Dec 25th - The Day of the Great Dichotomy

Title: Seven Biblical Proofs that THE KINGDOM OF GOD is NOT HERE NOW nor Within us ! Pastor Shane Vaughn Summary: Pastor Shane Vaughn argues that the kingdom of God is not presently established on earth but is a future reality. He provides seven biblical proofs that the kingdom has not yet come, including demonstrating that Luke 17:20-21 is mistranslated ('within you' should be 'in your midst'), explaining that a true kingdom requires territory, a king, subjects, and laws which are not currently manifest globally, and noting that believers are citizens of a heavenly kingdom awaiting Christ's return to establish His government on earth. Seven Biblical Proofs that THE KINGDOM OF GOD is NOT HERE NOW nor Within us ! Pastor Shane Vaughn Shane Vaughn ——— First Harvest Ministries International s government on earth. Seven Biblical Proofs that THE KINGDOM OF GOD is NOT HERE NOW nor Within us ! Pastor Shane Vaughn Shane Vaughn ——— First Harvest Ministries International 1 I would like to give you seven biblical proofs that the kingdom of God is not here today it's not in your heart it's not anywhere you are now I know you've been taught otherwise but I wonder if you would allow me to take you beyond your denomination your church and bring you to the Bible and we take it verse by verse and I believe I can show you where you have misunderstood the kingdom of God let's start with everyone's favorite verse that the kingdom of God is within us and I'll prove to you no it's not let's let's look at it it's Luke 17 verse 20 and verse 21 Luke 1720 and 21 the kingdom of 2 God comes not with observation neither shall they say Lo here or low there for behold the kingdom of God is within you Bingo Pastor Von there it is black and white no red letters because that's the words of yua Jesus it says plainly the kingdom of God is within us the only problem with that is it doesn't say that not in the original scripture before I give you what it says in the original let me remind you who he kingdom of God is within us the only problem with that is it doesn't say that not in the original scripture before I give you what it says in the original let me remind you who yua is talking to Pharisees not his disciples now remember the Pharisees that he's talking to and it tells you in verse 20 that the Pharisees demanded an answer from him these Pharisees 3 very ones that he just refer to as hypoc blind guides he called them uh full of extortion and excess Whited slicers on and on and on he called them children of Satan so that's who he's talking to are we to believe that he was telling the Pharisees that the kingdom of God was within them no it's not what he was saying so what was he saying it's very simple the phrase within you the kingdom is within you is a gross mistranslation in the King James Bible I know I know that's your favorite version I get that but if it's wrong it's wrong many newer translations have corrected that error and here is 4 what the error is instead of saying the kingdom of God is is within you the original scripture said the kingdom of Yahweh or the kingdom of God is in your midst in your midst the new English Bible says is among you the revised of God is is within you the original scripture said the kingdom of Yahweh or the kingdom of God is in your midst in your midst the new English Bible says is among you the revised Standard Version says in the midst of you Christ was telling these Pharisees that what they were looking for what they were trying to observe they were looking for the kingdom with their natural eye saying Lo it's over there lo it's over there and he's said hey guys you can't even observe the kingdom because you're looking at the king of that Kingdom in your midst I'm 5 standing right here I'm the king I'm the only one that has been that is the spirit of Yahweh has filled me completely I am the king of the Kingdom right here in your midst and you missed it with your observations with your looking for it everywhere around you except right in front of you so thankfully that was corrected in the newer translations of the scriptures now let's continue hopefully you'll stay with me a little bit further what is a kingdom we tend to think in Christianity that this kingdom is some eal um feeling or Essence or mindset that we get when we receive the Holy Spirit no 6 that's the seed of the Kingdom but it is not think in Christianity that this kingdom is some eal um feeling or Essence or mindset that we get when we receive the Holy Spirit no 6 that's the seed of the Kingdom but it is not the fruition of the kingdom it is not the fullness of the Kingdom that has been promised to you and I a kingdom that is coming to Earth very soon and you need to know more about that Kingdom a kingdom has four parts to it or it's not a kingdom number one territory the Kingdom of Great Britain has to have territory number two you have to have a king number three you have to have subjects people that's under your dominion and number four laws those four things make up a kingdom without any of those you don't have a kingdom so if God's kingdom is 7 already here as the church says in the hearts of men then the entire Earth would be his subjects everyone would be under his imminent domain obeying his laws as a matter of fact the Bible tells us in Zechariah 14 and: 9 it says and the Lord shall be king over all the Earth in that day there shall be one Lord and his name shall be one so if you're going to argue that the kingdom is here then where's the territory where are the subjects right now where is the day there shall be one Lord and his name shall be one so if you're going to argue that the kingdom is here then where's the territory where are the subjects right now where is the authoritative rule of the Kingdom if was here then would be sitting right now on King David's Throne as mentioned in Isaiah 9 6 and verse 8 7 ruling from Jerusalem Zechariah 8 and3 says these words thus saith Yahweh I am returned unto Zion in the Jerusalem and Jerusalem shall be called the city of Truth yet today Jerusalem is one of the most chaotic places on planet Earth it's one of the most terrorized War torn cities on this planet it's quite obvious Christ is not ruling from Jerusalem if yah's kingdom is already here his subjects all mankind would live under Christ authoritative rule according to Revelation 227 it says and he shall rule them with a rod of iron even Gentile Nations that are not part of Israel will be required to 9 obey yua Jesus or suffer the consequences according to Zechariah 141 16-19 is that happening today no the kingdom of God is not already already here and if you think that it is pity the whole world just look around how could you even elude to that frame of thinking his laws day no the kingdom of God is not already already here and if you think that it is pity the whole world just look around how could you even elude to that frame of thinking his laws if he were here would be known by every man woman boy and girl and All Flesh would be filled with his Spirit already if he was here all people would be moving towards obedience to him no one would be able to claim ignorance of his Commandments because they would be taught in every school in the world to every child 10 according to Isaiah 30 and 21 Jeremiah 31 and 34 now if I you would allow me to go a little further number three can you see the kingdom in John chter 3 and verse three Christ told Nicodemus except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God n emus said how can a man be born when he's old can he enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born Jesus answered except a man is born of the water which is the womb your mother's first birth and of the spirit which is the resurrection of the Dead when we will be Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God see to enter the kingdom 11 of God and to see the kingdom of God your body has to be changed from Flesh and Blood to a en we will be Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God see to enter the kingdom 11 of God and to see the kingdom of God your body has to be changed from Flesh and Blood to a spirit body a body that does not require blood and oxygen literally it is called a glorified Spirit body Paul said it sown a natural body but raised a spirit body only in that body will you be able to see the king kingdom of God Christ explain even further in John 3 and8 he said that spirit is like wind it's invisible to the human eye you cannot see it but human beings will be transformed into that Spirit body and they will also be like the wind and then they can see the physical manifest Kingdom of God 12 number four World Peace will be the sign of the kingdom of God World Peace Isaiah 9:6-7 Yahweh says these words the government shall be upon on his shoulders yua his name will be called wonderful counselor everyone in the world will call him wonderful everyone will call him their counselor his name will be called the the Mighty God not the man but his name with is the the Mighty God yah he shall be called his name shall be called the Everlasting father because in fact yoshua's name is his father's name y God not the man but his name with is the the Mighty God yah he shall be called his name shall be called the Everlasting father because in fact yoshua's name is his father's name the Prince of Peace of the increase of his government there will be no end has that happened 13 in your lifetime have you ever seen this majest uh uh image have you seen this in your life then you have never seen the kingdom of God number five I want to give you seven proofs today that we are not in the kingdom of God Colossians 1 and 13 it says who talking about the father has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear son many people use that verse to prove see we have been translated into the kingdom of God well many Bible commentaries use that verse to try to prove that but as you can see you have to let the Bible interpret itself just what 14 is the power of Darkness that we have been delivered from that the scriptures plainly say we've been delivered from it you can find the a the answer in Acts 17 it delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom I now send you to open their eyes and to turn them from Darkness to light and from the power he answer in Acts 17 it delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles unto whom I now send you to open their eyes and to turn them from Darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God Satan and his demons rule the Earth today he is the god of this world all of his Fallen Angels that's why Paul said in Ephesians 6 and12 we wrestle not against flesh and blood but principalities powers and the rulers of the darkness of this world that is why 15 Christ said in John 18:36 my government is not of this world if it were then my servants would fight but now is myom not from here when God delivers his people from the powers of Darkness he calls them out of this world out of Satan's Inspirations in their mind out of Satan's holidays out of Satan's systems out of Satan's way of life and Satan's government and he has transferred them into the government of his dear son God Yahweh delivers his little flock from Servants of sin into a glorious Liberty because Believers are citizens of a Heavenly Kingdom that has not yet come to Earth for example 16 you might be an American traveling somewhere in the nations of the world even though you're not in the United States of America ngdom that has not yet come to Earth for example 16 you might be an American traveling somewhere in the nations of the world even though you're not in the United States of America physically you are still an American citizen our citizenship is in the heavenlies though we don't live there and it does not yet live here yet our citizenship according to Philippians 3:20 is in heaven from where also we look for the Savior to come and when he comes what is he going to do bring his kingdom with him and establish his government let's read Romans 4:17 it's talking about Abraham God who quickens the dead calls those things which are not as though they 17 were God said to Abraham a father of many nations have I already made you Isaac was not yet even born when God called him the father of many nations therefore God also speaks prophetically of us that we have been trans transferred from the government of Satan into the government of his dear son walking in the same path that his son walked in but to say that that proves that we are now in the kingdom of God no no no we're in the government we are under the authority of that government and soon our savior will return bring that government t proves that we are now in the kingdom of God no no no we're in the government we are under the authority of that government and soon our savior will return bring that government with him and establish it here on planet Earth number six 18 one of the most prolific prayers a man can ever pray was taught to us by yua it said these words thy kingdom come when his disciples said teach us how to pray now if yua brought the kingdom with him the first time then why would he tell us for 2,000 years to pray earnestly for the kingdom of God to come and finally number s Matthew 6:33 but seek you first the kingdom of God if the church is already in the Kingdom why seek for it why did Yahweh yua tell us to spread the kingdom because he knows better than our churches do that the kingdom is not yet here her citizens are here her citizens are 19 emissaries and ambassadors of that coming Kingdom thank you for watching