In a message dated 7/8/2004 10:07:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Slade, Please explain what you think the âKingdomâ means. Is it just the 1.000 millenium, or is it eternity, or did it start the day you got saved? Izzy
Allow me an explanation for a single passage -- Matt 6:33 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and ........" This particular teaching has been a source of genuine purpose for me and it is this: the word "kingdom" can have this meaning ----- "sovereign rule and authority." In view of the fact that "kingdom" in 6:33 is a present time reality and not a future circumstance, this definition seems to be a fit. If that is true, this is how the verse can read: "Seek ye first the sovereign rule and authority of God and His righteousness .....," something I often fail to do. For me, it makes a big difference.
Grace
oastor John
