THE NOW KINGDOM

Rom 14:17-18

17      For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

18      For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

          The Kingdom of our God is made visible through men and women living in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost: a present righteousness which is a gift; a present peace which is moment by moment actively won; a present joy manifested in the prophetic vision of those things always set before us.  These three attributes are the outworking of an inner work of the Holy Ghost.  These three attributes make us acceptable to our God: we are reconciled by them to our heavenly Father.  They also bring us into favor with men: we can be trusted.  This is the beginning of

CHRONOLOGY

Matt 25:1-12

1          Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2          And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3          They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4          But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5          While the bridegroom tarried, they

THE AGE OF BUNDLING

            We hear much about bundling today.  You can have your cable TV, telephone, internet, and so on in one package.  In fact, you can bundle almost anything these days.  However, bundling didn’t just start in our time.  It has been around for a long time.

            It appears that God was the author of bundling.  In fact, God Himself is a bundle, being Father, Son and Holy Ghost in one Person.  The first Adam was also a bundle of people, as were the children of Israel when they were brought out of Egypt and taken through the Red Sea together.   The Lord bundled Noah and his family along with animals of every kind  into one Ark that He might save them from destruction.  Good thing, for the same water that floated the Ark and its bundle brought