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The MAIN Battle Is Already Won, But We Have To Keep Fighting It
Through To Our Final Victory!
Part III
Ruling and reigning with Jesus on Earth, The Authority and Power We
Have in Jesus Name.
This is not talking about sometime in the future, but is happening now,
just as soon as we get a grip, and realize these promises are for us now.
It is talking about ruling in God's Spiritual Kingdom, with All the
authority and power of His Holy Spirit. The same identical power that
raised Jesus from the dead, and forgives sins.
The Gospel is the Power of God, Love is the Power of God, God is light,
love, bread, power, anointing.
As you read, study and pray these Bible verses back to the Lord, ask
Him to show you the fulness of His power in your life. Ask God to flow
through you in all His power, as you see the connection to God's power
with the Gospel, Love, Authority, Ruling and Reigning with Jesus, The
Priesthood, and how this all applies to our present life and walk with
the Lord, and spiritual
superiority and ruler-ship in the earth.
REIGNING WITH JESUS
Rev 22:5 And there shall be no more night; they have no need
for lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will illuminate them and be
their light, and they shall reign [as kings] forever and ever (through the
eternities of the eternities).
This is definitely an outstanding promise and overwhelming for God's
children. we are to reign with God and Christ for all eternity. Let us
explore what that is going to mean, and what does it mean now? In this
world?
Can we apply this now? Are we able to see it come to pass in this world?
Rev 5:10 And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and
priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth! [Exod.
19:6; Isa. 61:6.]
2 Tim 2:12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny and
disown and reject Him, He will also deny and disown and reject us.
Rom 5:21 So that, [just] as sin has reigned in death, [so] grace (His
unearned and undeserved favor) might reign also through
righteousness (right standing with God) which issues in eternal life
through Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) our Lord.
Rom 5:17 For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense)
death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who
receive [God's] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of
righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as
kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the
Anointed One).
Rev 20:6 Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole,
of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes
part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death
exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of
Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand
years.
Rev 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to
whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted.
Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes [beheaded]
for their witnessing to Jesus and [for preaching and testifying] for the
Word of God, and who had refused to pay homage to the beast or his
statue and had not accepted his mark or permitted it to be stamped on
their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with
Christ (the Messiah) a thousand years. [Dan. 7:9, 22, 27.]
AUTHORITY IN JESUS NAME
Gen 1:26 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make
mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete
authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts,
and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the
earth. [Ps. 104:30; Heb. 1:2; 11:3.]
Ps 34:4 I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of
necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and
delivered me from all my fears. [Ps. 73:25; Matt. 7:7.]
Ps 27:8 You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My
presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your
presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and
on the authority of Your Word].
Ps 9:10 And they who know Your name [who have experience and
acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their
trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire
of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their
necessity]. [Ps. 42:1.]
Lam 3:25 The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and
expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him
and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's
word].
Matt 9:6 But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins and remit the penalty, He then said to
the paralyzed man, Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad and go to your
own house.
Matt 9:8 When the crowds saw it, they were struck with fear and
awe; and they recognized God and praised and thanked Him, Who had
given such power and authority to men.
Matt 10:1 AND JESUS summoned to Him His twelve disciples and
gave them power and authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out,
and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of weakness and infirmity.
Mark 6:7 And He called to Him the Twelve [apostles] and began to
send them out [as His ambassadors] two by two and gave them
authority and power over the unclean spirits.
Mark 7:13 Thus you are nullifying and making void and of no effect
[the authority of] the Word of God through your tradition, which you
[in turn] hand on. And many things of this kind you are doing.
Luke 4:32 And they were amazed at His teaching, for His word was
with authority and ability and weight and power.
Luke 4:36 And they were all amazed and said to one another, What
kind of talk is this? For with authority and power He commands the
foul spirits and they come out!
Luke 5:24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has the
[power of] authority and right on earth to forgive sins, He said to the
paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up your litter (stretcher), and go
to your own house!
Luke 10:19 Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample
upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and
ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall
in any way harm you.
John 1:12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave
the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God,
that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His
name--[Isa. 56:5.]
John 2:18 Then the Jews retorted, What sign can You show us,
seeing You do these things? [What sign, miracle, token, indication can
You give us as evidence that You have authority and are commissioned
to act in this way?]
John 5:27 And He has given Him authority and granted Him power
to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man
[very man]
John 5:43 I have come in My Father's name and with His power, and
you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no
welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power
and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give
him your approval.
John 7:17 If any man desires to do His will (God's pleasure), he will
know (have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for
himself) whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking
from Myself and of My own accord and on My own authority.
John 7:18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks to win honor
for himself. [He whose teaching originates with himself seeks his own
glory.] But He Who seeks the glory and is eager for the honor of Him
Who sent Him, He is true; and there is no unrighteousness or falsehood
or deception in Him.
John 7:28 Whereupon Jesus called out as He taught in the temple
[porches], Do you know Me, and do you know where I am from? I have
not come on My own authority and of My own accord and as
self-appointed, but the One Who sent Me is true (real, genuine,
steadfast); and Him you do not know!
John 8:28 So Jesus added, When you have lifted up the Son of Man
[on the cross], you will realize (know, understand) that I am He [for
Whom you look] and that I do nothing of Myself (of My own accord or
on My own authority), but I say [exactly] what My Father has taught
Me.
John 16:13 But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit)
comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For
He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will
tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that
has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the
things that are to come [that will happen in the future].
John 17:2 [Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over
all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal
life to all whom You have given Him.
Acts 4:10 Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the
whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and
authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, [but]
Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man
is standing here before you well and sound in body.
Verse Info. Notes Context 80 Acts 4:30 While You stretch
out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the
authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant
Jesus.
1 Cor 11:10 Therefore she should [be subject to his authority and
should] have a covering on her head [as a token, a symbol, of her
submission to authority, that she may show reverence as do] the angels
[and not displease them].
1 Cor 15:24 After that comes the end (the completion), when He
delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering
inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and
power.
2 Cor 10:8 For even though I boast rather freely about our power
and authority, which the Lord gave for your upbuilding and not for
demolishing you, yet I shall not be put to shame [for exceeding the
truth],
2 Cor 13:10 So I write these things while I am absent from you, that
when I come to you, I may not have to deal sharply in my use of the
authority which the Lord has given me [to be employed, however] for
building [you] up and not for tearing [you] down.
1 Thess 4:2 For you know what charges and precepts we gave you [on
the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.
1 Tim 2:12 I allow no woman to teach or to have authority over men;
she is to remain in quietness and keep silence [in religious assemblies].
Heb 13:17 Obey your spiritual leaders and submit to them
[continually recognizing their authority over you], for they are
constantly keeping watch over your souls and guarding your spiritual
welfare, as men who will have to render an account [of their trust]. [Do
your part to] let them do this with gladness and not with sighing and
groaning, for that would not be profitable to you [either].
1 Pet 3:6 It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham [following his
guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him lord
(master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you
do right and let nothing terrify you [not giving way to hysterical fears or
letting anxieties unnerve you].
3 John 1:9 I have written briefly to the church; but Diotrephes, who
likes to take the lead among them and put himself first, does not
acknowledge my authority and refuses to accept my suggestions or to
listen to me.
Rev 2:26 And he who overcomes (is victorious) and who obeys My
commands to the [very] end [doing the works that please Me], I will
give him authority and power over the nations;
Rev 20:6 Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole,
of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes
part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death
exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of
Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand
years.
Rev 22:14 Blessed (happy and to be envied) are those who cleanse
their garments, that they may have the authority and right to
[approach] the tree of life and to enter through the gates into the city.
[Gen. 2:9; 3:22, 24.]
THE POWER WE HAVE IN JESUS NAME
Luke 4:14 Then Jesus went back full of and under the power of the
[Holy] Spirit into Galilee, and the fame of Him spread through the
whole region round about.
Luke 4:32 And they were amazed at His teaching, for His word was
with authority and ability and weight and power.
Luke 4:36 And they were all amazed and said to one another, What
kind of talk is this? For with authority and power He commands the
foul spirits and they come out!
Luke 5:17 One of those days, as He was teaching, there were
Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every
village and town of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the
power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal them.
Luke 5:24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has the
[power of] authority and right on earth to forgive sins, He said to the
paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up your litter (stretcher), and go
to your own house!
Luke 6:19 And all the multitude were seeking to touch Him, for
healing power was all the while going forth from Him and curing them
all [saving them from severe illnesses or calamities].
Luke 9:1 THEN JESUS called together the Twelve [apostles] and
gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases,
John 1:12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave
the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God,
that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His
name--[Isa. 56:5.]
John 14:30 I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil
genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He
has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to
him, and he has no power over Me.]
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom (kingship, royal power)
belongs not to this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My
followers would have been fighting to keep Me from being handed over
to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here (this world); [it
has no such origin or source].
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and
might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My
witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the
very bounds) of the earth.
Acts 3:12 And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, You men of
Israel, why are you so surprised and wondering at this? Why do you
keep staring at us, as though by our [own individual] power or [active]
piety we had made this man [able] to walk?
Acts 4:10 Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the
whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and
authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, [but]
Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man
is standing here before you well and sound in body.
Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your
bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly,
Acts 4:30 While You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform
signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name
of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus.
Acts 4:33 And with great strength and ability and power the
apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus,
and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly
upon them all.
Acts 6:8 Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing and favor) and
power (strength and ability) worked great wonders and signs
(miracles) among the people.
Acts 8:13 Even Simon himself believed [he adhered to, trusted in,
and relied on the teaching of Philip], and after being baptized, devoted
himself constantly to him. And seeing signs and miracles of great power
which were being performed, he was utterly amazed.
Acts 11:17 If then God gave to them the same Gift [equally] as He
gave to us when we believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on)
the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I and what power or authority had I to
interfere or hinder or forbid or withstand God?
Acts 11:21 And the presence of the Lord was with them with power,
so that a great number [learned] to believe (to adhere to and trust in
and rely on the Lord) and turned and surrendered themselves to Him.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to
light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may thus receive
forgiveness and release from their sins and a place and portion among
those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Me. [Isa. 42:7, 16.]
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ,
for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from
eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a
confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek,
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither
death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and
threatening nor things to come, nor powers,
Verse Info. Notes Rom 8:39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything
else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 15:13 May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace
in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of
the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over)
with hope.
Rom 15:19 [Even as my preaching has been accompanied] with the
power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] by the power of the Holy
Spirit. [The result is] that starting from Jerusalem and as far round as
Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel [faithfully executing,
accomplishing, carrying out to the full the good news] of Christ (the
Messiah) in its entirety.
1 Cor 1:7 That you are not [consciously] falling behind or lacking in
any special spiritual endowment or Christian grace [the reception of
which is due to the power of divine grace operating in your souls by the
Holy Spirit], while you wait and watch [constantly living in hope] for
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and [His] being made visible to all.
1 Cor 1:18 For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity
and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but
to us who are being saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God.
1 Cor 1:23 We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, [preaching
which] to the Jews is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block [that
springs a snare or trap], and to the Gentiles it is absurd and utterly
unphilosophical nonsense.
1 Cor 1:24 But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek
(Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God.
1 Cor 2:4 And my language and my message were not set forth in
persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in
demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and
power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers
the most holy emotions and thus persuading them],
1 Cor 2:5 So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men
(human philosophy), but in the power of God.
1 Cor 4:20 For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not
talk but power (moral power and excellence of soul).
1 Cor 12:4 Now there are distinctive varieties and distributions of
endowments (gifts, extraordinary powers distinguishing certain
Christians, due to the power of divine grace operating in their souls by
the Holy Spirit) and they vary, but the [Holy] Spirit remains the same.
1 Cor 12:8 To one is given in and through the [Holy] Spirit [the
power to speak] a message of wisdom, and to another [the power to
express] a word of knowledge and understanding according to the same
[Holy] Spirit;
1 Cor 12:9 To another [wonder-working] faith by the same [Holy]
Spirit, to another the extraordinary powers of healing by the one Spirit;
2 Cor 4:7 However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine
Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur
and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God
and not from ourselves.
2 Cor 6:7 By [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God, with
the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [to attack] and for the
left hand [to defend];
2 Cor 12:9 But He said to me, My grace (My favor and
loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any
danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength
and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show
themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the
more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength
and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over
and dwell) upon me!
Gal 3:5 Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous
[Holy] Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so
on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of
your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the
message that you heard?
2 Cor 13:3 Since you desire and seek [perceptible] proof of the Christ
Who speaks in and through me. [For He] is not weak and feeble in
dealing with you, but is a mighty power within you;
2 Cor 13:4 For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He goes on
living by the power of God. And though we too are weak in Him [as He
was humanly weak], yet in dealing with you [we shall show ourselves]
alive and strong in [fellowship with] Him by the power of God.
Eph 1:19 And [so that you can know and understand] what is the
immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in
and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty
strength,
Eph 3:7 Of this [Gospel] I was made a minister according to the
gift of God's free grace (undeserved favor) which was bestowed on me
by the exercise (the working in all its effectiveness) of His power.
Eph 3:16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to
be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by
the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and
personality].
Eph 3:17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle
down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be
rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
Eph 3:18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend
and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of
that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
Eph 3:19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through
experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere
knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all
your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure
of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded
with God Himself]!
Eph 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of
His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose
and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or
think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes,
or dreams]--
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ,
for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from
eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a
confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek,
CROWNS
Job 19:9 He has stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from
my head.
Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me or clothed itself
with me; my justice was like a robe and a turban or a diadem or a
crown!
Ps 8:5 Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or
heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Ps 65:11 You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and
the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness.
Ps 103:4 Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who
beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender
mercy;
Ps 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself
shall his crown flourish.
Prov 4:9 She shall give to your head a wreath of gracefulness; a
crown of beauty and glory will she deliver to you.
Prov 12:4 A virtuous and worthy wife [earnest and strong in
character] is a crowning joy to her husband, but she who makes him
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. [Prov. 31:23; I Cor. 11:7.]
Prov 14:18 The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are
crowned with knowledge.
Prov 14:24 The crown of the wise is their wealth of Wisdom, but
the foolishness of [self-confident] fools is [nothing but] folly.
Prov 16:31 The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is
found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in
every area and relation). [Prov. 20:29.]
Prov 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the
glory of children is their fathers. [Ps. 127:3; 128:3.]
Song 7:5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the hair of
your head like purple. [Then seeing the king watching the girl in
absorbed admiration, the speaker added] The king is held captive by its
tresses.
1 Cor 9:25 Now every athlete who goes into training conducts
himself temperately and restricts himself in all things. They do it to win
a wreath that will soon wither, but we [do it to receive a crown of
eternal blessedness] that cannot withe
Phil 4:1 THEREFORE, MY brethren, whom I love and yearn to see,
my delight and crown (wreath of victory), thus stand firm in the Lord,
my beloved.
2 Tim 4:8 [As to what remains] henceforth there is laid up for me
the [victor's] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and
doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me and
recompense me on that [great] day--and not to me only, but also to all
those who have loved and yearned for and welcomed His appearing
(His return).
Heb 2:7 For some little time You have ranked him lower than and
inferior to the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor and
set him over the works of Your hands, [Ps. 8:4-6.]
Heb 2:9 But we are able to see Jesus, Who was ranked lower than
the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because of
His having suffered death, in order that by the grace (unmerited favor)
of God [to us sinners] He might experience death for every individual
person.
James 1:12 Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient
under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the
test and been approved, he will receive [the victor's] crown of life which
God has promised to those who love Him.
1 Pet 5:4 And [then] when the Chief Shepherd is revealed, you will
win the conqueror's crown of glory.
Rev 2:10 Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. [Dismiss your
dread and your fears!] Behold, the devil is indeed about to throw some
of you into prison, that you may be tested and proved and critically
appraised, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be loyally faithful
unto death [even if you must die for it], and I will give you the crown of
life. [Rev. 3:10, 11.]
Rev 3:11 I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that
no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown.
Rev 6:2 And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider
carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth
conquering and to conquer. [Ps. 45:4, 5; Zech. 1:8; 6:1-3.]
Rev 12:1 AND A great sign (wonder)--[warning of future events of
ominous significance] appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the
sun, with the moon under her feet, and with a crownlike garland (tiara)
of twelve stars on her head.
Rev 14:14 Again I looked, and behold, [I saw] a white cloud, and
sitting on the cloud One resembling a Son of Man, with a crown of gold
on His head and a sharp scythe (sickle) in His hand. [Dan. 7:13.]
Rev 19:12 His eyes [blaze] like a flame of fire, and on His head are
many kingly crowns (diadems); and He has a title (name) inscribed
which He alone knows or can understand. [Dan. 10:6.]
RULER-SHIP
Rev 20:6 Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole,
of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes
part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death
exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of
Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand
years.
Rev 20:6 Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole,
of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes
part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death
exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of
Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand
years.
Rev 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to
whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted.
Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes [beheaded]
for their witnessing to Jesus and [for preaching and testifying] for the
Word of God, and who had refused to pay homage to the beast or his
statue and had not accepted his mark or permitted it to be stamped on
their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with
Christ (the Messiah) a thousand years. [Dan. 7:9, 22, 27.]
Rev 2:27 And he shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as
when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall
be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father; [Ps. 2:8, 9.]
Col 3:15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from
Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and
settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that
peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were
also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to
God always].
1 Tim 3:4 He must rule his own household well, keeping his
children under control, with true dignity, commanding their respect in
every way and keeping them respectful.
1 Tim 3:5 For if a man does not know how to rule his own
household, how is he to take care of the church of God?
Rom 6:12 Let not sin therefore rule as king in your mortal
(short-lived, perishable) bodies, to make you yield to its cravings and
be subject to its lusts and evil passions.
HEAVEN IS ALREADY HERE!
and HEAVEN ON EARTH!
What A Wonderful and Beautiful World we Live In!
KINGDOM of GOD
Rev 12:10 Then I heard a strong (loud) voice in heaven, saying, Now
it has come--the salvation and the power and the kingdom (the
dominion, the reign) of our God, and the power (the sovereignty, the
authority) of His Christ (the Messiah); for the accuser of our brethren,
he who keeps bringing before our God charges against them day and
night, has been cast out! [Job 1:9-11.]
Rev 11:15 The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there
were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom,
sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and
become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and
He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)! [Ps.
22:28; Dan. 7:13, 14, 27.]
Rev 5:10 And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and
priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth! [Exod.
19:6; Isa. 61:6.]
Rev 1:9 I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and
participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient
endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos,
[banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the
testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ.
Rev 1:6 And formed us into a kingdom (a royal race), priests to
His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty
and the dominion throughout the ages and forever and ever. Amen (so
be it). [Exod. 19:6; Isa. 61:6.]
James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those
who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and in their
position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has
promised to those who love Him?
Heb 12:28 Let us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and
stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and
acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and
awe;
2 Thess 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself grant you His
peace (the peace of His kingdom) at all times and in all ways [under all
circumstances and conditions, whatever comes]. The Lord [be] with
you all.
2 Thess 1:5 This is positive proof of the just and right judgment of
God to the end that you may be deemed deserving of His kingdom [a
plain token of His fair verdict which designs that you should be made
and counted worthy of the kingdom of God], for the sake of which you
are also suffering.
Col 1:13 [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of
the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into
the kingdom of the Son of His love,
1 Cor 4:20 For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not
talk but power (moral power and excellence of soul).
Acts 28:31 Preaching to them the kingdom of God and teaching them
about the Lord Jesus Christ with boldness and quite openly, and
without being molested or hindered.
Acts 28:23 So when they had set a day with him, they came in large
numbers to his lodging. And he fully set forth and explained the matter
to them from morning until night, testifying to the kingdom of God and
trying to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the Law of Moses
and from the Prophets.
Acts 19:20 Thus the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment
through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] grew and
spread and intensified, prevailing mightily.
Acts 19:8 And he went into the synagogue and for three months
spoke boldly, persuading and arguing and pleading about the kingdom
of God.
Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart [if you
have a conviction, full of joyful trust, that Jesus is the Messiah and
accept Him as the Author of your salvation in the kingdom of God,
giving Him your obedience, then] you may. And he replied, I do believe
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 1:3 To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion
(His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many
convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible
proofs], appearing to them during forty days and talking [to them]
about the things of the kingdom of God.
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom (kingship, royal power)
belongs not to this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My
followers would have been fighting to keep Me from being handed over
to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here (this world); [it
has no such origin or source].
John 3:5 Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you,
unless a man is born of water and [even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever]
enter the kingdom of God. [Ezek. 36:25-27.]
Luke 22:29 And as My Father has appointed a kingdom and conferred
it on Me, so do I confer on you [the privilege and decree],
Luke 21:31 Even so, when you see these things taking place,
understand and know that the kingdom of God is at hand.
Luke 18:24 Jesus, observing him, said, How difficult it is for those
who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
Luke 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's eye
than [for] a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Luke 18:17 Truly I say to you, whoever does not accept and
receive and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] shall
not in any way enter it [at all
Luke 17:20 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would
come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come
with signs to be observed or with visible display,
Luke 17:21 Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is]
there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts]
and among you [surrounding you].
Luke 13:18 This led Him to say, What is the kingdom of God like? And
to what shall I compare it?
Luke 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took
and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the
wild birds found shelter and roosted and nested in its branches.
Luke 13:20 And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom
of God?
Luke 13:21 It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three
measures of wheat flour or meal until it was all leavened (fermented).
Luke 12:32 Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear, little
flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom!
Luke 12:31 Only aim at and strive for and seek His kingdom, and all
these things shall be supplied to you also.
Luke 11:20 But if I drive out the demons by the finger of God, then
the kingdom of God has [already] come upon you.
Luke 11:2 And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father
Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. Your
will be done [held holy and revered] on earth as it is in heaven.
Luke 10:9 And heal the sick in it and say to them, The kingdom of
God has come close to you.
Luke 9:2 And He sent them out to announce and preach the
kingdom of God and to bring healing.
Matt 24:14 And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be
preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations,
and then will come the end.
Matt 21:43 I tell you, for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken
away from you and given to a people who will produce the fruits of it.
Matt 23:13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders
(hypocrites)! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for
you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are about to
go in to do so.
Matt 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried
in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and
sells all he has and buys that field.
Matt 13:33 He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is
like leaven (sour dough) which a woman took and covered over in three
measures of meal or flour till all of it was leavened. [Gen. 18:6.]
Matt 13:31 Another story by way of comparison He set forth before
them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed,
which a man took and sowed in his field.
Matt 13:19 While anyone is hearing the Word of the kingdom and
does not grasp and comprehend it, the evil one comes and snatches
away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the
roadside.
Matt 13:11 And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know
the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has
not been given.
Matt 12:28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out the demons,
then the kingdom of God has come upon you [before you expected it].
Matt 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until the present
time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent
men seize it by force [as a precious prize--a share in the heavenly
kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion].
Matt 11:11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not
risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the
kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matt 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom
and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all
these things taken together will be given you besides.
Matt 6:10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in
heaven. Matt 6:13 And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but
deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.
Matt 5:19 Whoever then breaks or does away with or relaxes one of
the least [important] of these commandments and teaches men so shall
be called least [important] in the kingdom of heaven, but he who
practices them and teaches others to do so shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.
Matt 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, crying out, Repent
(change your mind for the better, heartily amend your ways, with
abhorrence of your past sins), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matt 4:23 And He went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues and preaching the good news (Gospel) of the kingdom, and
healing every disease and every weakness and infirmity among the
people.
Conquering and Overcoming
Rev 12:11 And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the
blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did
not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives
cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].
Rev 6:2 And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider
carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth
conquering and to conquer. [Ps. 45:4, 5; Zech. 1:8; 6:1-3.]
Rev 5:5 Then one of the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said to
me, Stop weeping! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root (Source)
of David, has won (has overcome and conquered)! He can open the
scroll and break its seven seals! [Gen. 49:9, 10; Isa. 11:1, 10; Rev. 22:16.]
Rev 3:5 Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in
white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book
of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name
openly before My Father and before His angels. [Ps. 69:28; Dan. 12:1.]
Rev 2:17 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the
Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes
(conquers), I will give to eat of the manna that is hidden, and I will give
him a white stone with a new name engraved on the stone, which no
one knows or understands except he who receives it. [Ps. 78:24; Isa.
62:2.]
1 John 5:5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world
but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts
in, and relies on that fact]?
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world;
and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.
1 Pet 5:4 And [then] when the Chief Shepherd is revealed, you will
win the conqueror's crown of glory.
1 Cor 15:57 But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us
conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors
and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.
John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have
[perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and
trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage;
be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I
have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
Rev 3:21 He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit
beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat
down beside My Father on His throne.
Rev 3:12 He who overcomes (is victorious), I will make him a pillar
in the sanctuary of My God; he shall never be put out of it or go out of it,
and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of
My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends from My God out of
heaven, and My own new name. [Isa. 62:2; Ezek. 48:35.]
Rev 2:11 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the
Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). He who overcomes (is
victorious) shall in no way be injured by the second death.
1 John 4:4 Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and
have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the
antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he
who is in the world.
Rev 2:7 He who is able to hear, let him listen to and give heed to
what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who
overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of
life, which is in the paradise of God. [Gen. 2:9; 3:24.]
Rom 12:21 Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome
(master) evil with good.
John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have
[perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and
trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage;
be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I
have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
John 12:35 So Jesus said to them, You will have the Light only a little
while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so
that darkness may not overtake and overcome you. He who walks about
in the dark does not know where he goes [he is drifting].
Priests
Heb 7:24 but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues
forever, holds His priesthood permanently.
1 Pet 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a
spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Pet 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A
HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you
may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light;
Rev 1:6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God
and Father--to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever.
Amen.
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 no power, but they will
be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand
years.
Acts 6:7 The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of
the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great
many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.
Jhn 1:51
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall
see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon
the Son of man.
Gen 28:12
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of
it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
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