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INTRODUCTION

Today we are living in a world that is off target, we are living in a world that off its centre.

every where you look, whatever statistics we take, whether economically, socially, physically we are looking at communities and nations and people spiraling downwards.

when we look at families and marriages and even individuals the picture is not good.

And unless we are like ostriches with their heads in the sand we know that things are not good in whatever dimension we look at them from.

lives are falling apart, marriages are falling apart, our culture is falling apart.

but there is an answer to all these predicaments we are in, there is answer to all these unstable conditions that concern even the best scientific, political, social minds.

that answer is something most people do not look for, but it is the answer to the concerns of the world, it is the Kingdom of God.

The kingdom of God is the single most important theme in all of the bible.

if we are to understand our bible from Genesis to Revelation

Adam and Eve, Noah and the flood, Abraham, Moses,

the children of Israel, David, the Exile, Jesus, the church,

there is a very simple way to understand the scriptures.

understand the Kingdom of God and you have it.

The Kingdom of God reveals the purpose of God, the plan of God, the program of God.

his plans and purposes for the kingdoms of this world and where we fit as individuals in his plan and program.

so in light of all this allow me to take you through a little journey of history that will lay the foundation of what we will share later on about the kingdom of God.

I) THE DISTANT PAST OF THE KINGDOM

A) THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM

Long before there was ever a universe or an earth there existed a kingdom in heaven where God ruled.

now God has always worked through delegated authority and so he created angels and organized them in a hierarchy with some angels in a higher position than others.

Chief among these angels was the one called Lucifer who was created with striking beauty and splendor.

he belonged to the highest class of angels called the Cherubim.

however he became fascinated with his own beauty and magnificence and desired to be like God. ,,

leading a rebellion in heaven with a 1/3 of the angels he was cast down from heaven.

He was changed from the anointed Cherub to Satan or the devil and he formed another kingdom that is apart from the Kingdom of God.

He was changed from the anointed Cherub to Satan or the devil and he formed another kingdom that is apart from the Kingdom of God.

This kingdom formed opposes every plan, purpose and pursuit of God, it is a counter kingdom

This kingdom formed opposes every plan, purpose and program of God, it is a counter kingdom

NOW WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION, WHY DIDN’T GOD JUST JUDGE THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS AND DESTROY THEM?

B) THE EARTHLY KINGDOM

The answer is God does have such a plan but not in the way we think, for his ways are much higher than ours, his thoughts past finding out.

God chose to defeat the devil with a lesser being than him.

as long as that creature was dependent upon God in obedience.

Therefore God created another kingdom, God’s earthly kingdom and created another being to rule and have dominion over it

Adam and Eve and that is where Genesis begins.

In we hear these words

So God created mankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them;

in the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

So God createdu mankindv in his own image,w

in the image of Godx he created them;

male and femaley he created them.z

28 God blessed them and said to them,a “Be fruitful and increase in number;b fill the earthc and subdue it.

Rule overd the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.e”

male and female he created them.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.

Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.

Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.

C) EARTHLY KINGDOM IS LOST

The earth did not belong to Adam and Eve, it belonged to God and he apportioned delegated authority to Adam and Eve.

They were given moral freedom, a will and choice.

They were also given rule and dominion over all that the Lord had created.

To ensure that freedom and choice is real freedom and choice

God placed a tree in the garden and commanded them not to eat of that tree.

However when the devil came along Adam and Eve fell into sin and gave over the kingdom they had been given to Satan and his dominion.

That is why the Bible calls the devil the god of this world 2 for 4:4.

After the fall of man

God initiated a plan to reclaim his kingdom from the devil and we hear the first hints at

A bruising and a crushing would take place to reclaim God’s kingdom- the seed of the woman would be bruised, the head of the serpent would be crushed.

history, our present and the future to come is all about the conflict between these 2 kingdoms.

The devil and his demons have one goal and that is to destroy this kingdom, God is about one goal and that is to be glorified through his kingdom.

history, our present and the future to come is all about the conflict between these 2 kingdoms.

The devil and his demons have one goal and that is to destroy this kingdom, God is about one goal and that is to be glorified through his kingdom.

II) THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGDOM

The devil went about trying to destroy the race of men so that seed would not come to be.

So we see the devil killing Abel using Cain.

But God then gave Eve another son called Seth.

The devil then attempted to contaminate the entire human race in with the co-mingling of the daughters of men and the sons of God so that another race other than human beings could exist on the earth.

God blocked it with the rescuing of Noah and his family.

He then destroyed the entire earth and got rid of that contaminated race that had been mingled by satan.

the devil then tried to have humans build the Tower of Babel, an alternate place to worship a different god ( this is the beginning of idol worship by the way and the Lord countered by confusing their languages.

God then initiated his purpose with the calling of Abraham.

listen to what he told him

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

2 “I will make you into a great nation,

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

I will make you into a great nation and i will bless you- the children of Israel and the kingdom of Israel.

3 I will bless those who bless you,

all the peoples of the earth will be blessed- through the offspring promised- all the peoples on earth would be blessed.

and whoever curses you I will curse;

he formed the kingdom of Israel after the rescue from bondage in Egypt and later on called King David to rule them as the king after God’s own heart.

he formed the kingdom of Israel after the rescue from bondage in Egypt and later on called King David to rule them as the king after GOd’s own heart.

Through Abraham the promised seed of would come and through David the promised seed would rule as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

The conflict went on and the devil attempted to destroy Israel through idol worship and rebellion,

Israel instead of reflecting the values of the Kingdom of God became more and more like the kingdom of darkness that was around them.

and all peoples on earth

but God kept a remnant every single time and the devil tried to kill them in the days of Esther using Haman, but God delivered them.

finally after 400 years of silence after the last prophet Malachi we hear

but God kept a remnant every single time and the devil tried to kill them in the days of Esther using Haman, but God delivered them.

finally after 400 years of silence after the last prophet Malachi we hear

In those days John the Baptistz came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heavena has come near.” 3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,

‘Prepare the way for the Lord,

make straight paths for him.’