T#018 The Kingdom & THE CHURCH ~~ The Prophesied - ONLY to the Jews then & THE MYSTERY - to BOTH The Jews JOINTLY with The Gentiles in This CHURCH Age ... REVEALED as one-&-the-same!

The Kingdom
& THE CHURCH

~~~

The Prophesied

& THE MYSTERY

REVEALED as

ONE-&-THE-SAME

for us to live

in these last days
[ Acts 2:17 ]
THE CHURCH = KINGDOM AGE

by 

THE BIBLE

ITSELF!

>>Matthew 16:18 and 19 seem incoherent one to the other

• as JESUS talks to Peter about HIS constructing HIS CHURCH!

• and suddenly about giving THE KEYS to THE KINGDOM of heaven.

Yet, understand this!

• Peter received THE KEYS to THE KINGDOM and

• used THEM by his PREACHINGs of

>>> THE MESSAGE of
THE GOSPEL of
THE KINGDOM

• for EACH CALLED-OUT among The Jews & The Gentiles

• without discrimination ... individually

• to enter THE CHURCH ... be part of HER collectively 

• NOT AS MEMBERS THEREIN

• --- THE MYSTERY --- 

• {not the gospel of Paul ... as the mystery!}

THESE KEYS
in fact were used

by Peter himself
 to open:

1.    the gate or door for the evangelization of

• THE JEWS

• by his preaching

for the 1st time

• that JESUS was THE LORD & THE CHRIST

• to the first-3,000 of THE JEWS to believe

• (>>Acts 2:36)

in THE LORDSHIP &

THE CHRISTHOOD

 of JESUS

THE ONE alluded to
in >>Genesis 3:15

• as was planned not to be revealed any earlier

• as recorded  in >>Matthew 16:20

• until THE KINGDOM or THE CHURCH

as --- THE MYSTERY ---
(being one and the same)

• was actually established 

• on that very day of Pentecost in A.D. 33 (>>Acts 2:14-42)

• in Jerusalem, 

and later

 
2.    the gate or door for the evangelization of

• THE GENTILES

• by his preaching

for the 1st time again

• to the first-FEW of the Gentiles to believe

in THE LORDSHIP & 
THE CHRISTHOOD
of JESUS

• as was planned originally

• not to be revealed earlier

• in the same >>Matthew 16:20

to enter THE CHURCH
for the first time

• on that particular day at the house of Cornelius

• (>>Acts 10:34-43).

No wonder then, when
THE LORD
JESUS HIMSELF

was asked in >>Acts 1:6
by some Jews whether

• HE was at that time going to restore the kingdom to Israel,

• HE evaded the question by answering neither yes nor no because

--- The Kingdom
was after all, both for

THE WHOSOEVER WILL
BELIEVE & LIVE

THE LORDSHIP &

THE CHRISTHOOD of 
JESUS

of THE JEWS and
of The Gentiles

--- individually ---

not as a family, nor as a nation,
nay as organizations

 yet JOINTLY as

• both become

• THE one CHURCH

• --- and not anymore just for THE WHOLE NATION of ISRAEL ONLY

• as they wrongly expected of the prophecy.

Yet, HE did not hesitate
to say to the Jews to whom
THIS KINGDOM
was prophesied

• that the timing will have to do with the coming of The Holy Spirit (>>Acts 1:7)

• which undoubtedly happened on that Pentecost Day of A.D. 33,

• the day of the formal inauguration of HIS CHURCH.

No wonder again,
by >>Matthew 16:18-19
and >>Acts 1:7

• which are "the preaching [THE GOSPEL] of JESUS THE CHRIST"

• referred to by Paul as his GOSPEL in >>Romans 16:25

• "according to THE REVELATION of THE MYSTERY" ---

(which is:

that HIS CHURCH is

one & the same

as THE

prophesied to
the-Jews-the-nation

KINGDOM)

• "which was kept secret since the world began"

• and proceeding to >>verse 26

• "but now is made manifest of the scripture of the prophets" (Isaiah, Daniel, and Joel) particularly in:

1.    Isaiah 2:2-4
   

THE KINGDOM,

as prophesied then
to the-Jews-as-a-nation

• was to be established in "the last days"

• (>>Acts 2:17)

• (also of the Jewish political kingdom)

• in JERUSALEM

• which history attests in hindsight to us now(!)

• ended in A.D.  70.

IT would be established
on "top of the mountains"---

• a prophecy concerning the pre-eminence

• of GOD's spiritual KINGDOM

via
HIS THEOCRACY
ought-to-be LIVED individually
without getting themselves
ORGANIZED

• over all the earthly kingdoms.

• "All nations shall flow unto it." ---

• a reference to the universal image for THE CHURCH

• to be constituted by Jews and Gentiles alike

• as they obey to enter without distinction between them

• (>>Matthew 28:19, >>Mark 16:16, >>Luke 24:48)

• to them who will individually

gladly (>>Acts 2:41)

OBEY THE MESSAGE

of THE GOSPEL

of SALVATION

• that was first preached there.

IT would be established
when

• "the law shall go forth from Zion

• and THE WORD of THE LORD

• from JERUSALEM."

• This occurred on that specific Pentecost Day of A.D. 33. (>>Acts 1:4-8, >>2:1-5, >>47).

    
2.    Daniel 2:31-45

In the interpretation of
Nebuchadnezzar's dream,
Daniel

• prophesied that THE KINGDOM will be established

• during the existence of the fourth world-kingdom

• the head of gold symbolizing Babylonia (1st)

• the breast and arms of silver -- Medo-Persia (2nd)

• the belly and thigh of brass -- Macedonia (3rd)

• and the legs of iron and the feet of iron and clay

• --- The Roman Empire (the 4th).

• Pentecost Day, A.D. 33 happened

• when JERUSALEM was under The Roman Empire

• before it was crushed to the ground in A.D. 70.

   
3.    Joel 2:28-32

Joel foretold

• the outpouring of The Spirit

• from which "THE WORD of THE LORD"

• (>>Acts 2:14-36, 38) for ALL NATIONS

• --- both Gentiles and Jews,

• "from JERUSALEM";

• when obeyed

• --- saves any one

• "from their untoward generation".

This happened on
Pentecost Day, A.D. 33

• when the apostle Peter stood up and preached:

• "This is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel"

• ---- >>Acts 2:16-21

Unaffected
being charged repetitious,

these above 3 prophesies

• saw their fulfillment when THE GOSPEL was first preached

• --- just ten (10) days

• after HE ascended to heaven

• --- when JESUS was preached for the first time

--- initially as THE KING
already SEATED

• since then

• on the throne of David

• at the right hand of GOD

• (>>Acts 2:29-36)

• on that particular Pentecost Day of A.D. 33

• in JERUSALEM

for their JEWISH RELIGION

to give way to THE KINGDOM

• for however ----- both The Jews and the Gentiles already.

During THE LORD's
personal ministry

• the mystery that is

• THE CHURCH and THE prophesied KINGDOM

• BEING ONE-and-THE SAME

• was not as yet established

• Consider the following scriptures:

• >>Mark 1:15; >>Matthew 10:7; >>Luke 10:9; >>Matthew 6:9-10, >>16:18; >>Mark 9:1; >>Luke 22:18; and >>Acts 1:6.

THE MYSTERY

• that HIS CHURCH and

• THE prophesied KINGDOM

• being-one-and-the-same

• was established AS TRUTH IN REALIZATION

• on that Pentecost Day of A.D. 33

• --- just 10 days after the ascension of THE CHRIST to heaven

--- when THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

• of SALVATION

• was first preached

• (>>Acts 2:14-36) by Peter ....

heard, realized individually, believed 
HIS LORDSHIP and HIS CHRISTHOOD
and obeyed
HIS GRAND AMNESTY CONDITIONS

• by his 3,000 Jew-HEARERS on that particular day alone

• (>>Acts 2:37-41)

afterwhich ---
HE began "adding to
THE CHURCH daily

• such as the should be saved" (>>Acts 2:47)

• "delivering THE CALLED-OUT whosoever-will

• from out of the the adverse influences of human governances

• in THE WORLD of religions, businesses and politics

• translating us not as a group

• but individually

• into THE KINGDOM of HIS dear SON"

as preached in more
particulars and written of
to them then

• by Paul himself in his epistles

• --- when he himself was already in THE KINGDOM

• .... and THE prophesied KINGDOM

• a reality already

for anyone of us to be part of

• as told by Paul again in >>1st Timothy 3:15

• but this time 

• as THE CHURCH.

In conclusion,
consider these syllogisms

that settle the question of

the time of

the establishment of

THE CHURCH

• which for some Jews then

• was still a mystery

• --- for their eventual realization as

• --- as THE KINGDOM was to them THE PROPHESY

• realized particularly on that day

• INITIALLY by the 3,000 Jews who became part of HER ---

• that very day of Pentecost in A.D. 33!

A.    THE KINGDOM was to

• begin or established

• when THE WORD of THE LORD

• went forth as preached

• from Jerusalem (>>Isaiah 2:2-3, >>Luke 24:47)

• THE WORD ---- for would-be believers

• in THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS .....

(invariably and in totality as

our LORD

(BOSS, OWNER,
COMMANDER)

because HE is our

REDEEMER, KING,
CHIEF-PRIEST

and JUDGE

--- >>Acts 2:14-36,)

• ---- went forth as preached on Pentecost Day, A.D. 33 from Jerusalem.

   
B.    THE KINGDOM was to

• come or established with power (>>Mark 9:1).

• The power came through The Holy Spirit

• on that Pentecost Day of A.D. 33 (>>Acts 1:8, >>2:1-4).

C.   THE KINGDOM was to

• come within the lifetime of some of the hearers

• of JESUS during HIS personal ministry

• according to >>Mark 9:1.

• There being no more survivor

• and all have certainly died of all the hearers of JESUS then

IT IS PLAIN
RECALCITRANCY
TO

THE WORD OF GOD

• to say that THE KINGDOM

• (as many NICOLAITANS still teach even unto our days)

• has been postponed and still to come!!!

When JESUS comes back
this second time
from heaven, 

• HE shall not establish a kingdom

• as many among us today believe & look forward to

• and are teaching us to believe!!!!

• Search THE BIBLE as to what HE will do

• at that time and you'll find out

• establishing a kingdom is not one of them.

• [>>>Treatise #092]

On the contrary,
HE WILL CEASE REIGNING

• (this only means HE is already reigning)

• and HE WILL TURN OVER THE KINGDOM

--- (this means no doubt

THE KINGDOM

is already
in all certainty existing) ---

• TO THE FATHER

• (>>1st Corinthians 15:24-28).

@ HIS second coming

• they who have made JESUS their KING

• and lived their lives on earth by

• initially believing in HIS LORDSHIP

• and continuingly with that

• as their CHRIST

• thereafter repenting

• and getting themselves baptized

for the summary remission
of all (their) sinnings

• they committed when they have not

• as yet heard, realized, believed and obeyed

• the preaching of THE LORDSHIP & THE CHRISTHOOD of JESUS

--- and continuingly confessing
JESUS to others,

• >>Matthew 10:32

• [the 4th obey-or-die command

• in THE NEW COVENANT]

INVARIABLY

as their personal,

OWNER, BOSS, COMMANDER,
SAVIOR, KING, CHIEF-PRIEST and JUDGE

• these seven (7) are TO-BE

• our moment-to-moment pre-occupancy as

[the church-life ~

the kingdom-living ~

the basis for our personal
relationship with HIM]

• to eventually enter THE "eternal, timeless

• KINGDOM" in heaven

• (>>2nd Peter 1:11,  >>2nd Timothy 4:18, >>Matthew 8:11-12, >>James 2:5).

TO ALL GENTILES

• it is most important that the date

• of the establishment of THE CHURCH

• be fixed in our minds .....

TO THE JEWS

• the establishment of THE KINGDOM prophesied for them.

This is where many of us
Gentiles have been

initially waylaid by the devil

• and sooner than we think tragically deceived

• when we are being made to expect that a kingdom is yet to come

• when THE KINGDOM was not even prophesied for us, Gentiles. 

Adding insult to injury,
many of us

• are kept away from understanding THE KINGDOM

• The Jews are talking about with authority;

• worst, we just leave it to chance by our complacency

• by doing nothing about ascertaining

what the church we

have belonged to
as member

therein IS(!)

• ---- as should be compared to

• WHAT THE CHURCH WE OUGHT-TO-BE A PART OF

• (>>>T#022 - The CHURCH vis-à-vis The Denominations)

• ---- AS clearly DISTINGUISHED from

• each other in & by

THE NEW TESTAMENT

FOR US, the date of the establishment of THE CHURCH

• should facilitate the effective distinguishing

• between THE ORGANISM of GOD

• (THE CHURCH)

• from THE ORGANIZATIONS of men

• (THE different DENOMINATIONS)

• founded years later

• by undoubtedly very sincere NICOLAITANS

• (>>>T#026)

• who unwittingly even celebrate with a bang

• their respective churches’ establishment anniversary dates!

If you have not joined
THE CHURCH

exactly the way
the 3,000 did on
Pentecost Day, A.D. 33

• it's time to most sincerely and seriously ponder

• over the fact:

• you have only entered and thereafter

• become member of that church

• among the very many where

• THE CHRIST is outside its doors 

• ( >>Revelation 3:20 )!

By their
different names,

• their churches have only succeeded to divide

• CHRISTENDOM among themselves

• >>>T#037

• Those names are actually prominently painted and marked in those buildings where they are required to meet

• and go as their church

• by those NICOLAITANS leading and not ELDERING them.

• This is the place where they are being insisted upon and obligingly being required to meet

•  as they have been made

• churchgoers only

• ---- to the Church nila nga building dili people(!)  

• instead of being made disciples of THE CHRIST

• THE CHRIST HIMSELF wants us made

• ---- dili intawon kita ipahimong ---- Adventists, Baptists, Catholics, Evangelicals, Mormons, Pentecostals

• etc., etc., of those more than 3,000 of different names they have become(!)

---- resulting from their

DIS-OBEDIENCE

to >>Matthew 28:19!

• Although THE BIBLE teaches

• The Kingdom and THE CHURCH

• as ONE and THE SAME

• these "churchians" are better

• preached and taught

to learn of THE KINGDOM of GOD

• to avoid long discussions and arguments

• vis-a-vis their church

• that stops us from pursuing

• WHAT THE CHURCH is .... in THE BIBLE

.... because then, they
will lock you out
of being heard

• .... by their repeated claims, declarations, assertions

• --- “my church” and “the >>> churches I planted”

• on the part of those NICOLAITANS

• --- & “our church” on the part of their members.

A mastery
of >>>T#017 comes in
very handy and most
effective as was experienced
by this compiler and sharer!

TRY IT WITH UTMOST
CONFIDENCE!

A SHARING IN THE
GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE

OF OUR LORD JESUS
THE CHRIST WHOM WE

ALL LOVE AND SERVE.

                                                                      ~~~#~~~

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