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descending glorified Christ (1Thess.
4: 17) in the clouds in the air. They
shall be with Him forever (John
14¡3). They
shall - wilh Him- come
down out of the clouds and stand
with Him,
therefore, that very same
day, on the Mount of Olives (Zech.
14:4-5).
These changed, converted saints,
now made immortal,
will then rule
the nations- nations of
morlals- UN–
DER CHRIST (Dan. 7:22; Rev. 2:26-
27;
3:21).
The New World Government
Now notice just HOW the new world
governmen1 will function!
lt
will
not
be a so-called democ–
racy; it will
not
be socialism; it will
not
be communism or Nazism; i1
will not be human monarchy. oli–
garchy, or plutocracy.
It
will no1 be
MAN's government over man. Man
has
proven
his utter incapability of
ruling himself!
11 will be DIVINE government- the
governmen1 of Goo.
It
will
no!
be
government from 1he bottom up.
The people will have NO VOTES. It
will
no!
be government
of
or
by
the
people- bw
it wi/1 be government
FOR
the people!
It
will be govern–
ment from the TOP (God Almighty)
down!
There will be no election cam–
paigns! No $100-per-plate cam–
paign fund-raising dinners. No dirty
política! campaigns, where each
candidate attemp1s 10 put himself
forward in the most favorable light,
while defaming, denouncing, dis–
crediting his opponents. No time or
money wasted in mud-slinging cam–
paigns in 1he lust for power. No
spli1s in political parties with q uar–
reling and hatreds. In fact,
no polit–
ical parties!
No HUMAN will be given any gov–
ernment office. In the
Kingdom of
Goo, ALL in
government
service will
then be divine
spirit
beings.
AIJ officials wiJJ be APPOINTED by
the divine CHRIST, who reads and
knows men's hearts- their inner
character, their abilities or lack of
ability. You'll find a description of
Christ's supernatural insight into
the very character of others in
Isaiah 11:2-4: "And the spirit of the
ETERNAL shall rest upon him, the
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spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might , the
spirit of knowledge and of the fear
of the ETERNAL; and shall make him
of quick understanding . . . and he
shall
not
judge after the sight of his
eyes, neither reprove after the hear–
ing of his ears (hearsay]: but with
RIGHTEOUSNESS shaU He judge
th~
poor, and reprove with equity for
the meek of the earth."
Remember, Goo is the Supreme
One who is LOVE- who GJVES- who
rules with outgoing concern for the
ruled. His will be rule for the HJGH–
EST GOOD of the people! The most
ABLE, the most RIGHTEOUS, those
best fitted for office will be placed in
all offices of responsibility and
power.
There will then be
two
kinds of
people on earth-humans and those
made divine, who will rule the mor–
tals. Sorne resurrected saints will
rule over ten cities, sorne over five
(Luke 19: 17-19).
But further, God has set in mo–
tion physical laws that operate in
our bodies and minds, as well as His
spirituallaw. There will be no sick–
ness, ill health, pain or suffering.
There
will
be,
on the con1rary, vigor–
ous, vibran! GOOD HEALTH. People
will be filled with dynamic JNTEREST
in life, enthusiastic interest in con–
structive activities bringing happi–
ness and joy! There will be REAL
PROGRESS, cleanliness, no slums, no
degenerate peoples or areas of
earth.
All 1his will be accomplished un–
der the NEw Covenan1 which Ch rist
is coming 10 usher in. Oíd you ever
read just WHAT this New Covenant
will consist of'? Oíd you suppose it
will oo AWAY with God's law?
EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE!
This
ÍS
the
covenan1 that Christ is coming to
establish (Heb. 8: JO): "I will put
my
laws
into their MTND, and write them
in their HEARTS."
When God's laws are IN OUR
HEARTS-when we LOVE God's WAYS
and in our hearts wANT to live by
them-HUMAN NATURE WILL BE PUT
UNDER SUBJECTION; peopJe
wi/1
live
the WAY that is the CAUSE of peace,
happiness, abundance, joyful well–
being! May God speed that
day! O
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King•dom
n.
A
politically orga–
nized community or major terri–
torial unit having a monarchical
form of government headed by
a king or queen.
The phrase " kingdom of God,"
which appears frequently in the
Bible, is often heard in religious
circles. lt is generally assumed to
be a reference to heaven or to a
condition of mind held by believ–
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the standard dictionary definition
of "kingdom"-a
type
of govern–
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that is precisely how the term is
most often used in the Bible. The
real meaning of the term "king–
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