The kingdom of Jesus moves steadily and eternally across the land. He takes ground, and never loses it again. His advance is solid and ‘forever’. The gates of hell cannot stop it. (Mt 16:18) Hell’s gates resist, but they buckle, break, and his kingdom moves through… (Luke 20:17-18)
The moment Jesus said, ‘It is finished!’ (Jn 19:30), a new spirit movement began – the Holy Spirit. It began to move out across the earth, ‘healing the land’ (2 Chron 7:14), healing hearts, asserting authority, claiming territory, ‘making all things new’… (Rev 21:5) Death was dethroned. (2 Tim 1:10) The very essence of evil was judged and condemned. Jesus himself said, ‘The prince of this world stands defeated.’ (John 16:11) Remember, my friends, that ‘all authority in heaven and earth’ has been given to Jesus. (Mt 28:18) That is a stunning, empowering, consummate thought. All authority. It’s finished. It’s his. And now, day by day, deed by deed, his kingdom - the only Kingdom and only King – advances and advances… When by faith in Jesus you deposit ‘deeds’ or thoughts or seeds of his Spirit, his ‘gospel of peace’, his name, for the ‘glory of the Lord’ – you are part of the living water that rushes and flows and even now fills the earth… and will one day cover it completely. ‘The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.’ (Habakkuk 2:14)
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