Dual Citizenship Pt 1
I was born here on this planet earth, in a country called the United States of America. I am a citizen of this country. But since my new birth into the Kingdom, I have been restored back to the Kingdom of Heaven. You should know that the Kingdom government exercises jurisdiction over their citizens no matter where they are. One of the main purposes that nations maintain embassies in other countries is to provide assistance to their citizens who are living or traveling away from their home country.
In one of Dr. Munroe's books, he told about a friend who was an American missionary in Mozambique years ago who spent the better part of a year in prison after the Communists took over the country. Upon his release, the American embassy paid for his plane ticket home, and gave him $300 cash and said "Your wife will be waiting for you". In a very real sense, that is what the church is (or what it is supposed to be)--an embassy. The church isn't a religious institution. When Jesus the Christ established His ecclesia, He did not have a religious institution in mind. His purpose was to set up an embassy of His Kingdom, and a place where Kingdom citizens (young and old) could receive aid, and to be trained in the ways of the laws, languages and customs of the Kingdom. They are to be equipped with the Kingdom resources they need for effective living in the Kingdom colony here on planet earth.
Please note: All Kingdom citizens carry dual citizenship. That is, from the country of their physical birth on earth, and their new spiritual birth into the Kingdom of Heaven. The ambassador Paul acted upon his earthly citizenship in the time of controversy. And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he is not fit to live!” Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air, the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?”
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, “Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman.” Then the commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.” The commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.” And Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.” Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Most governments on this planet allow dual citizenship, where citizens of one country may hold simultaneously legal citizenship in another. There is no difference with the Kingdom of Heaven. All Kingdom citizens are simultaneously citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven as well as the earthly nation of their birth or their naturalization. We don't give up our earthly citizenship when we become citizens of the Kingdom. In the same way, we don't have to be in Heaven to benefit from heavenly jurisdiction. Our citizenship is constant and the Kingdom government exercises jurisdiction over us regardless of where we are. Let's make it personal...wherever you are!
Acts 22:22-29
~~W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
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In one of Dr. Munroe's books, he told about a friend who was an American missionary in Mozambique years ago who spent the better part of a year in prison after the Communists took over the country. Upon his release, the American embassy paid for his plane ticket home, and gave him $300 cash and said "Your wife will be waiting for you". In a very real sense, that is what the church is (or what it is supposed to be)--an embassy. The church isn't a religious institution. When Jesus the Christ established His ecclesia, He did not have a religious institution in mind. His purpose was to set up an embassy of His Kingdom, and a place where Kingdom citizens (young and old) could receive aid, and to be trained in the ways of the laws, languages and customs of the Kingdom. They are to be equipped with the Kingdom resources they need for effective living in the Kingdom colony here on planet earth.
Please note: All Kingdom citizens carry dual citizenship. That is, from the country of their physical birth on earth, and their new spiritual birth into the Kingdom of Heaven. The ambassador Paul acted upon his earthly citizenship in the time of controversy. And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, “Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he is not fit to live!” Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air, the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?”
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, “Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman.” Then the commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.” The commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.” And Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.” Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Most governments on this planet allow dual citizenship, where citizens of one country may hold simultaneously legal citizenship in another. There is no difference with the Kingdom of Heaven. All Kingdom citizens are simultaneously citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven as well as the earthly nation of their birth or their naturalization. We don't give up our earthly citizenship when we become citizens of the Kingdom. In the same way, we don't have to be in Heaven to benefit from heavenly jurisdiction. Our citizenship is constant and the Kingdom government exercises jurisdiction over us regardless of where we are. Let's make it personal...wherever you are!
Acts 22:22-29
~~W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
This article may only be reproduced, in print or on the internet, if the author's name and website address are included at the end of the article as originally placed. Thank you
