Heavenly concepts like King and kingdom are foreign to us

So, the only way to understand is to get the right concepts.

So, what is the concept of a king?

God never calls himself anything but a King

And if don’t truly understand the concept of a King

our concept of God is in trouble

For instance, here in the West rejoice in Independence

Yet, the worst thing you can do

is to become independent in the kingdom.

The very thing we celebrate here in America

is diametrically opposed to kingdom understanding.

We rejoice in independence.

And independence is contrary to kingdom concept.

As a matter of fact, the greatest power in a kingdom

is dependency, not independency..