The true gospel is the good news of our Father’s kingdom literally coming to fill the whole earth with His righteous ways. A kingdom is a form of government headed by a monarch. Christ is the King of God’s kingdom, and He teaches us the importance of the Father’s kingdom in His model prayer known as The Lord’s Prayer. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. His kingdom already rules in heaven; shortly it will rule completely on earth.
This is the good news proclaimed in the four gospels in the so-called “New Testament” of the Bible. Many scriptures back this up. “Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:14-15). Believe what gospel? The “gospel of the kingdom of God.” He is saying, God’s government is here. Because it is at hand, you need to repent from your old selfish life, and believe this good news of God ruling on earth.
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come” (Matt. 24:14). It is this good news of the kingdom of God that must be proclaimed in the whole world before the end of the age will come. But most are preaching “another gospel,” for they very seldom mention a real government of God coming to this earth along with Christ’s return. They say the gospel/good news is salvation, but salvation, though wonderful, is just the first step. There’s so much more, like us growing spiritually and becoming royalty in God.
In Matthew 24: 15, Christ quotes the prophet Daniel concerning the end times. In Ch. 2 Daniel saw the Father’s kingdom coming down out of heaven smashing the world system to pieces.
“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms.” These are four historical world governmental systems–Babylonia, Persia, Greece, and Rome. At this present time, we are seeing the last revival of the old Roman Empire. Think “Euro and the EU”. We are coming to the end of “the days of these kings.” “Thy kingdom come.”
To God’s faithful, this collapse of the present world system is “good news.” To others it will be “bad news.” Good or bad, the Father’s Kingdom is coming in a fullness.
We, then, should pray with this grand and glorious vision that Christ had, when He taught His disciples to pray. A vision of an earth free from corruption and cruelty–free from addiction and selfishness–free from hunger and desperation–free from greedy leaders who cast the poor in chains of lies and deceit–free from husbands and wives betraying those who love them the most–free from brokenhearted children thrown out like trash by selfish parents–free from the evil that rapes and pillages every lost soul on earth…
The Kingdom of God brings what every soul is crying for. This is the good news that will fill the earth when Christ comes back and sits down on the throne of our invisible Father. And His sons and daughters will sit alongside Him in His kingdom right here on earth (Rev. 3: 21). And He will dispatch us His princes and princesses out into the ravished earth to rebuild and restore what the evil ones wasted. “Thy kingdom come” evokes much about the glorious vision God has for His earth. We need to pray toward this end. He told us to not ask for things for ourselves, but rather, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” If we have His back, He’ll have ours. Kenneth Wayne Hancock {This is Chapter 28 of my new book The Royal Destiny of God’s Elect }
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