Embracing the Eternal Kingdom of Christ

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"Jesus has been arrested he was tried before the high priest they have brought him to Pilate the Roman Governor because they want a sentence of death by crucifixion and so among the charges that they have made against Jesus is Insurrection against Rome they say that he has declared himself to be the king of the Jews and as such would be in Insurrection against the Roman government." [00:04:09]

"God had made a covenant with David that God would establish David upon the throne and that there would never cease to be sitting on the throne a seed of David one of his descendants and David properly understood this that God had promised that through David the Messiah the Eternal king would come and thus the Messiah would be of the seed of David." [00:05:21]

"Isaiah chapter 9 the prophet prophesied For unto us a child is born and unto us a son is given and the government will be upon his shoulder and his name will be called wonderful counselor the Mighty God the Everlasting father and the prince of peace and of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with Justice from henceforth even forever for the Zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this." [00:08:37]

"Now we know that today there is no king of the Jews Jews there is no king in Israel and we know that this has been the case for 2500 years ever since the Babylons came and conquered Israel and took them captive from the time of King zedekiah to the present day there has not been a king over Israel the monarchy ended with zedekiah and yet the promise of God was that there would never cease to be a descendant of David sitting upon the throne." [00:10:56]

"Jesus said my kingdom is not of this world in his first coming he did not come to reign over the world he came to give his life as a ransom for the world he will come again as king but his first coming was not to fulfill the Prophecies of the king he said if my kingdom were of this world then would my servants have fought so that I would not be delivered up to you there'll be a war going on right now." [00:16:46]

"Jesus is saying to Pilate yes I am a king yes I have a kingdom but the kingdom is not of this world it's of a another world another dimension another sphere Pilate then said are you then a king and Jesus answered you said it to this end was I born and for this cause came I into the world that I might bear the witness of the truth yes I am a king that's why I was born I was born a king." [00:18:19]

"Jesus said I came to bear witness of the truth I came to share the truth and what are the truths that Jesus shared in the Bible there is this word verily and the word verily means truly so throughout the Gospel of John John records Jesus saying verily verily the double repetition of the word is for emphasis it is as though he is saying now this is the truth emphasizing verily verily truly truly I say un you." [00:21:48]

"Verily verily unless a man is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God yes there is a kingdom the kingdom of God but you've got to be born again to see it to know it to understand it John 5:24 Jesus said verily verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come under condemnation but is passed from Death unto life." [00:22:56]

"Paul the Apostle was on the road to Damascus to imprison those that called upon the name of Jesus he had an encounter where he met Jesus and as Jesus talked to Paul as he was lying there on the ground he said Paul I'm calling you to go to the Gentiles to open up their eyes to turn them from Darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God that they they might receive the Forgiveness of their sins." [00:27:14]

"Jesus said that yes he was the king he is going to come and to sit upon the throne of David as is promised he is going to Reign Over the Earth and of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end for he shall reign forever and ever the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Messiah events in the world today are all building up and leading to the return of Jesus Christ." [00:29:30]

"The big issue is is he your king Pilate said are you the king of the Jews he was more than that and so he didn't answer it directly but the question is is he your king have you submitted your life to Jesus Christ as king is he the Lord of your life have you kissed his scepter pledging Your Allegiance and love to him if not why not what's keeping you back what hope do you have in this world today." [00:32:56]

"Father speak to our hearts today in a world that is filled with uncertainty we realize Lord that tomorrow we could be plunged into that final Conflict Lord we see the uncertainty of governments of man how that in a moment things can be radically changed Lord in these uncertain times may we know the certainty of your word and have that certainty of Hope because Jesus Christ Christ is Lord and king of our lives in his name we pray amen." [00:35:45]

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