{"id":7290,"date":"2011-09-02T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T23:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:26:47","slug":"a-tale-of-two-kingdoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/a-tale-of-two-kingdoms\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale Of Two Kingdoms"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sandy Simpson
\nDeception in the Church Ministries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be careful of those who teach about a “kingdom” that is not the same as what the Bible teaches.<\/p>\n

There are two kingdoms being taught in many churches today. Teaching about one of the kingdoms is on the decline while the other is being promoted all over the place. I am warning Christians that they need to check out who is using the word “kingdom”, the books they have been reading and recommend on building “the kingdom”, the people they have been hanging out with at conferences, and what they mean by “the kingdom”.<\/p>\n

Biblical Christians need to understand that many of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), Emergent Church, Church Growth, Word of Faith and other related movements are operating under a paradigm shift. Because of that when they use the word “kingdom” they do not have the same biblical concept of that word that biblical Christians do. Whether purposely or under the influence of the Zeitgeist, the “new breed” paradigm shifters use the word “kingdom” in order to lure people into their Dominionist\/social gospel worldview. They know that most Christians love to hear about the “kingdom” so they act like they are talking to them in the unity of the Faith. But they are not.<\/p>\n

This is an old trick of the false teachers and cults. They redefine certain words so that when they talk to biblical Christians they can sound like they are on the same page. For instance, the New Age cult called “Unity” did this years ago with many Christian terms and was able to lure in some people on that basis. Once you lure them in then you slowly brainwash them away from their former understanding of those terms into a new paradigm.<\/p>\n

The first concept is called Kingdom “Kingdom Now (KN)” and the second we will call “Kingdom Come (KC)”. “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). KN claims this prayer is about Kingdom Now. Biblical Christians understand this is referring to the Kingdom being first established in the spirits of born again believers (Col. 1:13) and finally physically established in the Millennial Kingdom of Christ when He returns (1 Cor. 15:24), since the dominion over the earth currently has been\u00a0temporarily given to the devil (Luke 4:5-8, Eph. 2:2).<\/p>\n

1Jo 5:19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
\nThe KN people expect the Church to fulfill the “Lord’s Prayer” even though Jesus was not referring to the Church when He gave this example prayer to the disciples. This prayer is to be prayed to God the Father, not the Church. Jesus was primarily talking about KC, the physical Kingdom of Jesus Christ in the Millennium when He comes again, because establishment of the physical Kingdom on earth is impossible because it is against God’s will at this time. Click here to <\/a>continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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