Kingdom 101: Right Time
The Lord God doesn't live in time, but He created mankind to be governed by it. God was waiting for the right time. The Roman Empire provided the perfect model for the message of the Kingdom of God because it contained the concepts of the Kingdom that would make the message of Jesus easily understood. Now, the Lord's Kingdom model was in place. The time had come for the Kingdom of Heaven to be revealed. I trust that you are seeing the big picture?
In God's Constitution (the Bible) it states that when the fullness of time came, the Lord sent His Son, Jesus the Christ, into this world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. This means that the Lord God waited to send the Lord Jesus until the situation was ripe. King Jesus came at the right time and right moment and place in history. It goes without saying that timing is everything. The question arises: What made this particular time 2000 years ago the right time? Well, among other things, the timing was right because there was a great earthly kingdom in place that could provide tangible, visible illustrations for Jesus' teaching about the Kingdom. The Roman Empire served as a model.
Now, I want you to understand, under Caesar, the Roman Empire was a kingdom, not a democracy. Remember, Caesar was a king, not a president. During Jesus' day, Rome ruled most of the known world. Its government, laws, institutions and culture were everywhere. Every word that Christ spoke about the Kingdom of God had a physical equivalent in Rome, making His message easier for the people to understand. For example: The Roman senate was called the "ecclesia" a Greek word that means "assembly" or "called out ones". Greek and Latin were both widely spoken throughout the Empire. King Jesus spoke Aramaic, the common language of the Jews of Palestine, but the Gospels were originally written in Greek.
Please note: The Gospel writers used the word "ecclesia" in passages where Jesus spoke about building His "Church". Just as Caesar had an assembly of called-out ones (the Senate), so did King Jesus--the Son of the living God and King of Kings--have His assembly of called-out ones (the Church or His Church).
Galatians 4:4-5
W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
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In God's Constitution (the Bible) it states that when the fullness of time came, the Lord sent His Son, Jesus the Christ, into this world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. This means that the Lord God waited to send the Lord Jesus until the situation was ripe. King Jesus came at the right time and right moment and place in history. It goes without saying that timing is everything. The question arises: What made this particular time 2000 years ago the right time? Well, among other things, the timing was right because there was a great earthly kingdom in place that could provide tangible, visible illustrations for Jesus' teaching about the Kingdom. The Roman Empire served as a model.
Now, I want you to understand, under Caesar, the Roman Empire was a kingdom, not a democracy. Remember, Caesar was a king, not a president. During Jesus' day, Rome ruled most of the known world. Its government, laws, institutions and culture were everywhere. Every word that Christ spoke about the Kingdom of God had a physical equivalent in Rome, making His message easier for the people to understand. For example: The Roman senate was called the "ecclesia" a Greek word that means "assembly" or "called out ones". Greek and Latin were both widely spoken throughout the Empire. King Jesus spoke Aramaic, the common language of the Jews of Palestine, but the Gospels were originally written in Greek.
Please note: The Gospel writers used the word "ecclesia" in passages where Jesus spoke about building His "Church". Just as Caesar had an assembly of called-out ones (the Senate), so did King Jesus--the Son of the living God and King of Kings--have His assembly of called-out ones (the Church or His Church).
Galatians 4:4-5
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
