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1. Kingdom and Non Kingdom Believers

By Ron McGatlin

Not everyone will enter the kingdom of God / kingdom of heaven lifestyle now available on earth. Many Christian believers are missing the mark of advancing into the spiritual reality of kingdom of God now available and offered to whosoever will. This is NOT talking about going to heaven when we die. This is NOT talking about what is traditionally called being born again. Believers may be on their way to heaven when they die, but the gospel of the kingdom that Jesus brought is much more about releasing heaven’s ways on earth now. This is about being translated from living in the kingdoms of this world into the kingdom of our Lord way of life.

Col 1:13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.

Mat 7:21-23: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'”

Christ Jesus is now dwelling with and within all who are willing to lose this life and be translated into the kingdom of God, New Jerusalem lifestyle now. There is a leaving of one kingdom and moving into another with Him in the Spirit. Entering and abiding in the kingdom of heaven lifestyle is a life of pure righteousness without defilement – a life of perfect peace in continuing rest - a life of clean pure joy – a life of light and brightness – a life of comfort in all situations – a life detached from the woes of pain and sorrow of earthly circumstances and situations – a life of mature faith – a life of rejoicing and thanksgiving in Christ in all things (Mat 5:11-12).

1 Pet 1:6-8: In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory in the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.

This is truly a life in which all things work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Rom 8:28).

This is a life lived as spirit beings in Spirit God who is above and beyond the defiled fallen life handed down through our forefathers from the first Adam. It is the life Father God created for Adam and all mankind to experience on earth – the life that is forfeited in disobedience and redeemable at the cross. This life is only possible today in the Spirit of Christ dwelling within those who will lose their lives that He may live His life within them (Gal 2:20). It is Christ in you the hope of glory in this life now.

Col 1:27-29: To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

Many, if not most, Christians have never experienced the kingdom of God lifestyle now in this life. Religion has taught us that in this life we cannot experience the practical daily reality of the pure, holy life of Christ Jesus. Many have been made to believe that in this life they cannot be free from the “old man” inherited from the first Adam and therefore cannot become a perfect man in Christ Jesus.

We may or may not know that there is a zero tolerance for defilement in the New Jerusalem life. Nothing, absolutely not one microbe of defilement will ever be allowed to enter this pure holy kingdom life (Rev 21:27). We may also rightly believe that the blood of Christ Jesus has paid the penalty for all our sin. However, many do not know that Christ Jesus dwelling in us by the Spirit can completely cleanse our lives now in this world and transfer us into His kingdom lifestyle now.

For me, one of the saddest deceptions to affect the potential of kingdom living is the teaching that we need not live holy lives. Good people believe that the sin and defilements that they allow are not a problem. Christians persuaded by this fallacious teaching remain mostly powerless and ineffective in bringing change to a needy world. For the most part their lives are usually consumed in trying to meet their own needs and to make it through the trials of this life. In this season when the way to kingdom life is opened, Jesus must turn away many from the New Jerusalem life, because He does not abide with them in their defiled lives.

Another very sad error that works to prevent this situation from being rectified is a lack of respect for the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Almighty God is devalued to a third-rate segmented part of God’s family by this erroneous emphasis.

The Awesome Reality of the Holy Spirit

There is no kingdom life – no New Jerusalem life to experience apart from the SPIRIT of GOD. You could spend all the rest of your life teaching and being taught about Jesus and the Father and never have one moment of real experience of God in your life without the work of the Spirit. The kingdom is in the Holy Spirit (Rom 14:17).

For those without the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the only reasonable mental conclusion they can come to in explaining their powerless and troubled lives is the same one reached centuries ago by religious theologians, which is, there is no kingdom of God available on earth now; it is only available in the future.

One of the most urgent efforts of the devil is to convince God’s people that the Spirit of Christ that can now abide in His temple (Body) on earth is not really Christ Jesus returned to earth (1 Cor 3:16) (2 Cor 6:16). Therefore, they conclude that only after Christ bodily returns later on will the real Christ Jesus be here to establish His kingdom. To keep up this charade, the devil must create a separation between believers and the work of the Holy Spirit. This has been done effectively by blinding the minds of Christians with false teachings regarding the Spirit and the kingdom.

The enemy has fostered many false teachings about the kingdom and the Holy Spirit. False kingdom teachings are tools of the enemy for preventing people from entering the real kingdom life now.

False kingdom teachings may use a lot of good kingdom terms and contain a lot of truth. However, it will add in a dose of error with the truth. When the error is discovered it is then ammunition for the heresy hunters and religionist to use to discredit the whole truth of the gospel of the kingdom. The enemy then comes up with vile accusations against something they call “kingdom now theology.” Many people are turned back by these false teachings to their lukewarm religious systems and miss the word of the kingdom. The kingdom of God is not a theology. It is a present spiritual reality in the Holy Spirit.

False teachings about kingdom are often spawned from the very popular widespread traditional views and doctrines perpetrated centuries ago that exclude the reality of the kingdom of God affecting this life now. They create a diversionary focus on man as the focus of the gospel and making it to heaven after death as the goal. Planet Earth is taught as evil and to be destroyed by God. Everything of the kingdom and victory is put off to the future either in heaven after we die or after the bodily return of Christ Jesus. Believing these teachings can leave the devil room to continue his dirty work even though he is defeated.

In this season, the revelation of the pure, holy kingdom of God life of Christ in us by the Holy Spirit is again being widely proclaimed for the first time since the first century when Christ and His first-century apostles preached and demonstrated in power the gospel of the kingdom of God. I personally believe there has always been a hidden remnant of kingdom truth since Jesus proclaimed it. However, only now has it been widely heralded. Yes, the revelation of the kingdom exposes much of the traditional but erroneous teachings that developed in the church systems around the third century.

The plain facts are that many believers still hold tightly to, and reverence as major doctrines of the church, much of the non-kingdom fallacious teachings that are being exposed as error by the Spirit of God uncovering and making clear the word of the kingdom. The revelation light of the gospel of the kingdom is being planted in pure-hearted, humble believers who are becoming revolutionaries bringing the return to the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. Father, Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven(Mat 6:10).

There is now available free of charge, a wealth of anointed material for preparation and assistance in moving from religion to intimate personal relationship with God in the real kingdom of heaven. The “Kingdom Growth Guides” in PDF and other books, articles, and audio/video are available for free download.

The “Kingdom Growth Guides” in Word format are also available Click here.

(First written and published in 2009)

Keep on pursuing love. It never fails
and His kingdom never ends.,

Ron McGatlin

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2. News Headlines


SYRIA: Who is deploying chemical weapons? -- and the tactics of asymmetric warfare. - 9/5/2013
In asymmetric conflict, the party that is militarily weaker has no option but to rely on desperate acts designed to extract concessions. They will stage attacks that will be blamed on their enemy. This provides the government of the democratic state with propaganda that government will require to sell the concept of a "humanitarian intervention" to their constituents.


Are the Rebels in Syria Really Moderate? - 9/5/2013
Some claim the rebels are moderates, others worry the fighters are extremists. Who are these rebel forces? There are actually three rebel groups in Syria, including a small group connected with al Qaeda. But the largest group, called the Syrian Islamic Liberation Front, could not describe as moderate. "I would say these are people from a Muslim Brotherhood type outlook."


Wounded Syrians find sanctuary in Israeli hospital - 9/8/2013
“In northern Israel, wounded Syrians are finding a strange sanctuary. Just a few miles from the Golan Heights, doctors have treated more than 70 patients from Israel’s arch-enemy Syria so far this summer.” They are all very badly hurt, with gunshot wounds and blast injuries. “When you see a child who's burned and crying for her mother,” “What is she guilty of?”


Noted tree grower gave millions to Christian ministries, lived in modest circumstances - 9/8/2013
The man responsible for the finest quality fruit trees sold throughout the world, Robert G. Durling, who gave millions to Christian causes yet lived in a trailer at the end of his life, passed to his reward on August 29, 2013. He was 94. “The highest quality citrus trees are grown at Durling Nursery,” said Martha Stewart, in a television program at the sprawling, 350-acre tree farm.


Armed Muslims in Nigeria Kill Christians in their Homes - 9/8/2013
Gabriel Anthony, 25, was praying at 5 a.m. on Sept. 1 in this northern Nigerian village when he heard gunshots. “Within minutes, bullets were piercing into our rooms,” “I escaped from my room by jumping through the window.” A half hour later, seven of his relatives were dead, including his, his mother, his two brothers and three nephews.


Teenage tearaway saved by ‘hand of God’ - Ex-career criminal now leads church at center of Welsh Outpouring - 9/5/2013
A young man who had already become a career criminal as a teenager had his life transformed after feeling the ‘hand of God’ on his shoulder as he stood for sentencing in a Crown Court. (Though he had repeatedly felt a hand on his shoulder, there was no-one there when he turned round to check). Richard Taylor was expecting a long prison sentence for an accumulation of crime.


German Officials Abduct Homeschooled Kids from Parents - 9/5/2013
Authorities in Germany have abducted the children of another home schooling family. Witnesses described the abduction as "brutal and vicious." A team police officers with a battering ram stormed the residence. They took all children into state custody. The only grounds were that the parents home school their children. There were no other allegations of abuse or neglect.


West Africa: Dramatic transformation among Muslim peoples - 9/5/2013
They had reason to be fearful, but kept praying. Surprisingly, the Muslims just stood around them observing the proceedings and making no signs of hostile intentions. The group approached and turned out to be a delegation of Muslim civic leaders from a distant region. “We have not come to harm you, but we beg you - could you please send us the storytellers?”


Businessman’s near-death experience in hell transformed his life - 9/5/2013
He was at the edge of death – if not clinically dead — three times after his heart stopped once on the sidewalk, once in the ambulance, and once in the emergency room of Piedmont Hospital. But weak vital signs returned and doctors induced a coma that lasted 27 days to reduce brain swelling. She felt a hand grab her right shoulder. She whirled around, but no one was there.


Sen. McCain: 'Allahu Akbar' Means 'Thank God' - - 9/5/2013
When Muslim jihadists carry out a terror attack, they often cry out, Allahu Akbar, which means "Allah is greater." A Fox News host said Muslims who use the phrase have radical aspirations and are not moderates. McCain disagreed, arguing the words are really no different from a Christian saying "thank God." "That's what they are saying…I guarantee they are moderates." (Where does McCain get this stuff?)


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