Matthew 6:10
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
This teaching section looks at the topic of heaven, but before we get started, we would like to ask, "Dear Believer, where will you spend the ages to come, on earth or in heaven? Have you ever faced this question before? Have you made your calling and election sure?" We are not asking these questions of those who have no hope but of Christians who will live forever.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth. (Matthew 6:10). This prayer was taught by The Lord to His disciples to prepare them to go through the tribulation. Paul and all the other Apostles believed they would be gathered together and meet the returning Christ at the Last Trumpet after the Tribulation. See: The Hope Of Paul's Epistles Written During The Time Of Acts
Blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Heavenly Places (Ephesians 1:3). This calling has to do with The Church, which is His Body. See: Riches Of The Church
Where will Abraham spend the ages to come? He was promised a land and a seed in that land. Our Lord made note of the fact that many would come from the east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in The Kingdom - On Earth Matt. 8:11.
Abraham also looked for a city that has foundations (not built on sand) and whose maker and builder is God (Heb. 11:8-10). But this New Jerusalem will be on the earth. John foresaw it coming down from heaven to earth Rev. 21:2.
At Pentecost, Peter preached of One whom Israel pierced and whom the heavens must retain till the times of restoration of all things (Acts 4:19-21). Not one of those who believed at Pentecost ever entertained the hope of going to heaven. What about the poor, misled folks today who have been told that The Church began at Pentecost?
Pentecost was repeated in the house of Cornelius the Centurion, a Roman Gentile. All the signs and gifts had to do with an earthly program, The Kingdom. They were looking for the King of kings, and Lord of lords, who, from the throne of His father, David, will rule over the nations of the earth.
In Acts 13:32, Paul is still preaching concerning the promise made unto the fathers (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) and those who believed this message would have their place on the earth in The Kingdom. Paul turned to the Gentile believers in the synagogue and told them that they could partake of all these blessings of Israel without circumcision and keeping of the law which the Jews were obliged to keep. This was The Gospel of the Grace of God.
It is a cruel hoax for anyone to tell folks today that The Church began at Pentecost. It is just as cruel to tell them that it began at the time of Acts 13. Both these teachings are designed to keep the believer from membership, the adoption, in The Church of The Dispensation of The Mystery, a secret hidden in God from ages and generations. (See the Study Section on The Mystery)
There is an invisible Church today that has Heaven as its home. Its Head is at the right hand of God, there awaiting His Manifestation in the heavens. Then, a few years later, He will be manifested on the earth as King of kings and Lord of lords.
His Church has been persecuted from the very beginning at the time of Acts 28:28. Even before the death of Paul, all of Asia had turned away from it and back to Judaism 2 Tim. 1:15. This church was, but a handful of believers throughout the dark ages but The Truth is spreading day by day, and the numbers are growing as believing believers embrace The Truth of the One Body of Whom Christ Jesus is Head and have;
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Eph 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Eph 1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
