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The Ministry of Healing: An Evidence of the Kingdom of God, Pt. 2

The Gospel of the Kingdom of Godby John Hairston

This is a continuation of last month’s article which laid the foundation for understanding of what the Kingdom of God is. This month we look at the Gospel of the Kingdom of God; what is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God; and how it applies to prophetic events. The Origin of the Gospel of the Kingdom of GodWe must understand this at the outset; the Gospel of the Kingdom of God did not originate with the coming of Jesus Christ on earth. The Gospel of the Kingdom of God is a message that has its origin in the prophetic messages of the Old Testament Prophets, and the hopes of the advent of Messiah. Technically speaking the Gospel of the Kingdom of God was initiated from the mouth of God himself, as a prophetic declaration of hope to Adam and Eve:“15And 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.” Genesis 3:15 KJVThis is a prophetic declaration that initiated the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, because God is declaring the coming of the Woman’s seed that will bruise the head of the serpent. That coming seed as we know is the Messiah, Jesus Christ. The bruising of the head is speaking of the ushering in the Kingdom of God as rule in the heart of Man, and a return of the Dominion to Man, his portion of the Kingdom of God. This is a prophetic hope and GOSPEL, because of the circumstances the declaration is proclaimed; the sin of Man, the forfeiture of the Dominion of earth, the disruption of the relationship with the Father, and the physical death and decay of the once eternal Body. Remember this, as this will tie in later in the article.So, from this prophetic declaration of God, the Prophets of the Old Testament have prophesied, dreamed and envisioned this hope of the coming Seed that would bruise the head of Satan and his kingdom. Within these prophetic utterances is the Gospel or Good News of the Kingdom of God and it emergence in the earth, through the advent of Christ Jesus.“Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 9:7 KJV“ Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and

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strength, and glory. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.” Daniel 2:37, 44 KJV“And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.” Obadiah 1:21 KJVThe Gospel of the Kingdom of God and the Advent of ChristThe New Testament advent of Christ Jesus is initiated with a declaration we can read in Matthew:“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”Matthew 4:17 KJV“Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”Mark 1:14-15 KJVNow, we see that the Good News was that the Kingdom of God was at hand. In the book of Mark we read, “The time is fulfilled…” this is proclaiming the fulfilling of all prophecy concerning the Kingdom of God up to that time. All of the Messianic hopes, all of the prophecies concerning the repair in the breach of the relationship with the Father once and for all, all of the prophecy of deliverance and crumbling of the kingdom of darkness and the dominion of Satan, was now at hand, seen, tangible, not just a hope or expectation, but a manifest revelation in flesh.The Gospel of the Kingdom of God is actually the Good News of the Kingdom of God’s emergence in Jesus Christ. The Good News that Jesus, as a consummation of the Prophetic declaration in Genesis 3:15, is here; God has come, and He has done so with a Kingdom in hand. That in Jesus, we have the reparation of the breach in the relationship between Man and his Father, the restoration of the dominion over our God given portion of the Kingdom of God (The Earth), and the hope of a Millennial Kingdom that will heal the earth of all the results of lust, sin and death, as well as the redemption of the body from physical death.Is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ the same?The Gospel of the Kingdom of God is intertwined with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and they vary only in the fact that the one has the Kingdom of God as its primary focus, and the other Jesus Christ. They are two focuses intertwined to produce the Christian Experience.The Gospel of the Kingdom of God is focused on the Sovereignty of God, the Redemption of Man, and the Restoration of the Relationship and Dominion. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is focused on the pre-existent Work, Birth, Life, Ministry, Death, Burial, Resurrection, Post-Resurrection work, Ascension, and present rule of Jesus. You can’t talk about Jesus without talking about the Kingdom of God and you can’t talk about the Kingdom of God without talking about Jesus.The Gospel of the Kingdom of God and the Prophetic RealmThe Gospel of the Kingdom of God is a prophetic declaration of the coming Kingdom of God visibly on the Earth as prophesied in the Bible. This visible manifestation of the Kingdom of God is two-phased; one phase is during the millennial reign of Christ:

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”

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Revelation 20:4 KJV“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.”Isaiah 65:21-22 KJV“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.”Isaiah 11:1-10 KJV

And, the other at the Consummation of all things or what is designated as “New Jerusalem:“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.”Revelation 21:1-5 KJV

The Kingdom of God exists now, primarily, as the rule of God in the life of the believer by faith and conscious choice of reception of Christ Jesus as Lord:“ 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.”Luke 17:20-21 KJV“ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”John 3:5 KJVThis Kingdom of God was first established with the Creation of the Heavens and Earth and was enjoyed by Man as he shared an intimate relationship with the Godhead. Knowing that man’s access to the Kingdom of God was determined by his choice to maintain the relationship in obedience, once man disobeyed and disrupted the relationship, there was the need of a remedy, which was already

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established before Man was created. The Gospel of the Kingdom as described in this article is an invitation into the Prophetic realm where believer become active participants in the spreading of the Gospel and Kingdom by accessing what is available, as a necessity, in the Prophetic realm. Because the manifestation of the Kingdom of God is a Prophetic concept, all those who are under its jurisdiction are also accessing the Prophetic realm (More on this in another article).As we proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, we are actually releasing the activity of the Prophetic realm into the spirit man of the hearer, and the earth. The Prophetic realm is the realm where the unfolding of Prophecy is established and ushered into manifestation in earthly events. The Prophetic realm is motivated by the Kingdom of God and its push to manifest its rule in the Earth. All prophetic events that are taking place are really to manifest the Kingdom of God on the Earth. And, all who proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom of God are declaring Prophecy and speaking out of the prophetic realm.

Next Month we will enter into the segment of the Healing and its connection to the Kingdom of God.

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