Kingdoms in Conflict

Kingdoms in conflict!

When John the Baptist, followed by Jesus started announcing the coming of the prophesied kingdom of God, it wasn't just the people waiting for that kingdom who got the news! The religious oligarchy who have been since Moses were shaken, the kingdom of the then world wondered what that could mean and most of all the spiritual kingdom of darkness were alerted and that news wasn't taken kindly!

In any case, no king will take such news casually or lightly. Daniel, the prophet prophesied it almost to the very moment when it'll break out, Isaiah spoke of the coming Messiah with government upon His shoulder, Ezekiel and Jeremiah spake of the New Covenant, the New heart, the written law in the new heart and the Holy Spirit of God that shall dwell in every heart in the new kingdom!

So the religious leaders, the political leaders and the spiritual rulers of darkness knew clearly what God was planning and each was carving its own plan to counter it!

When Jesus started preaching the new kingdom it was a declaration of war...but that war would be between unequal kingdoms with the greater, backed up with prophecies and omnipotent powers. The result of that was obvious before the start! God wins!

Today, with people pressing into the kingdom through total submission to the Lordship of Christ the king, and consequent acceptance into the beloved through redemption and forgiveness of sins, it is expected that the child of the kingdom sees the defeat of the other kingdoms and their agents!

This isn't the time to fear being overcome by the forces of these kingdoms if we don't voluntarily submit to them.

Apostle Paul said we have been delivered from the authority and power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son...Colossians 1:13

The child of God should  know therefore and have confidence in our great King and kingdom. The rule of the kingdom is that only the will of the King is done, His word is law, seeking the kingdom therefore would mean seeking His will to be done in every area...both in our lives and in the lives of others. That's also how the war is fought!

He has promised that when we seek that those things we need for sustenance shall be added unto us!

What we also must understand is that, with our total submission to the Lordship of Jesus, no other lord can have a say in our lives if we don't permit it. We have authority to wade off every power trying to establish something contrary to God's will in our lives and you can be sure of God's backing! That's what spiritual warfare is all about.

Whoever is planning something contrary to God's will for another is an enemy of God and an agent of the other kingdom! Such isn't seeking the kingdom of God and has pitched self against God in a battle such will surely lose! That's not a good position to be in the warfare going on!

So we need not fear but submit to God and to His Son, Jesus. Doing His will and seeking His kingdom.

We must avoid the slippery grounds of seeking our own will that may be contrary to His, under any guise, doing that we slip out of the boundaries of the kingdom into the bondage of the dark kingdom and though it may work for a while, it won't always work!

Doing our own will is the bait the enemy throws to trap us...we are protected in God's will administered by the Holy Spirit within and the Word of His grace!

Doing our own will is trying to build our own kingdom and such kingdoms become contrary to God's with a destiny of destruction!

Let's stick to seeking to do His will and seeing the righteousness, peace and joy of the Holy Spirit that abound in the kingdom!

Within the bounds of that kingdom we are safe, secure and our welfare is certain! In that kingdom we win!

Good morning!

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