1. II TIMOTHY 2:15

2. Kingdom of God Vs. Kingdom of Heaven

3. kingdom of God kingdom to Israel (Act 1:3-7) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

4. I. What is the Kingdom of God? ANSWER: IT IS A SPIRITUAL KINGDOM

5. II. What is the Kingdom of Heaven? ANSWER: IT IS A LITERAL PHYSICAL KINGDOM

6. III. The Importance these Kingdoms

7. These kingdom s are the theme of the Bible!

8. IV. Tracing these Kingdoms through the Bible

9. 1. God places a new king over the kingdoms

10. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God (Eze 28:12-15) Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God ; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

11. Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast createdThou art the anointed cherub that covereth (Eze 28:12-15) Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

12. SATAN’S KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (Rev 13:1-2) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

13. SATAN’S KINGDOM OF GOD (Rev 17:5-7) And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

14. SATAN’S KINGDOM OF GOD (Rev 13:11-15) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

15. V. Transferring these Kingdoms to a New King

16. 1. After Lucifer’ s fall

17.  God Still has a plan that he intends to carry out. (Gen. 1:3- 2:7)  In Gen. 1:1-3, God takes 6 days to recreate the earth, to get ready to accomplish His plan for the universe (Watch the 7 th day)  On the sixth day God creates a new king that he is going to give the Kingdoms to, and his name is Adam

18. GOD’S PROPHECY ABOUT CREATING MAN Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Gen 1:26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

19. THE FULFILLING OF THAT PROPHECY  “Dust of the Ground”… Body… In the likeness of Christ  “ Breath of Life” … Spirit… In the likeness of the Holy Spirit  “Man became a living soul” … In the likeness of the Father MAN BECOMES A TRICHOTOMY OR A TRINITY… JUST LIKE GOD

20. 2. In the Garden

21. God give Adam the Crowns over both Kingdoms

22. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Gen 1:26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

23. He is the King over the Kingdom of God

24. HE IS THE SON OF GOD WITH THE IMAGE OF GOD Adam, which was the son of God (Luk 3:38) Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

25.  Adam is a spiritual being made in the image of God for the purpose of reigning over the Kingdom of God (The spiritual kingdom)  God Gives him a Queen (Woman)

26. He is the King over the Kingdom of Heaven

27. let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Gen 1:26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

28.  Adam as King, he has dominion  Notice the Dominion is over the things in the earth (Physical)  He has dominion over the whole earth

29.  The Commission God basically says “I want you to fill the earth with a spiritual race of people who will willingly choose to glorify and worship me because they love me”

30.  The Privilege At this point Adam has the ability to populate the Kingdom with “Son of God”

31. The Enemy  Before Adam ever was created in the Garden, Lucifer has made himself the enemy of God in that vary place  As soon as God took Adam from the dust of the ground and gave him the kingdoms, he was the sworn enemy of Satan

32. The Sin  Satan would have immediately set his sights on destroying God’s plan through Adam  As a result he approaches the woman and causes them to sin and lose the kingdom

33. VI. The Splitting of these Kingdoms

34. A. Kingdom of God?

35. 1. Adam dies spiritua lly and loses the Image of God

36. in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (Gen 2:17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image (Gen 5:2-3) Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

37. 2. As a result he loses the crown to the “Kingdo m of God”

38. 3. When Adam loses the crown to the kingdom, no man can wear it unless he has the Image of God

39. Christ, who is the image of God (2Co 4:4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Who is the image of the invisible God (Col 1:15) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

40. express image of his person (Heb 1:3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; the glory as of the only begotten of the Father (Joh 1:14) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

41. 4. The Kingdom leaves this plant and doesn’t return until Christ shows up

42. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: (Mar 1:14-15) Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

43. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth God is a Spirit (Joh 4:23-24) But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

44. first man Adam last Adam second man is the Lord from heaven (1Co 15:45-47) And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

45. 5. The promise to restore the kingdom

46. (Gen 3:15) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.