Yet another gem. I have learned more in 2 weeks listening to Sir Anthonys teachings than i have in the last 10 years in a good bible believing trinitarian church amazing stuff
The problem with modern Christianity is that they preach the death of the messenger (Christ) and not his message of 'The coming Kingdom of God' The preaching of Jesus became a supplement to the gospel, it is not the gospel itself as often mistaken among Christendom.
+Romerosays This is a true statement. I grew up in the Southern Baptist church and I cannot recall the Gospel of the Kingdom being preached in the many churches I went to. Just the message of the cross.
+Cody Clemmons Yes! Unfortunately the message of the cross has overshadowed the original 'one gospel' message from Christ himself and therefore ignoring it altogether.
I get terrified at the thought that almost even all of christianity is lost... For if the kingdom is not even preached at all. While almost all of Jesus parables go about the kingdom. Can we even say that people are not as lost as those who have never heard..? And i'm not an exception at this point... I came to believe that the only thing God came to earth for is to die for our sins. And i did always found it lacking. As if something was still missing or even overshadowed. And i now see it's the kingdom that i have missed the past few years (i have not been raised in church). I just don't now what it truely means. It will cost me another couple of Years to reread everything! 😅🕊️❤️😇
Bravo! I could not agree with you more! You have so many excellent points. This message is so rare but true! The only thing I would add to what you have said, is that Jesus explained His own cross numerous times in the gospels in the same framework you are thinking in, when He said, "Take up your cross and follow Me." The cross is thus in no sense an addendum to the gospel of the kingdom, but rather it is at the core of it. "Take up your cross" statements, as well as many others related, clearly posit that the cross saves us from sin and death, as we ourselves take our stand for The Kingdom through to the point of being willing to go to our own martyrdom, as He actually did. We too will be resurrected as He was. This is what you are teaching, and the cross dovetails right into it directly. Jesus died so He could be Lord of both the dead and the living, Rom. 14:9. Conquering death means facing it, and all of us have done so through Him, dying to sins and raising to newness of life as servants of the Kingdom of God and of it's Lord Jesus The Christ. Now we face it in the stories of our own lives as well, every day. Popular level Christianity is filled with unfortunate taboos which keep it from seeing this clear message of Jesus and the gospel. Jesus' message cuts across the popular grain, so they must explain Him away in favor of obscure and contradictory philosophical ideas imported into the Bible to explain it. What an ironic situation, as you point out! Most people just think they way they were taught to because it is internally consistent, even if it lacks correspondence with the Bible. They have never been shown the beauty of what attaining correspondence with the Bible even looks like, and then they have been inoculated against any ideas different than the ones they've been taught. It's almost a cult like mentality and I mourn over those who have not heard the words of Christ with ears to hear.
This is exactly right! The Gospel is The Kingdom of Heaven, not 'instant salvation' or mere utterance of a "Jesus Prayer" that wipes away an imaginary "sin stain" that we allegedly inherit. Jesus said our previous bad deeds are wiped clean by repentance - the same message preached by the Hebrew Prophets. The baggage of false doctrines carried over from Catholicism has nothing to do with our responsibility to be ACTIVELY doing GOOD on behalf of the Kingdom following that repentence preached by Jesus. Modern fundamentalists preach an "Easy Believism" that stands on a foundation of sand - falsely ignoring the Master's imperative that we repent and serve as members of this Kingdom of God by DOING the active Works of obeying the Father and his chosen Son, Jesus.
Letters to Young Churches, J. B Phillips, intro. p. 10 "The epistles are for the most part the earliest Christian documents we possess. The Gospels come later. The Gospels are not 'the gospel,' the statement of the Christian belief."
Matthew 6:19-21 "Don't store up treasure *on earth* where it gets corrupted by moths and rust but store up treasure *on earth* in a physical kingdom of God where it doesn't get corrupted by moths and rust." Wait, is that what he said? I thought the word "heaven" was in there somewhere...but why would we "store up treasure in heaven" if we're not going there according to NT Wrong? What is the kingdom, but God's rulership meaning that he is king and we must obey not just believe. Read the parable of the dragnet in Matt 13:47+ _"Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."_ The kingdom is the net, not what happens after the net. So the kingdom is now. The kingdom is God's kingship, which is a net...only those who accept that we must obey God are in the net, and only those have any chance of salvation because only they are in the kingdom. The kingdom is not some future physical kingdom in the end, as ought to be clear enough by the statement "my kingdom is not of this world." Its not an earthly nation. If you think otherwise, you need to explain all the passages that clearly debunk your theory, because just saying "the kingdom, the kingdom" doesn't amount to anything.
David Brainerd We must look at all the evidence and the very plain and extensive evidence must prevail. The whole OT is contradicted if “heaven” is the reward! It is well known that in Jewish thinking the rewards of the future are now stored up with GOD, to be revealed at the second coming. The meek are to inherit the earth (6 times in Ps 37, “dwell in it for ever”) Rev 5:10 “will reign On the earth. Jesus will not be in heaven after he comes back and so to be WITH him means being on the earth! The whole point of the Kingdom and Gospel is lost, otherwise. in hope, Anthony
David Brainerd You're mistaken! The Bible clearly, and only describes a "Kingdom OF heaven" which is to come! and it never states a 'Kingdom IN heaven'. OF does not imply IN! God the designer of "The 'COMING' Kingdom", is of heaven, so if it's designs originated from heaven, it is then only fitting that it is styled the "Kingdom OF heaven", therefore being a Kingdom from heaven it is "not of this world" The great Christian hope (the COMING Kingdom) is laid up in heaven (where moth and rust cannot corrupt), and when the time is appointed, Christ will bring this reward with him (Rev 22:12) life eternal in a everlasting Kingdom on earth (Dan 2:44, 7:13,14) The coming Kingdom is NOT now! it is a future event which required faith for belief in the promises God made unto the fathers of our faith, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which still continues to this day. Was not Christ the minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to CONFIRM THE PROMISES made unto the Fathers (Rom 15:8) It is the 'PREACHING' of the coming Kingdom that is the net, but the basket containing the good fish, is the Kingdom itself! "Fear not.....it is the Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom" Luke 12:32
+David Brainerd Even at the end of Revelation the the New Jerusalem comes down from heaven to the earth, whether you interpret that literally or figuratively.
David, and I say this sincerely, can you explain Jesus saying "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth/land?". You asked great questions btw! Questions you should certainly ask! If I may, I would suggest that when Jesus tells us to store treasure in heaven that the implication is because God is there. Meaning, "store your treasure with God" basically, with the one who can ensure its worth and longevity. Also I would add that the idea presented in the New Testament are that the things in heaven, the things we store there, are intended to descend down to us eventually. Jesus ascends only to descend. Heavenly Jerusalem intends to descend in Revelation. In Thessalonians we meet the Lord in the air with the intent to *descend* down with him escorting him. Eden in Jewish thought was thought to be the intersection of heaven and earth, a place where both exist. What need was there to go to heaven in Eden? There was peace, plenty, life, and even God himself strolling about calling out for us.
Yet another gem. I have learned more in 2 weeks listening to Sir Anthonys teachings than i have in the last 10 years in a good bible believing trinitarian church amazing stuff
Great summary. Loved the setting you are in... must have been near winter...
Sir Anthony. You are an Awesome man of God! What a blessing to listen to the truth through you sir.God bless you sir.
Thank you! Good teaching!
God bless for preaching truth!
Excellent analysis!
Thank you very much for breaking this down. More and more I’m seeing the central nature of Gods Kingdom as it relates to the gospel of Jesus.
The problem with modern Christianity is that they preach the death of the messenger (Christ) and not his message of 'The coming Kingdom of God'
The preaching of Jesus became a supplement to the gospel, it is not the gospel itself as often mistaken among Christendom.
+Romerosays This is a true statement. I grew up in the Southern Baptist church and I cannot recall the Gospel of the Kingdom being preached in the many churches I went to. Just the message of the cross.
+Cody Clemmons Yes! Unfortunately the message of the cross has overshadowed the original 'one gospel' message from Christ himself and therefore ignoring it altogether.
Very well said.
I get terrified at the thought that almost even all of christianity is lost...
For if the kingdom is not even preached at all. While almost all of Jesus parables go about the kingdom. Can we even say that people are not as lost as those who have never heard..?
And i'm not an exception at this point...
I came to believe that the only thing God came to earth for is to die for our sins. And i did always found it lacking. As if something was still missing or even overshadowed. And i now see it's the kingdom that i have missed the past few years (i have not been raised in church). I just don't now what it truely means. It will cost me another couple of Years to reread everything! 😅🕊️❤️😇
It even makes me nervous to think about the kingdom. And i see others get nervous as well when i mention it..?
Does this happen by others as wel??? 🤔
Good job.
Bravo! I could not agree with you more! You have so many excellent points. This message is so rare but true!
The only thing I would add to what you have said, is that Jesus explained His own cross numerous times in the gospels in the same framework you are thinking in, when He said, "Take up your cross and follow Me." The cross is thus in no sense an addendum to the gospel of the kingdom, but rather it is at the core of it. "Take up your cross" statements, as well as many others related, clearly posit that the cross saves us from sin and death, as we ourselves take our stand for The Kingdom through to the point of being willing to go to our own martyrdom, as He actually did. We too will be resurrected as He was. This is what you are teaching, and the cross dovetails right into it directly. Jesus died so He could be Lord of both the dead and the living, Rom. 14:9. Conquering death means facing it, and all of us have done so through Him, dying to sins and raising to newness of life as servants of the Kingdom of God and of it's Lord Jesus The Christ. Now we face it in the stories of our own lives as well, every day.
Popular level Christianity is filled with unfortunate taboos which keep it from seeing this clear message of Jesus and the gospel. Jesus' message cuts across the popular grain, so they must explain Him away in favor of obscure and contradictory philosophical ideas imported into the Bible to explain it. What an ironic situation, as you point out! Most people just think they way they were taught to because it is internally consistent, even if it lacks correspondence with the Bible. They have never been shown the beauty of what attaining correspondence with the Bible even looks like, and then they have been inoculated against any ideas different than the ones they've been taught. It's almost a cult like mentality and I mourn over those who have not heard the words of Christ with ears to hear.
This is exactly right! The Gospel is The Kingdom of Heaven, not 'instant salvation' or mere utterance of a "Jesus Prayer" that wipes away an imaginary "sin stain" that we allegedly inherit. Jesus said our previous bad deeds are wiped clean by repentance - the same message preached by the Hebrew Prophets. The baggage of false doctrines carried over from Catholicism has nothing to do with our responsibility to be ACTIVELY doing GOOD on behalf of the Kingdom following that repentence preached by Jesus. Modern fundamentalists preach an "Easy Believism" that stands on a foundation of sand - falsely ignoring the Master's imperative that we repent and serve as members of this Kingdom of God by DOING the active Works of obeying the Father and his chosen Son, Jesus.
At 8:18 you quote C.S. Lewis, may i have referense please.
Letters to Young Churches, J. B Phillips, intro. p. 10
"The epistles are for the most part the earliest Christian documents we possess. The Gospels come later. The Gospels are not 'the gospel,' the statement of the Christian belief."
True
Wasn't John the first preacher of the Kingdom?
That’s a really interesting comment
Yep
I wonder what the concept of original sin looks like to the jew... or the idea of total depravity...
Matthew 6:19-21 "Don't store up treasure *on earth* where it gets corrupted by moths and rust but store up treasure *on earth* in a physical kingdom of God where it doesn't get corrupted by moths and rust." Wait, is that what he said? I thought the word "heaven" was in there somewhere...but why would we "store up treasure in heaven" if we're not going there according to NT Wrong? What is the kingdom, but God's rulership meaning that he is king and we must obey not just believe. Read the parable of the dragnet in Matt 13:47+ _"Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."_ The kingdom is the net, not what happens after the net. So the kingdom is now. The kingdom is God's kingship, which is a net...only those who accept that we must obey God are in the net, and only those have any chance of salvation because only they are in the kingdom. The kingdom is not some future physical kingdom in the end, as ought to be clear enough by the statement "my kingdom is not of this world." Its not an earthly nation. If you think otherwise, you need to explain all the passages that clearly debunk your theory, because just saying "the kingdom, the kingdom" doesn't amount to anything.
David Brainerd
We must look at all the evidence and the very plain and extensive evidence must prevail.
The whole OT is contradicted if “heaven” is the reward!
It is well known that in Jewish thinking the rewards of the future are now stored up with GOD, to be revealed at the second coming.
The meek are to inherit the earth (6 times in Ps 37, “dwell in it for ever”) Rev 5:10 “will reign On the earth. Jesus will not be in heaven after he comes back and so to be WITH him means
being on the earth!
The whole point of the Kingdom and Gospel is lost, otherwise.
in hope,
Anthony
David Brainerd You're mistaken! The Bible clearly, and only describes a "Kingdom OF heaven" which is to come! and it never states a 'Kingdom IN heaven'. OF does not imply IN!
God the designer of "The 'COMING' Kingdom", is of heaven, so if it's designs originated from heaven, it is then only fitting that it is styled the "Kingdom OF heaven", therefore being a Kingdom from heaven it is "not of this world"
The great Christian hope (the COMING Kingdom) is laid up in heaven (where moth and rust cannot corrupt), and when the time is appointed, Christ will bring this reward with him (Rev 22:12) life eternal in a everlasting Kingdom on earth (Dan 2:44, 7:13,14)
The coming Kingdom is NOT now! it is a future event which required faith for belief in the promises God made unto the fathers of our faith, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, which still continues to this day.
Was not Christ the minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to CONFIRM THE PROMISES made unto the Fathers (Rom 15:8)
It is the 'PREACHING' of the coming Kingdom that is the net, but the basket containing the good fish, is the Kingdom itself!
"Fear not.....it is the Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom"
Luke 12:32
+David Brainerd Jesus also said "Blessed are the Meek for they shall inherit the Earth. Matthew 5:5.
+David Brainerd Even at the end of Revelation the the New Jerusalem comes down from heaven to the earth, whether you interpret that literally or figuratively.
David, and I say this sincerely, can you explain Jesus saying "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth/land?".
You asked great questions btw! Questions you should certainly ask! If I may, I would suggest that when Jesus tells us to store treasure in heaven that the implication is because God is there. Meaning, "store your treasure with God" basically, with the one who can ensure its worth and longevity. Also I would add that the idea presented in the New Testament are that the things in heaven, the things we store there, are intended to descend down to us eventually. Jesus ascends only to descend. Heavenly Jerusalem intends to descend in Revelation. In Thessalonians we meet the Lord in the air with the intent to *descend* down with him escorting him.
Eden in Jewish thought was thought to be the intersection of heaven and earth, a place where both exist. What need was there to go to heaven in Eden? There was peace, plenty, life, and even God himself strolling about calling out for us.