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4. Key #1 The proper understanding of some crucial books

5. Key #2 The proper placement of the Jew and the Nation of Israel

6. Key #3 The proper view toward the Millennial reign of Christ

7. Key #4 The proper application of doctrine in the New Testament

8. Key #5 The proper understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God

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

10. righteousness, and peace, and joy (Rom 14:17) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (Joh 3:3) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

11. The kingdom of God cometh not with observation kingdom of God is within you (Luk 17:20-21) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

12. God is a Spirit (Joh 4:24) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. GOD KINGDOM OF GOD

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

14. and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven (Mat 8:11) And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

15. kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force (Mat 11:12) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

16. III. The Importance these Kingdoms

17. These kingdoms are the theme of the Bible

18. IV. Tracing these Kingdoms through the Bible

19. 1. Starting with eternity past

20. 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.

21. V. Transferring these Kingdoms to a New King

22. 1. After Lucifer’s fall

23.  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

24. He is the King over the Kingdom of God

25. 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.

26. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth (Gen 1:27-28) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

27. He is the King over the Kingdom of Heaven

28. 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.

29. VI. The Splitting of these Kingdoms

30. A. Kingdom of God!

31. 1. Adam dies spiritually and loses the Image of God

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

33. 5. The promise to restore the kingdom

34. (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.

35. B. Kingdom of Heaven!

36.  Notice after the fall, God leaves Adam on the earth, he didn’t die physically, and still has dominion over the Earth.  The crown to the Kingdom of Heaven is still in his hands but, not on his head  From this point in the bible, from the fall of man to the birth of Christ, the next 4,000 years (Old Testament) is nothing more than a study of the Kingdom of Heaven

37. 1. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; from Adam to Noah

38. BIBLEBIBLE  Gen 1 & 2 God is setting up a New Kingdoms  Gen. 3 Satan tries to destroy the Kingdoms  Gen 4 Satan tries to take over the Kingdom (Heaven)  Gen 5 God gives a genealogy to let you know the amount of time that has passed (1653 years approximately)  Gen 6 Satan tries to corrupt the seed line START OF GENESIS SYNOPSIS

39. BIBLEBIBLE  Remember that God’s desire is to have eternal worshipers that are in the image of God  Remember Lucifer and Adam had both reigned over these kingdoms  The one thing that Lucifer couldn’t do that Adam could was to populate it himself  What would be Satan's best way to counter God’s plan, and counterfeit God’s redemptive plan through the promise seed so that he could destroy the plan be? WHY THE FLOOD?

40. THE ATTITUDE FACTOR Always be prepared to change whatever you have been taught or believed when it goes contrary to the Bible. Never make the Bible line up with what believe or think. Always line up your thoughts with what the Bible clearly teaches

41. WHO ARE THESE SONS OF GOD? a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth (Gen 5:3) And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: to become the sons of God (Joh 1:12) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: called the sons of God now are we the sons of God (1Jn 3:1-2) Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God… Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be…

42. WHO ARE THESE SONS OF GOD? day when the sons of God came to present (Job 1:6) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD (Job 2:1) Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

43. WHO ARE THESE SONS OF GOD? in heaven (Mat 22:30) For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. I thought angels where sexless?

44. WHO ARE THESE SONS OF GOD? their first estateown habitation Even as giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh (Jud 1:6-7) And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

45. WHO ARE THESE SONS OF GOD? ) But as the days of Noe marrying and giving in marriage (Mat 24:37-38) But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, in those days (Gen 6:2-4) That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose… There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men,

46. kingdom of God righteousness, (Rom 14:17) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. wickedness of man (Gen 6:5) And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

47. kingdom of God peace (Rom 14:17) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. for the earth is filled with violence (Gen 6:13) And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

48. kingdom of God joy (Rom 14:17) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. thoughts of his heart was only evil (Gen 6:5) And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

49. 2. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; to Noah

50. , Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earthAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; (Gen 9:1-2) And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

51. nakedness of his father nakedness of their father father's nakedness (Gen 9:20-24) And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

52. father's wife it is thy father's nakedness (Lev 18:8) The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. lieth with his father's wife his father's nakedness (Lev 20:11) And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

53. BIBLEBIBLE  The whole earth begins to be filled with wickedness again, climaxing in chapter 11 with them building a tower and city  The Tower is a religious kingdom (Kingdom of God)  The City is the commercial or physical kingdom (Kingdom of Heaven)  The tower’s purpose is to ascend into the heavens (Remember Isa. 14:13) THE RESULT IN THE EARTH

54. 3. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; to Abraham

55. BIBLEBIBLE  God begins to look for a new king to replace Noah  There is a genealogy from Gen. 11:10-32, that brings you to the next king of the Kingdom of Heaven  His name is Abraham… AFTER THE TOWER OF BABEL

56. BIBLEBIBLE  God begins to look for a new king to replace Noah  There is a genealogy from Gen. 11:10-32, that brings you to the next king of the Kingdom of Heaven  His name is Abraham…  It going to be hard to knock this king off his throne because God enters in to a unconditional covenant of grace with Abraham AFTER THE TOWER OF BABEL

57. (Gen 12:1-3) Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

58. BIBLEBIBLE  His kingship is not dependant on his righteousness.  He is promised a literal, physical, visible, earthly domain  The promise is that the Kingdom will pass down through his seed  Keep your eye on the “Abraham’s seed” and the land that God gave him. Facts about this Covenant

59. to give thee this land to inherit it (Gen 15:7-8) And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? Unto thy seed will I give this land: (Gen 12:6-7) And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

61. BIBLEBIBLE  God had promise to Abraham that he would make him a great nation and that he would bless the world through his seed!  Abraham got impatient waiting for God’s promise and helped him out. FOLLOWING THE PROMISE OF THE SEED!

62. . And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife (Gen 16:1-3) Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

63. (Gen 16:11-12) And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

64. 4. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; to Isaac

65. And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven will give unto thy seed all these countries (Gen 26:2-4) And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

66. BIBLEBIBLE  There was a lot of confusion between husband and wife over their two sons Problems in the Isaac Home

67. Two nations are in thy womb the elder shall serve the younger (Gen 25:22-23) And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

68. BIBLEBIBLE  There was a lot of confusion between husband and wife over their two sons  The younger steals the blessing of the kingdom from the elder Problems in the Isaac Home

69. Gen. 27: 26-38

70. 5. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; to Jacob

71. 6. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; to Judah

72. 7. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; to David

73. 8. Following the Scepter of the Kingdom of Heaven; to Solomon