Nearness to Him and

Ruling with Him

Gen 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule…”

Rev 5:10 "You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth. "

Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has nopower; but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Rev 22:5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun,because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.

Eph 1:21, Paul describes the exaltation of Christ, “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.”

Gal 1:4 says that Christ “gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us out of this present evil age….”

Eph 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,Eph 2:2 in which you formerly walked according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

2 Cor 4:3-4 “And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

‘Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world’” (Matt 25:34).

“Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt 4:17).

That is why the Apostle Paul writes that God has “delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son” (Col 1:13).

“For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Rom 14:17).

Heb 6:5 speaks of those who have “tasted…the powers of the age to come.”

Eph 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,Eph 2:5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have beensaved),

Eph 2:6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Himin the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Eze 22:29 "The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.

Eze 22:30-31 "I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one. Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads, " declares the Lord GOD.

Exo 32:7 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land ofEgypt, have corrupted themselves.

Exo 32:8 "They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf and have worshipped it and have sacrificed to it and said, 'This is your god, O Israel, who brought you upfrom the land of Egypt! "'

Exo 32:9 The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people.Exo 32:10 "Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will makeof you a great nation. "

Exo 32:11 Then Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Yourpeople whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Exo 32:12 "Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'with evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth '? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people.

Exo 32:13 "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself and said to them, Iwill multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to yourdescendants, and they shall inherit it forever: "'

Exo 32:14 So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

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