Title: Heaven in Us (Luke 17:21)
Contents In the Old Testament era, Adam had to be in Eden to meet God. After that, in the patriarchal era, there was no special place to meet God, and if necessary, they built an altar and waited for God. After that, at the time of the Exodus from Egypt, we met God at the tabernacle, and after entering Canaan, we met God at the temple of Solomon. However, because of Israel's sin, God left the temple, and Israel was taken captive to the Gentiles. This was the relationship between God and man in the 4,000 years of the Old Testament. 2,000 years ago from now, God directly came as a human being through Jesus, gave the grace of salvation, and completed the will of salvation for mankind through the death and resurrection of Jesus on the cross. Today, the Holy Spirit of God is now upon the heart of the believer. And through the Holy Spirit, the kingdom of heaven has come into us. That is, in our thoughts.
1. Attributes of Heaven 1) Heaven is revealed through the human mind. For that reason, the thoughts of the heart must change to the heavenly type. That is why Jesus said repent, the kingdom of heaven is near.
2) Jesus' declaration of heaven (1) from poverty to thoughts of liberation2(2) from captivity to thoughts of freedom (3) from blindness to thoughts of healing (4) from oppression to thoughts of freedom (5) year of grace With the mind of proclamation, this heaven is revealed through our mind.
2. Heaven to be challenged 1) The land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey 2) The seven tribes of Canaan 3) Heaven in the heart is challenged.
3. 7 enemies that make us think negative 1) Egocentrism 2) Greed 3) Falsehood 4) Hate 5) Fear 5) Frustration 6) Guilt
Heaven is in our hearts and manifests in our environment through our thoughts. If you remove the negative elements from your mind and change your thoughts to the heavenly type, milk and honey will flow through these thoughts.
We must enjoy the kingdom of heaven given by the Holy Spirit to our hearts while we live on this earth.