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Text Box:     Man has always been tempted by the evil one to embrace the physical world and ascribe God’s Kingdom to an idol or institution such as a building or campus of this world rather then learn from the Words of Christ when he said, “The Kingdom is within you.”   Luke 17:20-22 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 he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see [it].   Matt. 16:27-28 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.   Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Text Box: Ministry and Mankind in the valley of Decision

Text Box:     God desires to have a very personal and bonded relationship with mankind. God and his Word is not hid from anyone except those who are lost. Many have found satisfaction in trying to purchase the kingdom rather then becoming a partaker in the Kingdom of God.        What does that mean?       Many are satisfied that the preacher or pastor has power to open to them the gates of the Holy City of God. This may be true to a degree but only by pointing that person who is seeking the Kingdom to Christ Jesus by explaining the Scriptures. A person must have a relationship with Christ that goes far beyond the relationship one may have with a preacher, pastor or teacher.        God knows the condition of our temple, and he knows the hidden secrets of the heart. Man must yield his body, his mind, heart and soul entirely to the care of Jesus Christ.       Paying of Tithes, gifts or being a good person has no merit without the seal of Jesus Christ to bring us through the gate of redemption. Money and good intentions have no value in the Kingdom of God, only those things that manifest the Character of God have merit in the Kingdom.       Christ desires to come and make his abode with each of us that he may sit in the temple of God of which he desires each of us to become, that he may fulfill his will and purpose through all who have become partakers with him in his death, burial and resurrection, thereby sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with those who are lost through deception and ignorance.

Text Box:   John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.   Rev. 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife

Text Box:   Matt. 4:8-9 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;   And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.    

Text Box: The Holy City of God

Text Box: The Counterfeit Nature of Institutional Religion

Text Box:   Rev. 21:10-12 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,   Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;   And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

Text Box:   Ez. 28:14-15 Thou [art] the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee [so]: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.   Thou [wast] perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.   Anointed 4473 - anointed, expansion outspread from 4886 4886 - To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate   Closely associated words: 4885 - The feeling, 4887— Oil    

Text Box:   Rev. 21:13-16 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.   And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.   And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.   And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.   And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

Text Box:   Isa. 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.   Isa. 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!   Isa. 14:12-14 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!   For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:   I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.    

Text Box: Dan 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?   Deut. 13:13 [Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;   John 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

Text Box: Zech. 2:6-8,10 Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.   Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [with] the daughter of Babylon.   For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.   Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.   John 4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.

Text Box: The Holy City of God

Text Box:   Exo. 20   Thou shalt have no other gods before me.   Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:   Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.   Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.   Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.   Thou shalt not kill.   Thou shalt not commit adultery.   Thou shalt not steal   Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.   Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.  

Text Box:   Dan 11:15, 32, 37 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither [shall there be any] strength to withstand.   And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries:   Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.   Mal 2:1-2, 6, 17 And now, O ye priests, this commandment [is] for you.   If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.   The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.   Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?

Text Box: The Counterfeit Nature of Institutional Religion