This awesome inspiring teaching by Ladd on the Kingdom, has brought light and glory where there has been gross darkness, in this evil age. Ladd asked the question “Does mankind have a destiny”? Jesus himself came saying to a sinful world. “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand” (St. Matthew 4:17) His focus was primarily on the Kingdom of God even inviting it’s coming in the Lord’s Prayer.
Dr. Ladd tells us that the Kingdom of God belongs to the present as well as the future, it is here presently and it is also to come. The concept of the Kingdom of God is primarily the rule, the reign and the Government of God. This Governmental rule is God’s sovereignty in action in the hearts and lives of His Church, and covers the whole world. God’s Sovereign reign is manifested in several realms. The Gospel of the Kingdom speaks of entering the Kingdom of God both today and tomorrow, no other religion can boost of this power of reign. The Christian Church has been given both the power, the theology and the tools to dominate the whole world through
We are God’s emissaries and we are assured as we lay hold on God’s word that our God will someday rule over all.
The Demands of the Kingdom, has created a paradigm shift for me. I am admonished that I must be willing to give up all, for the Kingdom and that the Kingdom of God is first in all things.
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