(Jesus) replied, The kingdom of God 
does not come with signs to be observed 
or with visible display
nor will people say, 
Look, here it is! or See, There it is!' 
For behold, the kingdom of God is within you
(in your hearts) and 
among you (surrounding you).
Luke 17:20, 21

All your provision lies in the Kingdom.
All your answers are deposited in the Kingdom.
All your victory waits within the Kingdom of God.

You and I must go into the kingdom
before we can possess these lavish gifts,
given, reserved and waiting.
In the Kingdom.

The Kingdom of God is "not with observation . . . ."
Luke 17:21
There is no visible throne, no seat in
earth's geography.

Prove its existence? It cannot be done. 

To SEE it however, is possible,
and to SEE the Kingdom
is the first demand of entry.

You must see. You cannot enjoy a kingdom
you do not perceive exists.

This throne exists in the real place.
And that place is hidden to the sight of
this world that masquerades as the genuine.

Jesus' purpose is to bring us into His kingdom
and the notes of His direction
are strewn through scripture.

We can know the path,
it is a clear map.

To Nicodemus, Jesus gave the first key to
the door of the Kingdom.

Truly, truly I say to you,
unless one is born again,
he cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven.

John 3:3 NAS

Only the "born again" possess the possibility
of discovering the Kingdom . . . .

"Born again" is not by decision any more than
my human birth represents "my" choice.

The children of God, those who believe in His name,
were born not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:13 NAS 

"Born again" is God's to do and it is the criterion
for seeing the kingdom.

Born again . . . a wonder of miracles.
Christian, you are not a member of a belief circle,
not merely changed for the better.

You are literally a new creature, born from above.
A Kingdom life from heaven invades you,
the very nature of God,
an identity of divine origin
comes to live inside.
A fully developed life, totally "other" . . .
of "another" Person,
from "another" Place
becomes your life.

If you are 'born again', you are truly
born new, all over again!
A life alien to humanity - free of it -
this is your underpinning life.

"Born again" is a radical invasion, not the
transformation of a person,
but a NEW nature -
altogether of another order.

The wedding at Cana is the drama,
playing out the symbols of the "new birth"
and entrance to the kingdom.

Humanity is the stone waterpot
drained by despair in living, empty of the wine of joy,
hardened in heart and soul by sin.
Then by Christ's decree,
filled with the clear water of Scripture,
and born by the Spirit's hidden filling
into a rich new life that pours out at Jesus' command
for the proving of His splendor.

Only God's true children, born by His
sovereign intervention, possess the possibility
to SEE the kingdom.
To them is given the exclusive unveiling
of a Dominion above all, behind all.

However, being "born again" is no assurance of
a vision of this Throne-over-thrones.
It merely grants you the spiritual eyes to see
and the blood-right to enjoy.

You must do the searching
out of a heart's desiring and
God must do the revealing . . . .

The Kingdom must be seen before it can be entered.
It is "seen" by revelation not information
seen by the 'new eyes' of the 'new self'. 

To be born again is to be
born INTO the Kingdom and,
possessed BY kingdom life.

It is "seen" by revelation not information.

Matthew 3:9 God is able to raise . . . children . . . from these stones.
Luke 17:21 not with observation
Ezekiel 11:19 heart of stone to heart of flesh 

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