THE KINGDOM = THE CHURCH
(Mysteries Revealed --- The Metamorphoses
of The Kingdom or The Church)
Presented in Series and in Parallel
Proved from The World Chronology of Events
The Prophecy AS WRITTEN THEN
in A.D. 96; The
Fulfilled – so far; and
The Reality – NOW
OBTAINING IN OUR MIDST
>>Matthew 13:1-23 The Parable of THE FARMER Sowing HIS Seed Speaks of that past period in world history starting when JESUS, THE heavenly KING, forsook HIS fleshly relationship with the Jews to whom HE promised THE KINGDOM – their rejection of HIM having reached the climax (>>Matt 12:38-50) resulting to HIS turning attention to the Gentiles and not anymore to the Jews only. The house here signifies the House of Israel (>>Matt 10:6) and the sea, The Gentile World (>>Daniel 7:3, 17 and >>Rev.17:15). The boat which was in the sea but not of the sea (none of its components come from the sea but all from land!) symbolizes THE KINGDOM which is in the world but is not of this world and therefore not to be worldly in its ways and means or methodologies. One however has-to-be HIS subject though, in HIS KINGDOM, in the boat, that THE KING of THE heavenly KINGDOM reveals and makes understood the mysteries of HIS KINGDOM, (>>Matthew 13:2, 10:23!) and not when outside it yet!!! Notice at the beginning of this first parable of the 7 concerning the mysteries of THE KINGDOM we are studying here, THE LORD did not say as in verses 24, 31, 33, 44, 45 and 47 because at that point in time, THE KINGDOM have not as yet come. Here, when HE said this, HE is still sowing HIS seeds --- THE WORD of HIS KINGDOM. HIS KINGDOM came with power 50 days after HIS resurrection (>>Mark 9:1, >>Acts 2:1-41). This was the period when all that was preached was THE WORD ONLY and it extended only up to the last days of the apostles. |
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>>Revelation 2:1-7
THE CHURCH in DESIRABLE STATUS
*Ephesus --- to a Greek means DESIRABLE STATUS
Written of that past period in the history of THE CHURCH which ended when only John was the surviving
apostle. Because ONLY THE WORD OF GOD was planted in the hearts of men by
JESUS and the apostles then, this resulted even with time, to their deeds / hard
work / perseverance for JESUS' NAME, pleasing to GOD. However there were already
among them whom the devil have already started to succeed at influencing some, in
the most subtle manner, assume some of the roles the apostles did as THE LORD’s
visible “authorities” for man while THE WORD of GOD (GOD’s visible authority
for men after the apostles) was still in the process of being written and compiled. This
was what THE LORD HIMSELF here referred to as the still behavior then of The
Nicolaitans, which HE hates. Those who succumbed to their behaviors and
influences ended up having really forsaken their first love --- THE WORD of GOD (then unwritten yet) which has reached them thus far through the mouths of the
apostles only --- and at that particular point in time started to get corrupted as
they soon started to embrace those additions to THE WORD of GOD under the
influence and behavior of THOSE NICOLAITANS among them. This is actually what
has been prophesied by Paul in >>Acts 20:30; insiders in THE CHURCH will draw
away the disciples after them!
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>>Matthew
13:24-30
“Like a man who sowed good
seed in his field…his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat.”
Speaks
of that past period in the history of THE KINGDOM of JESUS,
when HIS very subjects to whom THE WORD of HIS KINGDOM was planted, the
authority of men among themselves also started and continuously was being
planted and imposed. Because it is the will of THE Heavenly KING that the
tare and the wheat grow together until the harvest, those who stuck to THE
WORD of GOD alone ended up suffering amidst those weeds even as they are
bearing fruit.
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>>Revelation
2:8-11
THE CHURCH in SUFFERING
*Smyrna --- to a Greek means SUFFERING
Written
of that past period in the history of THE CHURCH when what started simply as behavior only
of THOSE NICOLAITANS escalated into teachings referred to as “the slander of
those who say they are Jews and are not”--- by their persistent insistence as
supposed authorities on those matters they insist on. These believers in
subjection to beyond the authority of THE WORD of GOD they received from the
apostles during the latter’s lifetimes became THE CHURCH but in Suffering.
Only The Assurance and The Person of THE LORD JESUS THE CHRIST as pictured in
this epistle can get one to remain faithful amidst these sufferings and
pressures from within THE CHURCH itself.
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>>Matthew 13:31-32
“Like a grain of mustard
seed…when it grows…becomes a tree.”
Speaks of that past period in kingdom history when The Suffering Few became overwhelmed in number and increasingly got influenced by them whose teachings are not really of THE KING notwithstanding THEY are together in THE KINGDOM itself. Because the weeds rapidly spread through The Enjoying Many and the wheat that was planted and meant for no other purpose but to yield a crop that satisfies GOD's and MAN’s hunger was planted only by The Few In Suffering, THE BOTANICAL KINGDOM, by the subtle workings of Satan got transformed. HAVING its nature (from herb to a tree), its function (from crop-bearing only to other purposes as source of lumber, shade, firewood, ornamentals, etc.) and its beneficiary (from being Useful to Man and Pleasing to GOD to benefiting the devil) changed -- THE KINGDOM changed from spiritual to worldly as whence they came from! |
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>>Revelation
2:12-17
THE CHURCH in UNION
WITH THE WORLD
*Pergamos --- to a Greek means UNION
Written of that past period in the history of THE CHURCH following the great persecution by The Roman Empire
which forced quiet a number of believers in THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS to fortify themselves in the
manner of the world while supposedly sticking to their faith resulting
to the external appearance of THE CHURCH as one already in union with the world and
its systems they have ironically been called-out from. THE CHURCH then as seen and observed started to serve such other purposes as a refuge
for charity, knowledge, and cooperative ventures in purely worldly selfish
motives manifested in all forms of idolatry as described in >>Romans 1:22-32. In the end, all of these
that seemed right at the beginning, the devil succeeded at creating among
them scandals, anomalies, and scams --- as these believers but already in union with the
world hold on to THE TEACHINGS of Balaam and THOSE NICOLAITANS.
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>>Matthew 13:33
“Like yeast that a woman
took and mixed.”
Written of our time which
started when some among the suffering few together with the many who have already felt comfortable
with the ways of the world are being constantly bombarded with evil behavior and traditions
(>>1st Cor 5:6-8) and evil doctrines from the religious authorities themselves
(>>Matthew 16:6, 11-12) combined in systematic manner by a woman who very
skillfully controls the mixing of some of THE TRUE TEACHINGS of THE CHRIST and HIS KINGSHIP with those entirely just her own, leavening the totality of THE KINGDOM of JESUS; yet, having the semblance of being unadulterated but only to them who continue to refuse to see their condition and situation vis-à-vis THE WORD of GOD!
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>>Revelation 2:18-29
THE CHURCH in UNCEASING SACRIFICES
*Thyatira
--- to a Greek means UNCEASING SACRIFICES
Written of this continuing
period in church history starting when THE CHURCH in union with the world,
officially entered into marriage with the world by decree of King
Constantine making “Christianity” the religion of The whole Roman Empire, then comprising practically of the whole
civilized world. Even unto our days, she has nuncios as ambassadors to every
government on earth. Her faithfuls freely express in public (even in the
streets intended for motorized vehicles) their devotions to their various faiths outside of and away from THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS in their religiosity to their own traditions and activities and these displays and shows of sacrifices
are assured of sanctity and continuity without disruption through legal holiday declarations followed by, among others, government-supplied-owned crafts/escorts equipped with sirens and by the very
participation of high government officials in them as officially sanctioned
by her marriage with the different governments. Because of the supposed
sanctity, legality (fully organized and backed up with laws and ordinances),
and lingeringly-sweetly-perfumed sacrifices (spoken of her rituals and celebrations) and
because of the worldly influence her leaders undeniably hold in this world,
most of her faithful cannot seem to make up their minds and be convinced this
woman they refer to as “our holy mother the church” is leading them to
immorality and supposed deep secrets and mysteries which are really of Satan.
They are just kept content and complacent feasting and immediately thereafter
preparing for another fiesta celebration, one after another, year after year,
so that they could not repent before they die.
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>>Matthew 13:44
“Like treasure hidden in a
field.”
Speaks of this period of
kingdom existence starting when the unleavened portion of THE KINGDOM hidden by GOD’s strategy in the world kept the continuity of THE KINGDOM despite the yeast of the woman. THE KING HIMSELF found it in HIS foreknowledge as early as that point in time as recorded in >>Matthew Chapters
4:12 all the way to 12:23. HE hid it in Chapters 12:24 to 13:43, and in HIS joy went to
the cross in >>Matthew 16:21, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, and 26:1 to 17:52 to give up
all HE had and buy that botanical field to be in the position to redeem the every whosoever-will-get AMNESTIED in it having been made in the image in the likeness of HIS authority for HIS KINGDOM (>>Genesis
1:26-28)!
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>>Revelation 3:1-6
THE CHURCH in REMNANT STATUS
*Sardis --- to a Greek means REMNANT STATUS
Written of that period in history and continuing even unto our days, when out of THE CHURCH in
unceasing sacrifices was and is restored THE CHURCH in the persons of the
remaining few by the power of GOD and HIS WORD via justification through THE FAITH in THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS, from those sacrifices and indulgences to THE open BIBLE instead of
Jezebel’s teachings. Their deeds were and are however not complete in the
sight of GOD for where exactly THE CHURCH in Thyatira erred by its marriage
with the whole world, THE CHURCH in Sardis corrupted itself by marrying the
governments of Germany and England respectively remaining as such even unto our
days. Where THE CHURCH was an organism even until THE CHURCH in Pergamos, THE CHURCH in Sardis
merely after all followed THE CHURCH in Thyatira --- in reduced scale however; as organizations of national scale in those
two countries.
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>>Matthew 13:45-46
“Like a merchant looking for
fine pearls.”
Speaks of this period of
kingdom’s existence starting sometime after JESUS determined the completion and realization of the organism that THE KINGDOM should be .... after the
treasure in the field critically and sadly missed the point that a treasure
is a treasure as its owner sees him/her for his/her owner’s own purpose without them resorting to means to keep him or herself a treasure.
A pearl is a pearl to its owner not because of how it compares with
other pearls. SO MUST THE SUBJECTS OF THE KINGDOM BE NO MATTER HOW VERY UNIGNORABLY UNATTRACTIVE, UNADORNED & UNTITLED THEY MAY BE TO ONE ANOTHER. Those who
find themselves in THE KINGDOM are to consequently be on the lookout for fine
pearls. These pearls used to be the small rough stones in the world’s beaches
who find themselves eventually inside a clam deep down the bottom of the seas as they
were pushed and destined by the waves and currents to the pressures there .... only to encounter a living oyster there where upon their encounter the oyster
got wounded and consequently wet with its life’s juice and with its power and
time transformed the rough, insignificant, unattractive, having no need
whatsoever for anything else but that life juice to become a pearl!
Individually, we are those pearls; collectively, we are GOD’s KINGDOM of PEARLS brought about by the
resurrection life of that living oyster, THE LORD JESUS THE CHRIST WHO we wounded!
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>>Revelation 3:7-13
THE CHURCH in BROTHERLY LOVE
*Philadelphia --- to a Greek means BROTHERLY LOVE
Written of this period in
church history starting when THE LORD reacted
to the continued success
of Jezebel's concoction and the incompleteness of the deeds of the
remnants from under her influence. This period dates back to 1825 and
thereafter spread worldwide from Dublin,
Ireland as an
anti-testimony to both the apostate
Roman Catholicism and the degraded Protestantism where
until now there are fierce fightings now and then among them. In the world’s
eyes then men of little strength; such men of GOD in their time as Darby, Bellett, Muller,
Mackintosh, Moody, Deck, Kelley, Spurgeon, Grant, Anderson, Tragelles, Miller, Chapman and their likes, particularly W. Nee from whose writings shared to me by Bro. Joe Lim in 1989, I learned much knowledge of their workings in their own assigned places by
GOD who in those places welcomed and encouraged all who came to their midst from the
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>>Matthew 13:47-50
“Like
a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.”
Speaks of this period in
kingdom history when the organizations are dominating THE Heavenly KINGDOM and THE ORGANISM that IT should have stayed is hardly discernable --- ending when judgment by THE KING HIMSELF will come upon all like HE effects final separation only at the
end as the sheep from the goats in >>Matthew
25:32-46. Meanwhile, we people of GOD corrupted by and because of these organizations in THE KINGDOM which GOD did not want it to be operating as, find
ourselves tossed and confronted with all the truths, one to another, as one
like restricted and confined inside a net whose strands are the individual
subjects of GOD’s KINGDOM --- GOD’s instruments for our salvation as
we go nearer it than when we believed (>>Romans 13:11) as we await the coming of our reigning BOSS-KING-LAWMAKER-JUDGE for our
resurrection (>>1st Corinthians 15:24-26)!!!!
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>>Revelation 3:14-22
THE CHURCH in THE OPINIONS OF
THE COMMON PEOPLE
*Laodicea --- to a Greek means THE OPINIONS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE
Written of this period in church history when
despite the unmistakable and unignorable working example THE LORD has brought
to the world with individuals behaving as THE CHURCH in Brotherly Love, those in
the denominations continue to have it their way judge which is the true church
and naturally and usually they claim their own as the true one, going even as
far as referring to THE CHURCH in Brotherly Love as “lost command” and
“rolling stone that gathers no moss” for being not a part of any
organization or under one of their umbrella organization! During these times, the devil is enjoying his heydays,
succeeding to convince the greater majority among the religious to making their church a
democracy instead of a theocracy; in their behavior, at times hot, at times
cold; yet, all the time confident of themselves and their judgments
of others, not aware that being in the household of GOD they are
being judged NOW(!) by THE LORD. We now and then (even until THE LORD comes
back) repeatedly see priests / pastors / ministers / deacons, their officials
are being pressured by their congregation (and vice-versa) on
myriads of issues, some forming their own congregations (an
organization just the same) as a result eventually finding themselves further
split UNMINDFULLY by these same NICOLAITANS among them, and we even see them kicked
out of their
offices and influence. All these are happening simply because they are in THE CHURCH in the judgments of the common people, HOW & WHAT SHE OUGHT-TO-BE
ACCORDING TO THEM, and NOT according strictly to THE WORD of GOD alone, in
the manner of THE ORGANISM [and not an organization] that THE CHURCH in
Brotherly Love is ---- and which THE CHURCH uncorrupted ought-to-be! According to >>Revelation
3:20, our LORD JESUS THE CHRIST stands outside their church, knocking at the
door that separates HIM from them, calling for each individual member therein
inside to overcome that door of denominationalism. They even preach wrongly this
particular scripture as directed to unbelievers not realizing it is
addressed to them and their members as all of them are in their church. Here stands the
individual member either to be spit out of HIS mouth or sit with HIM on HIS throne in a do-or-die fashion the world certainly would have wanted to be
perfectly sure of its repercussions in their worldly concerns. To the devil’s
success and very ironically, many of them here in the church in the
judgment of common people are not seguristas in the real sense of the
word. “Many will say to ME on that day “LORD, LORD, did we not prophesy in
YOUR NAME, and in YOUR NAME cast out demons, and in YOUR NAME perform many
miracles?” and then, I will declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from
ME, you who practice lawlessness.”” – >>Matthew 7:22-23.
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