The Kingdom and the Inheritance [Pamphlet]

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Christ, accompanied by His heavenly host, will reign over the whole earth in the Millennial day. The Word of God is filled with descriptions of the events that lead up to that day of glorious display. But that isn’t the end of the story. Do you know, and enjoy now, what is meant by “the riches of the glory of His inheritance”? The Apostle Paul prayed that the Ephesian saints would have the eyes of their understanding enlightened on this vital point. Clarence Lunden beautifully lays out the truth in his succinct style in The Kingdom and The Inheritance.

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First of all, turn to Psa. 2:6; 7 "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee." God made promise to Israel that they would have a kingdom, and that the son of David (who is Christ) would be over that kingdom. We have here the Lord Jesus identified in His manhood—the only begotten One. The next verse in this Psalm has to do with the inheritance, which we will take up later.

Now, turn to Rom. 11:25: "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in." What is "the fullness of the Gentiles?" It is Armageddon. There were four empires in Daniel, chapter seven. The last one is the Roman, and the Roman Empire will be destroyed at that time—Armageddon. That is the fullness of the Gentiles. Then the Jewish nation will be brought back into blessing again. The Epistle to the Romans takes up this subject and shows how there have been special privileges given to the Gentiles. And, if they are not faithful to what has been given them, God is going to break them off and graft Israel in again. That is what is going to happen very, very soon! If you and I, who are believers, were taken out of this world today in the rapture, then in seven years Israel will be back again in blessing. They will be the head, and not the tail. So the fullness of the Gentiles has to do with that moment when the last empire which had replaced Israel is destroyed; then Israel will come back into blessing again. Then all of God's purposes concerning Israel and all of the promises to the fathers, will be fulfilled. That will be a wonderful day—the day when the curse will be removed. This poor world is reeling under the curse; but it will be removed in that day.

Turn now to 2 Sam. 23:1; 5 "Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow." But, He will make it to grow—and the One he refers to is the Lord Jesus. When He comes, then David's desires will all be fulfilled, and he will be there in that day.