Title: Kingdom of God (I) / Revelation 21:9-17
I read an article written by a university professor in a newspaper
More than 80% of the daily conversations were about money.
This was not a guess, but a citation of a report through some kind of social research. Moreover, in times like these days when life is difficult and work is not going well, there is no choice but to talk more about money.
When I meet church members these days, I think, 'How are you these days? I say hello.
To be honest, what do you mean these days?
It depends on how well you believe in Jesus these days or how much you pray these days.
It doesn't mean how hard you are to evangelize and serve these days.
Its meaning is a greeting with the meaning of how much you are suffering these days because of money, business, and depression.
The professor mentioned above said that 80% of the conversations exchanged by middle-class parents are
After talking about money, I was worried about this.
In other words, I was worried about what kind of values the children growing up in this chasm would form. In other words, money when you sleep, money when you wake up, money at the table
Money while drinking coffee. What would children who grow up in an environment where 80% of babies only have money to think about in their heads?
In fact, yes. Even if children who grow up in such an environment cannot wear
I will not harm others, and even if I cannot eat, I will not take others' things.
Like some eponymous poet of old, money isn't everything in life, it's more valuable.
Can you believe that something precious exists and study and work to pursue it?
It wouldn't be possible.
So, in the case of marriage, when each other chooses a mate, they see practical values rather than ideals.
I made a choice, and when choosing a university, I chose a department with a lot of practical value,
Even if you actually believe in Jesus, take up the cross, shed the blood of sacrifice,
Deny yourself, endure hardship, drink the cup of martyrdom
There is no shortage of places that emphasize the original gospel, such as
Get the fire, get the blessing, get the money. If I bless you, you will get into college.
A place that emphasizes only the belief in blessing, saying that business is going well and that diseases can be cured
It's coming like a cloud, so this is never a good thing
It's something you can't help but think about.
Fellow classmates! The Lord said in Matthew 6:27
He said, 'Who of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?'
If worrying solves the problem, let's wrap our heads up and worry about it all night long. But worry only breeds worry.
And it wears out and wears out my spirit and body
So, in the harsh social and economic realities that everyone is experiencing today, I
It's not about the country of this world, but <the other world>, <the eternal country>. In "The Kingdom of God"
That's what I'm trying to tell you about.
In times like these, we need to be more alert and talk more about Jesus.
I speak clearly. No matter how storms come
As long as the roots of the tree are deep, it will not fall over.
Even a tree of the same type can be uprooted in a storm if its roots are weak.
So the wind is also a problem.
The depth of the tree roots is more important. The wind comes from outside
The root is the problem within me, within me.
Are there people who have been through tribulation and trials?
Please stand right in front of the state.
Examine your own roots.
I am not the one who will fall in the face of a storm like this
Blow, you must have the belief that the roots of my faith are deep and strong.
To summarize these verses, the more we are like this, the more we need to pray.
We must draw near to the Lord, we must call upon Him aloud,
I must stand firm in the word of the Lord,
Someone built a new house in Gangnam and moved in.
One day before we moved in, he called me. The content of the phone
I was planning to move on the 15th of this month, but I was not sure if it would be okay if I moved on that day, so I called.
So my answer is that a sunny day is a good day.
When I asked him why, he answered
I received a prayer from a person who said a certain prophecy prayer, but on that day, I never moved
It was the answer. Because that day is a bad day
It was a day that God did not like, so it would be maddening if we moved on that day.
To be honest, I felt pathetic and annoyed when I heard this.
Every day is a day created by God.
It's God's Day. Every day is good.
When the sun rises, it is good because the sun is rising, and when it is cloudy, it is good because it is cloudy.
Everyone, please do not pray and do not receive this kind of prophecy.
Do you have a plan that is different from the manager?
You must not think of a holy God, a good God, a good God that way.
Like the prophet Balaam, if I disobey God and go in a sinful way
God blocks and blocks my way.
But if that's not the case, God provides and guides us in what we want to do.
You are a helper.
'Jesus even leads me to my way.
How can you doubt the joy in my lord?
Those who live in faith will receive from heaven.
Whatever happens, you will be successful.
It is according to the hymn, 'No matter what happens, everything will prosper.
In 1 Corinthians 8:6 Paul says, ?쏤rom him are all things, and for him we also
And there is one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things are made, and through him we are.'
Over the course of two weeks, I am going to tell you about the kingdom of God.
In a word, the kingdom of God is not the kingdom of this world.
It is not like the country of this world.
In the TV news class on the eve of Chuseok, the announcer in charge of reporting the news on politics, society,
After finishing the whole news report, I finally said these words.
I can't remember everything
'I hope viewers have a happy Chuseok even if something annoying and frustrating happens', I think that was roughly what he was talking about.
The things of this world, the events that are happening and unfolding in this world, are certainly painful and
Lots of annoying things.
And trying to forget them is just as hard as remembering them.
But just because you try to forget it doesn't mean you forget it.
So I'm here to introduce you to a good way.
The way is to think about hopeful events and think about good things.
From now on, I will come out as I speak, but the more I think about the kingdom of God, the better it is. It is a country full of hope and joy.
In a word, it is an indescribably beautiful country.
It is said that the movement to listen to the Bible over the phone is popular in Switzerland.
It's a movement called Bible Telephone Calls, and I want to hear the Bible.
A person simply picks up the phone receiver and dials the phone number.
It means you can listen to the Bible.
The number of people who turn this dial is gradually increasing.
Everyone ! When despair overshadows you. When you feel disillusioned with the world When life is lonely and lonely
Please take out a picture of the kingdom of God and look at it again and again.
Like a young soldier who went to war, in the tension and fear of death
As if you are comforted and comforted by looking at a picture of the woman you love
By reading and rereading and seeing and seeing the <Kingdom of God> drawn in the book of Revelation,
May you find courage and hope in the name of the Lord.
There are several places in the Bible where the kingdom of God is used by different names.
In Matthew 13:43, it is called ?쁳he kingdom of the Father??
In Matthew 6, verse Io says, 'Your kingdom',
In 1 Corinthians 6:9 it is called 'the kingdom of Christ.
Of course, this word is in the original language, and we have translated it as the kingdom of God in our Bible.
Famous medieval theologians and fathers like Augustine, who wrote the famous book The City of God. Augustine also did not see the kingdom of God as an ideal realized in human history.
To see the kingdom of God, you have to look at Revelation 2l:9~22:5.
??What does the kingdom of God look like? What it is like, how big it is, and what it looks like is explained in 2l:9-17.
??What materials is the kingdom of God made of? How expensive were the materials ? For how much the unit price will be per pyeong?, see Chapter 21, Section I8-21.
??To see how we live in the kingdom of God, we need to look at verses 21:22-27.
??What do we eat and live in the kingdom of God? Jajangmyeon, sushi. To see whether there will be bulgogi, kimchi, garlic, and red pepper powder, just look at 22:1-5.
1. Consider the appearance of the kingdom of God (21:9-17).
(1) The country is a wall that can only be seen when you climb a large and high mountain.
Verse 10 says, 'Go up to a great and high mountain'.
The kingdom of God can be seen and believed only when we enter the deep state of the high mountain of faith.
No matter how many gestures and gestures you teach a little three-year-old baby that 10XlO is 100
I don't understand. When our faith enters a high, deep stage,
The country is certain. In Matthew 5:8 it says, 'The pure in heart will see God'.
The kingdom of God can only be seen on the high mountain of faith.
According to Ezekiel 40:2 in the Old Testament, Ezekiel was also in a vision of going to Eula on a high mountain.
I have seen the kingdom of God. 'God took me to dyslexia
When I came to that land, he put me down on a very high mountain.'
(2) The kingdom is the kingdom that came down from heaven from God.
A country that springs out of the ground. It is not a country made by human knowledge and hands.
This country is neither a product of politics nor a product of history.
It is a country that came down from heaven from God.
That is why Paul said in 1 Corinthians 5:l, 'If there is
If our tent house is torn down, it is not a house made by God, not made with hands.
We know that we have an eternal home in heaven...'
For that reason, the nations of the earth perished and disappeared into the background of history.
The kingdom of God is an eternal kingdom because it is a kingdom created by God.
(3) It is a holy country.
'I saw the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from heaven,' he said at the end of verse l0. Its essence is different from that of the secular world.
The new Jerusalem, the kingdom of God, is the holy city.
It is a country free from the filth of human beings. Chapter 21 verse 1l says
It explains that 'there was the glory of God'.
The kingdoms of the world are filled with human glory.
Man is praised, man is respected, and he is hailed.
The kingdom of God is filled with the glory of God.
And it is a world where God is worshiped, praised, and exalted.
(4) It is a country that shines like a brilliant jewel, like clear crystal (v. 1 explains).
Gem, jasper, and crystal in the text mean purity and purity.
So, in the kingdom of God, everything is pure. Clean.
There is no darkness like the human world, human nations. There is no magic trick.
There is no betrayal, no betrayal. There is no conflict of interest or bloody struggle.
A place where everyone's heart shines like a jewel and looks clear like a crystal
This is that country.
No matter how much you look, there are places where only beautiful and precious treasures like jewels are revealed.
Heaven. Some people described our era as 'as if a physician went through the abdomen to cure a patient's disease, and because there were so many different types of disease in it, it was impossible to perform an operation at all. It's like saying, 'Just buy it until the end of the day'.