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The Beast is a kingdom. We can agree on that. Yes. What kind of kingdom?
An unrighteous kingdom. Kingdom of the world/self/flesh.
We see literal, physical temples, kingdoms, literal Israel of the flesh being
represented in the typical age of the Christian dispensation.
As we move along we see how the focus start to shift from outer, literal and
physical to inner, deeper and spiritual.
What is a kingdom, or temple, a house in a spiritual interpretation?
The heart and mind = the character.
Christ who represented a Holy kingdom, a kingdom that is not of this world said:
The kingdom is within.
Luke 17:20-21: KJV:
“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”.
And when he pointed to the rebuilding of the temple/kingdom of Israel in 3 days, what did He mean? A literal temple/kingdom? No, the Holy temple of Israel which was Himself.
John 2:19:
“Jesus Cleanses the Temple
…On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?” Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
It states in the word of God that we are to build our house on the everlasting rock. A HOUSE, A TEMPLE, A KINGDOM is really the same thing in this context. We are to build our house on the rock and not on sand. Meaning on the greater, higher and everlasting, not on the smaller, lower and temporal.
Matthew 7:24-27:
Christ said:
“BUILD YOUR HOUSE ON THE ROCK
Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
1. Corinthians 3: 10-17
Paul said:
“By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise BUILDER, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames. Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s TEMPLE and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.”.
So we have a righteous, godly kingdom and temple presented, and an unrighteous, ungodly kingdom.
We see the development during the Christian age is to move from a typical to antitypical. From literal to spiritual. So in its true, fuller sense, both the unholy and holy kingdom and temple are spiritual/inner.
In other words, we have:
THE KINGDOM OF THE BEAST =
THE KINGDOM OF THE WORLD/SELF/FLESH:
= The hearts and minds = the inner/moral character = Moral image of the beast. The unsanctified human nature with the law and spirit of this world/self/ the flesh.
Under the law and kingdom of the Unholy trinity: The dragon, the beast and the false prophet. They belong to the old, immature, fallen law, covenant and order, if they refuse to take up their cross and advance forward to the new, everlasting order of Jesus Christ.
VS.
THE KINGDOM OF GOD/CHRIST =
the hearts and minds = the inner/moral character = the moral image of Christ/ God .
The sanctified human who have gained the victory in Christ and been recreated in the image of God and received the heart and mind of Christ, which is His character.
Sanctified by the Holy triune God (777).
While the sanctified human do not become part of the triune Godhead. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, they receive the divine nature = character, in order to be able to fit into the heavenly society. Born by the Holy Spirit, advancing to the new, mature, everlasting law, covenant and order of Jesus Christ, or the kingdom of the Triune God, both Father, His only begotten Son, Jesu Christ, and The Holy Spirit. All will have to surrender their Babylonian kingdom (= their Babylonian hearts and mind = characters), to Jesus Christ, and receive His character in order to gain the victory individually. Nobody can be saved in groups or by any others house or temple. We will all stand individually before the throne of God, to either be granted everlasting life or everlasting death. So what have we built our kingdom on? The minor, lesser or the major, higher, everlasting? On sand or on the everlasting rock? If we have not built our kingdom on the everlasting, the rock of Christ, the higher truth, will either destroy our Babylonian kingdom (heart) here, and let Christ build His kingdom/heart in us. Or tarry so long and continue building on the lesser, the minor, the things of this world, so you rather end up destroyed by the rock of ages, Jesus Christ when He arrives.
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