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MORROW - a different and a follow–
ing AGE. Not composed of humans,
but of immortals - the Goo FAM–
ILY!
So Jesus said, "Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the king–
dom ofGod" (John 3:3).
Notice carefully, please - being
"bom again" has a vital connection
with the Kingdom of God - with
THE FACT that it is not of this time –
this age. And -
J
repeat - Jesus'
Gospel - His Message -
was
the
Kingdom of God.
But Jesus' abrupt opening state–
ment lefl Nicodcmus confused. The
religious leaders, and thc hundreds
of denominations and sccts profes–
sing Christianity today are confused
and deceived! Today's religionists
put a different twist on it than did
Nicodemus, however.
Nicodemus
did
understand clearly
what is meant by being
born.
He
knew it meant being delivered from
his mother's womb.
lt
meant being
delivered into the WORLD! Today's
religious leaders read into it a differ–
ent meaning! What Nicodemus
could not understand was
how
-
in
what manner - anyone could be
born AGAtN! And of course, being
carnal-minded, he could only con–
ceive of a second
physica/
birth. But
he
knew
what being
born
meant!
Born Human a Second Time?
Puzzled, he asked: "How can a man
be born when he is old? Can he
~'>nter
the second time into his
womb, and be born?" He
"•1sed about what is
BORN. What Nico–
mderstand was a
10ught Jesus was
•.:cond
human
birth.
... nable to conceive of any
uut
a second
physical
birth - his
mind could not
grasp
spiri tual
things.
Now Jesus had made clear that
the Kingdom of God is something
that can be seen - but not until or
UNLESS one is "born again." Not
during this physical
lifetime!
Also,
verse 5, the Kingdom of God is
something a man may
enter into
-
but not until after he is born AGAIN
- another and entirely different
birth.
The
PLAIN TRUTH
The apostle Paul made
clear that the Kingdom
of God ls something
a human may inherit, but
not in this age - not
while he is composed
of material flesh.
Then Jesus carne quickly to the
point - that the Kingdom of God is
not of this present human LIFE in
this present WORLD - it is not of
this TIME - th'is present life-TIME -
or age - it is the succeeding age -
and the Jife to come.
Here is the crux point that ex–
plains it all: Jesus said:
"That which is born of the flesh is
flesh: and that which is born of the
Spirit IS
spirit."
Man is now fiesh - human. He is
MATERIAL SUBSTANCE. "DOS! thou
art ," said God to Adam, "and unto
dust shalt thou return." Again ,
"And the Lord God formed man of
the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living
soul" (Gen.
3:19
and 2:7).
Those Born Again To
BE Spirit
But, said Jesus plainly, when one is
boro of the Spirit HE WILL
BE
SPIRIT! Look at it! Read it in your
own Bible.
The Kingdom of God will be
composed of SPIRIT BEINGS - not of
humans!
At birth of human fiesh. one is
delivered from his mother's womb
into
this
world. When boro of the
Spirit one will be delivered from the
CHURCH of God (physical) into the
KINGDOM of God (a Kingdom of
SPIRIT BEINGS!).
Man is now COMPOSED of flesh -
material substance - matter.
When BORN AGAIN he will
BE
Spirit - a SPIRIT BEING , no Jonger
human. He will be COMPOSED of
spirit- of spi rit composition - with
üfe inherent - with self-containing
life - not then existing by the
breath of air and the circulation of
blood.
Of the next age when the King–
dom of God will rule the world -
the next LIFE - Jesus said "they nei–
ther marry, nor are given in mar–
riage, but are
as
the angels of
God ..." (Matt. 22:30). Mafliage is
a physical, tleshly union. In the age
of God's Kingdom - when "boro
again" - we shaiJ BE spirit,
!101
fiesh. Born of Godas SPIRlT BEINGS,
no longer human. Angels are spirits
- composed of spirit (Heb.
1
:7).
Jesus did not say we shall then
be
angels - but AS 'the angels - sexless
and composed of SPIRIT. Angels are
spirit beings - created as such - but
not begotten and BORN of God as
God's own born children. We there–
fore shall be much higher than
angels!
Jesus explained this further to
Nícodemus:
"The wind bloweth where ít list–
eth , and thou hearest the sound
thereof. but canst not tell whence it
cometh, and whither it goeth: so is
everyone that is bom of the Spirit"
(John 3:8).
You cannot see wind. Wind is
compared lo spirit.
lt
is
INVISLBLE.
That's why mortal FLESH, as we now
are, cannot SEE the Kingdom of
God. Those who inherit it wiJI
be
spirit - normally invisible to eyes
still human.
Energy of an A-Bomb?
Jesus was comparing aJso the
POWER of one
born
of the Spirit to
thal of wind. A scientist of the U.S.
Weath er Bureau, Dr. J. Murray
Mitchell, Jr. , Research Climatolog–
ist, said that the energy of one aver–
age hurricane is much greater than
an A-bomb such as destroyed Hiro–
shima.
I
am quite certain that no
human claiming lo have been "boro
agaín" in his human life is capable
of exerting a tiny fraction of that
kind of energy. But - as
1
shall
show in this artícle, one when he
becomes
spirit will have that kind of
POWER!
Not While Flesh and Blood
The apostle Paul made clear that
the Kingdom of God is something a
human may INHERIT, but not in THIS
AGE - not while he is composed of
material fiesh. He
be-