturcs tcll you PLA INL
Y
1/uu
Goo
i~
suprcme RULER. They
tcll you in plaine. l language 1hat
Jcsus was born 10 be a KI:-\G - thal
He is going lO RUI
E
ALL . ATIO:--JS OF
rH E EA RTII - 1ha1 Hi Kingdom
sha ll rul e e1ernally.
But a ll
thi~ i ~
only
pan
or the
fan las tic. amazi ng. actua lly SHOCK–
ING
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RUlll about the KINGDOM OF
Goo.
The KINGDOM OF Goo will rule
over
th c pcoplcs and nations of the
eanh. Ye t these mortal peoples and
nations will
NOT
be the Kingdom.
not even
in
the Ki ngdom of God.
Thcy sha ll be mercl y RULED OVER
BY
11!
Wc still ha ve to learn OF WHAT or
OF WHOM it
i ~
composed. Can
YO
U.
asan indi vidua l. eve r become
a par/
of thi Kingdom?
Can Be Entered!
In Jesus· day. the rel igious leaders
knell'
He was a teacher scnt from
God with Go o 's rR UTH. They
brandcd Him a fal se prophet, here–
tic, and seditionist. Yet
they
knew
Hi s
wa~
thc voice ofGoD!
One of th em. a Pharisee named
icodemus. occupying an office of
authori ty ove r th e Jews. came se–
cretly by night to sec Jcsus.
" Rabbi.' ' sa id this Phari ee. ' ·we
know that thou art a teacher come
from God" (John 3:2). Yc .
we
Plwrisees.
he sa id.
k now
1hm!
He
did not say
" 1
know it." He ·aid
·'WE kno1r" -
we
Pharisees.'
They
knew He spokc thc TRL!l H - ye t
th ey not on ly rcjcctcd it. they cruci–
fied Him !
The
PLAIN TRUTH July 1976
The scriptures say over and
over again that Jesus was
born to be a king, that He is
going to rule all nations,
and that His Kingdom shall
rule eternally.
But Jesus hewcd slrai ght lo the
lin e! He told Nicodcmus about TI IE
KrNG DOM 0 1' Goo. He Íold him
some things you nccd to UNDER–
STAND!
ot ice! "Jcsus answcrcd and said
unto him. Verily. ve rily.
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ay unto
thee. Except
a
man be born again.
he cannot ee th c kingdom of God"
(Joh n
3:3).
Yes. notice! The King–
dom of God is something that CAN
be seen. but only by thosc who ha ve
bee n ·'born agai n." lt i · omething
others
canno/ see!
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booklet
Jusi What Do
You
Mean –
Bom Again?
But what about the CHURCH? Ca n
carnal people who make no claim to
hav ing been "born again" SEE a
CHURCf-1? Of cou rse ! But they
can–
no!
see the Kingdom of God! So
SA ID JEsus! Then. if you believe
Jesus. 1hc CHURCII cannot be the
Ki ngdom ofGod!
at ice fu rthcr: "Jesus answered.
Yerily. ve rily.
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say unto th ee. except
a man be born or \\atcr and o f the
Sp irit. he cannot enter into the king–
dom of God' ' (verse
5).
Thc King–
dom oí God is something 1ha t
can
be
enlered in1o
-
BUT. only those
''born o r water and or the Spirit"
can en ter inlo it!
No1icc furthcr! In the resurrection
chapter or thc Bible, we rea d: "Now
this
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say. bre thren. that flesh and
blood ca nnot inherit th e kingdom of
God: neither doth corrupti on in–
heril incorruption··
(1
Cor.
15 :50).
The Kingdom of God is somcthi ng
no human, of tlcsh and blood. ca n
enter or
inheril!
ow do nesh and blood people
enter into thc CIIURCH? lf so. then
thc Ki ngdom of God
can11o1
be the
CHURCH - for the Kingdom of God
is some thing tlcsh and blood
human~
can1101
e111er
inro!
Wha t do you think the "church"
is? ls it 1he building? Fl es h and
b lood pcop le can and do e ntcr
bui ld ings a nd ca thed ra l ca lled
"churchc ."
b
it the conve rted
PEOPLE? Fle h and blood pcople ca n
and DO enter into th e membership
of any group of PEOPLE that may
ca l! itself the church. But ne h and
blood
canno1
cnter the Kingdom of
Goo - so the CHURCH
is no1 1he
Kingdom ofGod!
In Men's Hearts?
Now somc think . thc Kingdom of
God is some ctherea l se ntimenta l
fe el ing or somcthing se t up in men's
heans. If so. then the Kingdom of
God enters into mortal man. But
these plain scri pturcs say that it i
mcn after they a re no longer flcsh
and blood - but re urrected into
sp irit-compo cd bodics - who can
enLer i111o
the Kingdom of God .
It
does not ente r into men. Men enter
in to it -
afier
lhey are rcsu rrcctcd in
glory -
afier
they are no longer
' ·ftesh and blood."
Is it the "god within you"? Ab o–
lute ly not. l t is not something that
was born inside of man, or that has
cve r entered in to man.
lt
is some–
thing man may enter
afler
he is
"born aga in. ' '
Wha t about the British Empire?
Well.
1
have been pre tty well ovcr
the British
1
les . Canada and Aus–
tntlia - and all of thc mu lti- thou –
·a nds I have een there \\ere !1esh –
and-blood humans. Thcy
did
enter
th e
Briti~h
Empire - bu t they
can –
no!
en ter the Kingdom of God. in
their present llesh-anJ-blood li fe . So
the British Empirc
can1101
be the
Kingdom ofGod.
But. somconc mi understandi ng
the Scripture may ask, " Didn ' t Jesus
Himself say 1hat 1hc Kingdom of
God is
\vi1hin you?'"
In the 17th
cha pter of Luke. verse 2 1, King
J a m es tr ansla tion. is a MI S–
TRANSLATION which has led SO I11 e lO
su ppose th e Kingdom of God is
some thought or fccling or sent i–
ment within man.
In Hearts of Pharisees?
Let's take a good look at thi . First
rca liLe. ir it docs say thal, it is con–
tradicted by all the other Scriptures
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am giving you in this anicle. ff the
Bible does con tradict itse lf. you
can't belicvc it anyway - so then it
st ill would prove nothing.
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