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right in. Hallelujah. 1 Thessalonians 2, verse
12. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don't have
a screen here. And my neck is very stiff that
it can't be turning. So I want to get a mic and
be reading the screen. All right? So it will
be fast. 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 3. No, no,
chapter 2, verse 12, where we read. It says that
you... will walk worthy of God who calls you
into his kingdom, into his own kingdom and glory.
Hallelujah. God has called us into what? Into
his own kingdom. The Bible says that he has translated
us from what? From what? From the kingdom of
what? Darkness. With which we were in the kingdom
of darkness. And he has translated us into what?
Into the kingdom of what? His dear son. Hallelujah.
Which is the kingdom of God. Amen. And this has
been our subject of focus this year. Manifesting
the kingdom of God. And I'm going to continue
from the series we've been having in Catholicism
about manifesting the kingdom of God. And our
key text, who can remind us of our key text from
Catholicism? Huh? We forgot Matthew 16? What?
Matthew what? 16. Okay. From verse 13. So let's
read together. Matthew 16. From verse 13 to 19.
He asked Nthai Kupe, who to make thee that I,
that I, sort of, that I. So they said, so take
John Devati, so Meliah, and honest Kirinoya,
or what do you put me? Take then, for who do
you say that I am? I won't be to our side and
stay, though I'm in Christ, the so -called inimigo.
You don't have to say that to me. Bless the game,
Spangun Patila. Bless you, Nthai Kupe. Hallelujah.
So, previously we've discussed a lot of issues
from verse 13. We've looked at verse 13. We've
looked at the context of the scripture from verse
13. And then we've seen the question that Jesus
asked them. And we've also dwelled on the answer
that was given by Peter. And we also discussed
what it means to be blessed in verse 17. And
we also learn, in case you have not been with
us, you can go back to our teaching in Catholicism.
We looked at what it means to receive revelation,
what it means to be revealed the truth. And we
also discussed the rock in verse 18. You know,
the rock on which Christ is building his church.
And then the gates of Hades shall not prevail
against it. So we're going to begin to look at
some issues from verse 19. It says, And I will
give you the keys of kingdom of heaven. And whatever
you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. And
whatever you lose on earth will be loosed in
heaven. And for us to just have a recap of some
of the things that we've been discussing. Right
from the cell meetings, we talked about heaven,
right? I think this year we started with the
concept of heaven, trying to understand what
heaven is. Now in verse 17, not in verse 17,
he says, my father, who what? Who is in heaven?
Jesus answered and said to him in verse 17, blessed
are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has
not revealed this to you, but my father, Who
is where? Who is in heaven? Which means that
this father that brought about the revelation
of who Christ is, lives where? He is in heaven.
My father who is in heaven. Matthew chapter 6
verse 9. Matthew chapter 6 verse 9. Matthew chapter
6 verse 9. Just want to remind ourselves, have
a recap of what this heaven is. Matthew chapter
6 verse 9. In this manner, therefore pray, our
Father in where? In heaven. Hallelujah. Hallowed
be your name. Which means that God dwells where?
God dwells in heaven. The Father dwells in heaven.
My Father, in verse 17, what he says, our Father,
Matthew 6, verse 9, refers to God. Who the Bible
tells us is what? This Father is what? He's invisible.
Okay? God is what? God is invisible, but he lives
in heaven. God is invisible, but he lives in
heaven. John chapter 1 verse 18 talks about the
God that is invisible. John chapter 1 verse 18.
No one has seen God, right? No one has seen God
face to face, physically. But Jesus declared
him less. John 4, verse 24. Yes. God is spirit.
So if we will have a relationship with this God
who is spirit, who is invisible, what will happen?
We must worship him in what? In spirit. Hallelujah.
Colossians 1 verse 15. Colossians 1 verse 15.
Colossians 1 verse 15. Talking about Jesus being
the what? Being the image of the Father who is
invisible. Invisibility here means that we can't
see with the physical eyes. Doesn't mean that
he does not exist. He exists, but he's not visible
to the natural eyes. He lives in the invisible
realm. 1 Timothy 1 verse 17. 1 Timothy 1 verse
17. Yes. Invisible one. Talking about God. God
is invisible. So from the text we read above
or here, we'll just read. It says we can understand
that God lives in heaven. Amen. It says my father
who is in heaven. We can put it as my father
who is invisible, God who is invisible. Now the
word invisible we've learned from church here
several times does not nearly mean, you know,
it does not exist. Hallelujah. It's not merely
the unseen or out of sight, but the word invisible
here means spiritual. Amen? It doesn't just mean
that he's unseen with the physical eyes, but
what it means on the other end is that God's
word is spiritual. Hallelujah. It reflects the
idea that God is spiritual. Now, it is important
to remind us again, That the word heaven does
not refer to what? It does not refer to a geographical
location. We've said this before, isn't it? Now,
when we talk about heaven, we're not referring
to a physical place. Because oftentimes when
we are taught about the idea of heaven, what
we quickly think is a physical place where the
roads are tasked with gold. Where there are fiscal
structures and mansions, everybody has a house
and apartments. Where we have cars. Where we
have, you know, material things. No. This heaven
is immaterial. It's not referring to what? A
geographical location. Because God's kingdom
or God's heaven or where God lives is not like
It's not like the way the world, it's not the
kingdom of God. It's not like the way the world
describes. It's not like the way the world perceive
a kingdom. Hallelujah. So, in verse 19, what
does the word kingdom mean? What does the word
kingdom mean? That's what we're going to focus
and dig more. Now, the word kingdom, we explained
previously as well that the word kingdom refers
to It's from a Greek word. What? Basilia, right?
A noun, Basilia, in Greek, which means dominion.
It means royal power or rule. And we say that
this should not be confused with an actual kingdom.
Because the moment we talk about kingdom, what
comes to our mind is maybe a kingdom, the United
Kingdom, a fiscal kingdom, or maybe a kingdom
in your country, in Nigeria, a kingdom. It shouldn't
be confused with a fiscal kingdom. But rather,
the right of authority to rule. That's what we
call kingdom. The right of authority to rule.
And we also said that Basilia is from the root
word, what? Basilius, right? Which means a leader
of people. A prince, a commander, a lord of the
land, or a king. So the phrase, and I will give
you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, can be
put as, and I will give you the keys of the dominion
of heaven, or, and I will give you the keys of
the authority of heaven. Hallelujah. Now, it
is important for us to note that the word keys
here, It's used as a metaphor for what? For access.
This is a revision for us. It's used as a metaphor
for what? For access. Keys is from the Greek
word kles, K -L -E -I -S in the Greek, which
metaphorically can also be referred to as power
or authority. Since the keeper of the keys has
the power or the authority to open or shut. So
metaphorically, the word keys refers to power
and authority. Hallelujah. So kles, which is
a noun, we said also that it is derived from
another root word, kleo, k -l -e -i -o, a verb,
meaning to close, to shut or to shut up. Now,
with the understanding we've garnered from this
explanation of the word, we've seen the kingdom
of heaven will be referred to as the authority
of heaven and not just a physical place. Hallelujah.
Now, if you can remember very well, what I just
did now, right, is also read from what we did
in cell meeting. the first cell meeting of the
year or second cell meeting there about of the
year. Now let's study further on the kingdom
of heaven. My goal is for us to understand deeper
what the kingdom of heaven is. For us to have
a better understanding of what the kingdom of
heaven is. And with the understanding that we
will have about the kingdom of heaven, we will
be able to manifest the kingdom of heaven. Hallelujah.
Now, Let's go again to one of the scriptures
we've been dealing with in the cell meeting,
Matthew 24. Please, I want you to be attentive
and follow what we are going to do. It's going
to be a bit rigorous, but it will help us so
much in the few times that we're going to have
in the weeks coming ahead. Matthew 24. Matthew
24, from verse 1 to 3. If you've been very active
in the cell meeting, you should be familiar with
this text. You should be able to teach this text
and explain it because we'll spend over a month
here, right? Matthew 24 from verse 1 to 3. Then
Jesus went out and departed from the temple and
his disciples came up to show him the buildings
of the temple. And Jesus said to them, Do you
not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to
you, not one stone shall be left here upon another
that shall not be thrown down. Verse 3. Now as
he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to him privately saying, Tell us, when will
these things be? Which things? Is it the destruction
of the temple? I was thinking it's the end of
the world. I was thinking it's rapture. When
will these things be? How do we come to a conclusion
that is concerning the temple? Because of the
conversation in context, right? Very good. When
will these things be? Tell us, when will these
things be? And what? What will be the sign of
your coming? Is this not rapture? Is this not
the end of the world? What will be the sign of
your coming and of the end of the world? All
kingdoms, instead of the word age, it is world.
Hallelujah. Now, pay attention to what we're
going to do. The KJV uses the word end of the
world or end of the age. As we have always learned,
words in the Bible must be defined within the
context of their application in the scriptures.
For us to give meaning to sentences, to phrases,
we don't impute meaning to words. But rather
we look at context, right? And then we can arrive
at the meaning of that word or phrase or sentence.
So this means we should always consider context.
of scripture to explain or give meaning to words
or phrases from scripture. We don't just assume
the meaning of words. You see, many of our misapplication
of scriptures is because we give the scriptures
its own meaning. We don't allow the passage to
explain itself. We don't allow, you know, the
Bible to give us a meaning because Within the
context of the usage of that word or phrase,
we'll have the meaning of that text, of that
word, of that text or that phrase, whatever it
is. So the end of the world in verse 3, which
is where I'm going to focus on. In the second
meeting, we'll be dealing with the coming, right?
And also, which one again? These things, we've
been dealing with the first part of the question.
When will these things be? We've dealt with it.
And then the second one is what? The coming,
right? Now, let me steal from what we will do
ahead and then explain the idea about the kingdom
of heaven. Now, the end of the world is very
important in explaining the kingdom of heaven.
Are we together? It says the end of the world.
The end of the world. When? When will this be?
And when will be the sign of your coming? and
of the end of the world. End of the H in the
New King James. Now, the end of the world in
verse 3 does not refer to the world being terminated
or destroyed because most times when we read
this text, we conclude that this text is talking
about the destruction of the world, when the
world will be destroyed. As it is in our own
language today, when we hear the word end, what
quickly comes to our mind is what? Maybe a termination
of a process, right? Or the world is going to
finish. Let me use that word. It's going to finish.
If it's something that can finish anyway. So
the word N, as used in Matthew 24, verse 3, is
translated from a Greek word. Let me spell it
for you. It's the word suntelia. S -Y -N -T -E
-L. Let me spell it again. S -Y -N -T -E -L -E
-I -A. What does it mean? It means completion.
It means consummation. It also means the fullness
of time. Okay? It means completion. It means
consummation. It means the fullness of time.
So the term world as used in this text, because
we're going to look at the end of the world,
the end of the age, the end of the world, right?
So the term world here is used to describe time
and activities, especially activities on the
earth. Time and activities on the earth. Hallelujah.
That is why the New King James uses ages instead
of world as used in the Old King James, it uses
ages instead of world. For example, 1 Corinthians
10 verse 10. 1 Corinthians 10 verse 10. 1 Corinthians.
Help me so we can save time. 1 Corinthians 10.
Verse 10. Yes. 11. Okay. Look at verse 11. He
said, now all these things happened to them as
examples, and they were written for our admonition,
right? For our encouragement, for our admonition,
upon whom the end of the age has come, which
means that the end of the world, if you read
from the Old King James, that's what the age
is here, replaced with the world. The end of
the world has come, which means that in our time,
what has happened? The end of the world, what?
It's happening. Oh, it has come. Amen? So are
we in the end of the world? Huh? Are we looking
forward to the end of the world? Okay. Say no,
say yes. Hold that thought. We'll unravel it.
Paul says they were written for us upon whom
the end of the ages has come, meaning unto those
who are living in the fulfillment. All right?
In the fulfillment of this reality. Now, read
the same passage. There's a translation I saw.
The Berean Standard Bible, BSB. Can I get that?
Who is on the screen? There's a translation called
the Berean Standard Bible, BSB. This same text.
Berean Standard Bible. Someone should help me
with the phone. Yes, you can read it. Yes. On
whom what? The fulfillment. So they removed the
word end and replaced it with what? Fulfillment,
right? Fulfillment of the ages has come. Alright?
Read it in TPT. TPT did a little bit of justice,
Pastor Victor, to this verse. We can say thumbs
up for TPT. Yes. Yes, you see? For we live in
a time. What is that time? The end of the world.
For we live in a time when the purpose of all
ages past is now completed, completing its goal
within us. Hallelujah. So it's completing its
purpose within us. Here's another example in
Hebrews chapter 9 verse 24. Hebrews chapter 9
verse 24. Hebrews 9 verse 24. What are we trying
to explain? We're trying to explain what the
end of the world means. Okay? It's very important
in helping us understand the kingdom of heaven
so we can manifest the kingdom of heaven. Hebrews
9, Hebrews 9, verse 24 to 26. Hebrews 9. No one
is helping me to read, okay. To 26. 26. Okay,
see, when did Jesus appear? Huh? Jesus appeared
when? No, now, look at this verse. There's no
2000 here. Okay, look at verse 26. Am I fast?
Okay, let's look at verse 26. He then will have
had to suffer often since the foundation of the
world. If it's your Bible, underline foundation
of the world. So now there are two things I want
us to emphasize. If there is an end of the world,
there should be a foundation of the world. Are
we together? He then would have had to suffer
often since the foundation of the world. But
now, once at the end of the world, he had appeared
to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
So Jesus put away sin by the sacrifice of himself
when? The end of the world. End of ages. Jesus
put away sin at the end of the world. And as
I said, another phrase for us to note, often
used by Jesus and other writers of scripture,
is that word foundation of the world. So we have
two crucial words. Number one, the foundation
of the world and also what? The end of the world.
So have we all understand what the end of the
world is? It means fulfillment, right? It means
fulfillment. that it means accomplishment. Alright?
So, the foundation of the world, what does it
mean? Matthew 13, 34. Matthew 13, verse... Yes.
Continue to verse 35. Hallelujah. Things were
kept secret from where? From the foundation of
the world. Hallelujah. Things were kept secret
from where? From the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25, 34. Matthew 25, 34. He says, Then
the king will say to those on his right hand,
Come. You blessed of my father. Inherit what?
The kingdom prepared. On the land prepared. If
it's your Bible, on the land prepared. Prepared
for you from when? From the foundation of the
world. The kingdom was prepared from the foundation
of the world. John chapter 17 verse 24. He was
loved before the foundation of the world. Luke
11, 48 to 51. So what is the foundation of the
world? Jesus was loved before the foundation
of the world. Jesus was not loved in the foundation
of the world, but before the foundation of the
world. So you can be asking, what is the foundation
of the world? Luke 11, 48. Luke 11, 48 to 51.
Luke 11, 48. To fifty one. Fifty. 51. Hallelujah.
So with these texts, right, where were the prophets
killed? Foundation of the world, right? Are we
moving together? blood of the prophets was shed
from the foundation of this world, which refers
to a period between Genesis and where? And Malachi.
And we can say including the time of John the
Baptist too, right? Because he lived in that
era. So we can call that era the foundation of
what? Of the world. And Matthew 13, 34, is referring
to a text in the Old Testament, what we call
the Old Testament, Psalm 78 verse 2. Psalm 78
verse 2. Yes, I will open my mouth in a parable
and utter dark sayings of old, dark sayings of
old. The word old is translated from the Hebrew
word qedem, q -e -d -e -m, q -e -d -e -m. And
it means Before now, it means at first or at
the beginning. So, the foundation of the world
will refer to a place in the Bible. Alright?
It will refer to a place in the Bible. It will
refer to a part of Scripture. Okay? Let's move
on. I've given us a clue, but let's move on.
Hebrews chapter 4, from verse 1. To give us clarity,
Hebrews chapter 4, from verse 1. 1 to 4. Let
me read this one. Hebrews 4, from verse 1 to
4. It says, The gospel was preached to us as
well as to them, but the word which they heard
did not profit them, not being mixed with faith
in those who heard it. For we who have believed
do enter that rest, as he has said. So I swore
in my wrath they shall not enter my rest, although
the works were finished from where? From the
foundation of the world. For he has spoken in
a certain place of the seventh day. And God rested
on the seventh day from all his works. Hallelujah.
So, we can see clearly that the Hebrew writer
is explaining. Where is he explaining? He's explaining
Genesis chapter 2. Alright. He's explaining Genesis.
Chapter 2. So can we go to Genesis chapter 2?
We have a goal. And I want you to be patient
and follow. Now Genesis chapter 2. It says, Hallelujah.
So we can see here clearly that the writer of
Hebrews is explaining Genesis 2, verse 1 to 3,
as the foundation of the world. Okay? And we
also saw from Luke 11, 49 to 51, That Jesus mentions
the characters in the foundation of the world.
The prophets, they were killed. Where were they
killed? They were killed in the era of the foundation
of the world. Therefore, the foundation of the
world mentioned in both Hebrews and the one we've
seen in Luke refers to the book of Genesis. Okay?
It refers to the book of Genesis, pointing to
the book of Genesis. Where God's work began.
Amen? It is pointing to what? To what we call
the Old Testament Scriptures, where the work
of God began. So, foundation refers to the beginning
of the work, as seen in Genesis, where God began
a work. Hallelujah. God began a work in Genesis.
God began a work in Genesis. The word foundation,
as we see in the New Testament, Hebrews 11, 11,
precisely. Hebrews 11, 11. Let's explain that
word foundation. Yes. I read, By faith Sarah
herself also received strength to conceive seed,
and she bore a child when she was past the age
because she judged him faithful who had promised.
So the word foundation is the word katabole.
I'm not Greek, so pardon me. Let me spell it,
K -A -T -A -B -O -L -E, noun. It refers to conceive,
conception. It is used for conception. As we
see in the case of Sarah here, it says strength
to conceive seed. That conception there is the
word foundation. So it's not foundation as foundation
that women use on their faces. All right? It
can mean conception. Okay? It means to start
something or conception. We've seen it can, it
will mean to two things. Number one, starting
something, starting a work. And it also means
conception. As we can see used in Hebrews 11
verse 11. Now, this word foundation is used primarily
in building construction of a house. All right?
It's used primarily for what? For building construction
of a house. Now, in building a house, the foundation
gives you what? What does the foundation give
you? It gives you an idea of what you want to
build. Isn't it? The foundation gives you the
structure of what will be built. It provides
the destination of what you're going to build.
It provides the purpose. It gives you the plan
of what is going to be established, isn't it?
The foundation of a house gives us the intent
of the kind of house that is going to be established,
is going to be built. So Jesus, while on the
cross, said, it is finished. He says it is finished.
And while he was raised from the dead, he began
his teaching from the foundation. Now we're trying
to link the foundation to what? To the end of
the world. Hallelujah. Jesus began his explanation,
began his teaching from where? From the foundation,
from the conception, from the idea, when the
idea started, from when God began the work. Luke
24, 25 to 27. Luke 24, 25 to 27. Yes. Beginning
at Moses. Hallelujah. And all the prophets beginning
at Genesis. Beginning from where? From the foundation.
Beginning from where the idea was conceived.
Okay? And the prophets. He expounded to them
in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Now, let's jump to verse 44. He said to them,
these are the words which I spoke to you while
I was still with you. All things must be what?
Must be fulfilled. So what was fulfilled? What
was fulfilled was what was established from the
foundation. And we see Jesus coming to establish
what was. initiated from the beginning. Hallelujah.
So these things are the words I spoke to you
while I was still with you, that all things must
be fulfilled, which were written in the law of
Moses and the prophets and the Psalms concerning
me. Verse 45. And he opened their understanding
that they might comprehend the scriptures. Hallelujah.
So all the writers of the Gospels, Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John, you know, they began their writing
from this foundation. Have you noticed that?
For example, now in Matthew chapter 1 verse 1,
let's look at Matthew chapter 1 verse 1. This
information is crucial for us, so bear in mind.
Okay. Matthew chapter 1 verse 1. It says the
book of what? The genealogy of Jesus Christ.
The son of David and of Abraham. Where are these
characters found? Huh? They are found where?
In the writings of Moses, right? That is what
we call the foundation. So that is where they
began the writings of what Jesus will do. That's
where they trace the origin of what Jesus will
do or what Jesus has done. Mark chapter 1 verse
1 also in his writing started from that particular
beginning. What we call the beginning. Mark chapter
1 verse 1. Mark chapter 1 verse 1. Yes. The beginning
of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God,
as it is written in the prophets. All right.
Which prophets? The prophets that were in what
we call the Old Testament scriptures. Right.
So we can say that the foundation started from
Genesis to the writings of the prophets. All
right. Till. Where we see the fulfillment in
what Christ has done. John chapter 1 verse 1.
Also, John started from the foundation. John
chapter 1 verse 1. Yes. In the beginning. All
right. Referring to where? Genesis chapter what?
Chapter 1 verse 1, isn't it? And for Luke, Luke
started in Luke chapter 3. He gave us a context
of his writing, even though he was writing to
an individual, but the context of what he wrote
was in Luke chapter 3, verse 23. Continue, you
see? Yes. So when you read down, you see the
genealogy of Jesus Christ. Trace back to who?
Trace back to verse 38. Read verse 38. And the
Son of God. So, going back to the beginning of
everything. Therefore, everything we teach, alright,
must have its root from where? From the beginning,
from Genesis. Now, there is always a building
concept in the Bible. Alright? There's always
a concept about building. When I mean building,
I mean construction in the Bible. You will see
it throughout the Bible. The foundation is Genesis.
And the end of that building is what we call
the end of the world. Hallelujah. Let me repeat
that sentence again. I said in the Bible, there's
a building concept. And the foundation is in
Genesis. From the Old Testament Scriptures. Okay?
The foundation is in Genesis. And the end of
that building is what we call the end of the
age. The end of the world. The end of the world.
That should give you a little bit of hint of
what Jesus will explain today. to the disciples
in Matthew 24 verse 3. When do we ask him, when
will the end of the world come? Are we together?
So, therefore, the end of the world has a positive
connotation and not a negative one. Alright?
So when we talk about the end of the world, we're
not referring to something dangerous. Okay? We're
not looking for, you know, we've watched so much
movies of, what do we call it? Destruction. Of,
give me a word, please. I might get it right.
You know, when COVID came, they say, ah, we've
come to the end of the world. And then some people
thought that the vaccine was CCCs. That when
you receive it, you will take the number of the
beast. Some of us collected. Some of us did not
collect. Eh? You have the booster. Okay. And
we are still here. Hallelujah. There was a prophecy,
I think, someone prophesied that the war would
end today. Is it today or yesterday? September
2020, 25. And today is, And it has come and it
has passed. And the world has no end. And oftentimes,
whenever they want to explain this, they go to
Matthew 24. Hallelujah. To try to explain the
concept of rapture. And we've taught you that
in the Bible, you read from Genesis to Revelation,
you will find the word rapture. Which means that
it is coined from somewhere and from something.
Hallelujah. This explanation, right, is very,
very fundamental in helping us understand the
concept of the kingdom of God. Now, when we begin
to build from here, we'll begin to see God's
plan from the foundation. Hallelujah. On Wednesday,
please come prepared. We're going to see from
the foundation. To Abraham. Abraham saw a land.
Amen? What is that land? In Hebrew, we see that
it was a city. And obviously we know there is
no Jerusalem here. What did Jacob saw? Jacob
saw a house. Is that construction? Does land
look like construction? Does a house look like
construction? Amen. And all these things will
give us a concept of what the kingdom of heaven
is. And Moses will construct a temple. All right.
Is that construction? Amen. Now I'm trying to
give us an idea of how God communicated the concept
of the kingdom of heaven from the foundation
to where? To the end of. The completion of the
work of establishing the kingdom. Hallelujah.
So this background will set us in the good order
to understand what the plan of God is. To understand
how God walked through seasons and generations
to bring about the manifestation of his plan.
We will see the culmination, how the plan of
God was executed. And we will see our place in
the plan of God. And how we can manifest the
kingdom of God. Hallelujah. So do we know what
is the foundation of the world? Help me so that
I will know that I have achieved something today.
Do we know the foundation of the world? Do we
know the end of the world? Let's rise on our
feet and pray. We appreciate you being here today.
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