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The kingdom of God has possessed the kingdom

Daniel 7

 

¹¹I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame

 

¹³I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

 ¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed

 

Daniel 2

⁴⁴And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

The judgment was upon the Beast and his kingdom. We know that Christ was given dominion and authority over all heaven and earth in Matthew 28:

¹⁸And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

 ¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

 ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

 

Thus Christ was given full authority as King over all heaven and earth upon his ascension into heaven. However, the Kingdom was not yet built. That is why the Apostles were given the “Great Commission” to make disciples of all nations……teaching them to obey all of His commands. This parallels with the building of the Kingdom, some with wood, hay, or straw, while others with bricks and stones….taken figuratively of course.

That is why the former Jerusalem, which had become filled with demonic spirits, was destroyed. The former wife was set aside, and the new wife (His Kingdom). Subsequently, this led to Christ taking His Kingdom and sending her out against the nations.

The Judgment (books were opened as the seals) was poured out upon Jerusalem and Daniel’s vision of “the end” had been fulfilled. But the Beast which devoured Jerusalem would also be over-taken by the Kingdom of Christ. And this Kingdom was the Church. It was the Church that over-took Rome, and that without lifting ONE SINGLE WEAPON.

Isaiah 2:4

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

 

When he says, “Nation shall not lift up sword against the nation, neither shall they learn war anymore….” he’s not saying that wars and fighting would end. He’s saying that they would not be “Taught” to defend the kingdom, as was the case with Joshua, David, and Solomon. The former Jerusalem had to maintain a military of swords, spears, and shields. But the Israel of God does not war with swords fashioned with human hands. No, the Israel of God learns to war against nations with the love and faith of Jesus, using simple farm tools (Figurative) to plant seeds, sow good works of love, and tend to the field. Jesus used this analogy when He and His disciples were in Samaria after speaking with the Samaritan woman at the well.

So needless to say I see the kingdom of God possessing the beast kingdom or should we say the kingdoms of the earth as having the climax with the destruction of the whore as in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD and with that death blow to the Apostate woman [Israel] alone with her destruction the kingdom of God then was allowed to posses the beast kingdom.  Daniel would show us that when Jesus the Son of God ascended to heaven he was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom which shall not be destroyed. But the Beast would come against the saints and prevail but would not destroy until the Ancient of days came. Than that kingdom would be given to the saints.

Daniel 7:

 ¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

      ²¹I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

 ²²Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most        High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

 ²⁶But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

 ²⁷And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

The two, the Beast of the sea and the (Whore the great city Babylon, False Prophet, the Beast of the land) are broken by the kingdom of God which is seen in Rev. 18:1-24, 19:11-21. Are seen to Daniel as the ten toes which were Iron partly mixed with miry Clay each of these are seen as Iron of Rome and Clay of Israel, but notice it’s not just Clay but miry Clay who would mingle themselves with the seed of men. Apostate Israel would join themselves with Rome.

Therefore these two become broken by the kingdom of God.  God would use the Beast to destroy the Whore [apostate Israel] by making her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. Notice here the description of her destruction, it would be fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem which was laid desolate and sat on fire in 70AD.

Revelation 17:17-18 would tell us that through God’s plan that the ten horns would give their power unto the beast [Rome] until the words of God be fulfilled. So then we have by God’s power through a nation [Rome] to lay judgment upon the wicked Whore which deceived and killed many of the saints. Rev.17:4-6. This act of God’s judgment upon the wicked of Israel is the end of the Whore in which they in heaven cried for her judgment and for their vengeance.

Rev.19:

  ¹And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

 ²For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

 ³And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

⁴And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia

At this time the beast and false prophet are taken and cast into the lake of fire alive. This being the same picture described by the destruction of the whore, where by her destruction the kingdom of God would how possesses the kingdoms of the earth. As shown in my above post the beast kingdom shall not be taken over by might and power of swords, but our war fair is by the power of faith.

In conclusion, the kingdom that we are in now, is the kingdom that which the Disciples prayed for “Our Father which are in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven…”

We are now in Christ’s thousand years of reign on earth and await his return, and the rest of the death in Christ shall live again.