6. The establishment of the
kingdom of God on earth
The sixth once and for all
phenomenon is the establishment of the kingdom of God on earth but it is
futuristic. for it is clearly stated that, "In the days of these kings the
God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume
all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Inasmuch as you saw that the
stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces
the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold --- the great God has
made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain,
and its interpretation is sure" (Daniel
2:44-45).
It was clearly revealed to
Daniel that, “Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise
out of the earth: But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom,
and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever” (Daniel 7:17-18).
It is also stated that, “the
court shall be seated, and they shall take away his (Satan) dominion, to
consume and destroy it forever. Then the kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people,
the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey Him' (Daniel
7: 26-27)
As clearly seen, once this
kingdom is established on earth without any shadow of doubt it will be a once
and for all phenomenon, it will be an everlasting kingdom and shall stand
forever.
7.
Jesus Christ surrendering
everything back to the Father
The seventh and the
culmination of the once and for all phenomenon is Jesus Christ handing over
everything back to the Father. As it is written; "Then comes the end, when
He (Jesus Christ) delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end
to all rule and all authority and power: For He must reign till He has put all
enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
For, "He has put all
things under His feet." But when He says "all things are put under
Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is exempted. Now
when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be
subject to Him who put all things under Him that God may be all in all” (1 Corinthians 15:24-28).
The once and for all
terminology which has so many sincere and devoted people bamboozled and
discombobulated is simply the fact that:
·
Once and for all Jesus Christ the Lord God, Creator of heaven and
earth, the sea and spring of water died to reconcile man to God.
·
Once and for all we have access to the greater and more perfect
tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, but to Mount
Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.
·
Once and for all there is now the perfect sacrifice, not the blood of
goats and calves, but with the precious blood of Jesus Christ who entered the
Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
·
Once and for all we have Jesus Christ as our perfect eternal High
Priest of the good things to come.
·
Once and for all the will of God is fulfilled:
Because man can now have
fellowship with the Father in a perfect, holy, blameless and irreproachable
state thereby, fulfilling what was predestined even before the foundation of
the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.
·
The establishment of God's kingdom on earth forever
·
The handing over of everything back to the Father that God may be all
in all.
This my brothers and sisters
is the meaning of the once and for all phenomenon which has so many sincere but
uneducated believers confused, bamboozled and discombobulated, but these times
of ignorance God has overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
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