UNDERSTANDING GOD'S KINGDOM DOMINION RULERSHIP

Foundational Text: Dan. 2: 44

it is God’s sovereign rulership over a people: impacting them with his kingdom principles, laws, morals, values, standards and purposes; thereby they manifest or reflect the culture of heaven on earth through their lives. the kingdom of god is about the government of god over his people, impacting them with the culture of heaven through his spirit so that they will manifest that culture on earth through their lives – making the earth to reflect heaven.

the Kingdom Dominion Rulership of god is what we all need in order to control and dominate the circumstances and challenges of life here on earth. the government of god is universal government that rules the whole universe. it has the supreme power to control all things both spiritual and physical. it dominates all authority and power. all authority and power submit to god’s government.

The Bible says…“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:” Col. 1: 16

nothing can influence the government of god, not even the government of satan. the government of god has no term because it has no beginning and has no end. it is from eternity to eternity. it never changes. The Bible says… “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.” (Heb 12:28)

Originally, we have only one government in this planet earth and that is the government of God or the kingdom of light. When we say ‘kingdom of light’, it means kingdom of understanding which means everything in this government is full of wisdom and understanding. No ignorance is found in this government. But when man (Adam) fell to sin, this planet earth had two governments: the Government of God (Kingdom of Light) and the Government of Satan (Kingdom of Darkness).

‘Kingdom of darkness’ means kingdom of ignorance. Darkness means ignorance. This planet earth was influenced by this kingdom of ignorance that’s why we became ignorant people. Ignorance doesn’t mean you know nothing… it means you know nothing about the kingdom of God. Ignorance means you are ignorant about the truth. There are only two issues in this planet earth, truth and lies or ignorance and understanding.

In the coming of Jesus Christ, he will set up his government here on earth. And this planet earth will experience again its original and only one government: the Kingdom of God. Satan’s government shall be eliminated and be overthrown into hell. How beautiful it is to live in this planet earth with only one government: A GODLY GOVERNMENT RULED BY GOD HIMSELF AND HIS PEOPLE.

The Kingdom represents the heart of the general work of God on earth – everything God says and does relates to His Kingdom – that is why the entire message of the Bible is a Kingdom message. The prophets of the old spoke about the coming of God’s Kingdom on earth; John the Baptist announced about the coming kingdom of God on earth; Jesus came preached that the Kingdom has arrived; the early disciples also preached about the Kingdom of God.

But this message of the Kingdom is lost in our various churches; much is not being heard about the Kingdom of God, yet it is the message Jesus commissioned His church to preach. Jesus Christ came to re-introduce the Kingdom of God on earth to man and to restore Kingdom dominion rulership of God on earth in the hearts of men – to restore administration of God’s Kingdom Government on earth unto mankind as God originally planned before the beginning of time. In eternity past, satan led a rebellion against the Kingdom of God and eventually brought the rebellion to earth by inciting mankind to sin against God thereby man lost the Kingdom dominion rulership of God. But through Christ, God is redeeming and restoring His entire creatures and re-establishing His Kingdom dominion rulership on earth in general and in the hearts of men in particular.

The work of re-establishing, restoring and expanding the Kingdom of God on earth has been assigned to the church – and as the church follows the great commission in Matt. 28: 19-20, the Kingdom of God grows and expands as individuals, families, communities, and nations surrenders to Christ as Lord – each time an individual genuinely surrenders to Christ and His church, the Kingdom of God expands, bringing transformation to individuals as well as to society at large. The divine priority to the citizens of the Kingdom of God is stated by Jesus Christ himself in Matt. 6: 33 “Seek first the King and His Kingdom….” The pursuit of the Kingdom of God should be the primary priority of every follower of Christ.

GOD'S KINGDOM HEADQUARTERS

The kingdom of heaven is the location of the central government of God wherein the head office is in heaven. The branch office can be found on earth because the citizens of the kingdom are the “carriers” of this government. The government is “in” them because the government of God is represented by the Holy Spirit here on earth and the Holy Spirit is indwelling among its citizens, therefore, the kingdom is in them. This is far different from the earthly government because the earthly government is a geographical kingdom and is limited only to a certain location. But the kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom, which means it can be in different places in this planet earth. for example, the federal government of nigeria reaches all parts of the country but the headquarter is in abuja – the kingdom of heaven speaks about where the kingdom of god originate from.

Luke 17:20-21 “Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.” That place where the government of God is, is fully guarded and protected by the armies of God: the angels. Any government where its central office is, is fully protected and guarded. The whole attention of power is focused in that place. Because once that place is invaded, the government will collapse. So with this kingdom of heaven, the whole power of the kingdom of God is focused on its location. Therefore, if you are a carrier of this kingdom of God the whole power of heaven is focused on you. If anyone touches you, it would be better for that person not to be born or it would be better for him to tie a stone around his neck and be thrown into the sea as the bible says…

Luke 17:2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

Once you have this kingdom of God in you, you are an untouchable person! You are not only untouchable but you are also a very powerful person because the whole powers and authorities of heaven backs you.