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Bible Questions Answered:
Bible Answer:
“What
does it mean, God appoints unto us a kingdom?...”
Ed/
Irvine (Los Angeles), California U.S.A.
Bible Texts:
As the people of God, we are in the kingdom of God
(Rather, the Kingdom of God, is within us).
As Christians, we are The Lord's, kings and priests.
The
Word:
Exodus
19:6 KJV
And
ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation..."
Isaiah
61:6 KJV
But
ye shall be named the Priests of The Lord: men shall call you the
ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in
their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
Luke
1:28,29 KJV
28
Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations.
29
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto
Me;
II
Timothy 2:11,12 KJV
11
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with Him, we shall also
live with Him:
12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also
will deny us:
I
Peter 2:5,9 KJV
5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by
Jesus Christ.
9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who
hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
Revelation
1:5,6 KJV
5
And from Jesus Christ, who is The Faithful Witness, and The First
Begotten Of The Dead, and The Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto
Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His Own Blood,
6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation
3:21 KJV
To
him that over cometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.
Revelation
5:9,10 KJV
9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take The Book,
and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed
us to God by Thy Blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people,
and nation;
10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign
on the earth.
Revelation
20:4,6 KJV
4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the
witness of Jesus, and for The Word Of God, and which had not
worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark
upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned
with Christ a thousand years.
6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on
such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God
and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
Prayer:
“The cross comes before the crown..."
C.S. Lewis
Matthew
16:24 KJV
Then
said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
