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The Kingdom of Heaven - 1

An Introduction

The New Beginnings Series

Dr. Theodore Cottingham

University of The New Covenant Press

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

www.unc.bz

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The New Beginning Series

The New Beginning Series booklets provide a foundation for taking us beyond the past,

into a new identity of who we are, what we are, where we came from, and why we are

here on earth.

Jesus the Pattern - 1 The great commission is to do what Jesus did right here right now, regardless of our

vocation or label. Jesus did not give us the message, he became it, for us to do the same.

Jesus the Pattern - 2 Building on the Jesus the Pattern Booklet 1, Jesus the Pattern -2 opens our eyes to see

Jesus as a radical, a reformer, an educator, and a revolutionary. Jesus lived before us a

message that visible empirical reality is not reality at all.

The Priesthood of All Believers - 1 Every woman, every man, every girl, and every boy; of every nation tribe and tongue,

have the privilege of operationalizing the priesthood to God and each other.

The New Covenant - 1 The New Covenant is promise that involves process that transforms us, culminating in us

experiencing resurrection that transcends the classical physics of this world.

The Kingdom of Heaven - 1 The Kingdom of Heaven is true reality, the Promised Land, promised to each of us. Every

person of every nation tribe and tongue has the privilege to enter before physical death.

The Trinity Revealed - 1 Definitions of God abound, and the concept of the Trinity has been a popular one. But

what is it? What does it have to do with us today?

These publications and more are available free from the University of The New

Covenant. Tulsa, Oklahoma. See www.UNC.bz. Thank you.

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The Kingdom of Heaven -1

The New Beginnings Series

Dr. Theodore Cottingham

University of The New Covenant Press

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

www.unc.bz

The Kingdom of Heaven -1 ............................................................................................. 4

Invitation ................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5

Real place .................................................................................................................... 8 Promised Land ............................................................................................................ 8

Seamless.................................................................................................................... 10 See the kingdom ........................................................................................................ 10

The door ................................................................................................................ 11 The keys ................................................................................................................ 12

Enter ...................................................................................................................... 13 No lack .................................................................................................................. 14

Rest ....................................................................................................................... 15 Transcendence ........................................................................................................... 16

Provision of food ................................................................................................... 16 Provision of clothing.............................................................................................. 18

Provision of housing .............................................................................................. 18 Transcending time, space, gravity .......................................................................... 18

Becoming a lamb ....................................................................................................... 20 Meekness and humility .......................................................................................... 20

Submission ............................................................................................................ 20 Force ..................................................................................................................... 21

Riches ....................................................................................................................... 22 Enter this day ............................................................................................................ 23

Be ready .................................................................................................................... 23 Summary ....................................................................................................................... 24

Reference ...................................................................................................................... 26

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Invitation

No one can deny another entrance into the kingdom of heaven. Discrimination against

race, religion, or gender is abolished forever in the light of love. True love knows no end

and no bounds. No boundaries exist in love pure. Separation is nonexistent in love.

This is your invitation to partake of love that changes everything. Beholding love – you

become it. Love paves the way, and love is learned. One must learn how to love by

encountering it in process that writes the tables of love upon the heart of the surrendered

by words, pictures, and experiences. Love is experiential, and can only be learned

experientially.

See the kingdom of heaven as a real place that you can enter as you learn how to love,

and forgive. There is no love without forgiveness. Love opens the door to heaven, and

shuts it not again. Encountering love in this learning process, you begin to see the cost of

developing it. Time, tenacity, and humility are required. Love must be learned anew,

because we humans have been taught by other humans that it is so physical, and depends

on the physical reality around us. Our 5-senses roller-coasterize us. Emotions play with

us as drunk harpsters pulling at our heartstrings, playing melodies through our lives we

would have never suggested for another, or agreed to come through ours, if we had

known the real – first hand.

Humans fight for the satisfaction of their 5-senses. It's natural – it's innate. It's not real.

It's habitual but not telling the real story. The story of love depends not on the five senses

of a molecular being thinking this is reality. We have not been taught our maximum

potential, but how to minimize the pain we experience in this false world.

Do we live in reality? There is a reality of this world, but this world is not the real – it is

real only to the inhabitants. The false world of sight and sound as we know it is the "false

real", the false appearing real. The "false real" is the visible empirical kingdom of this

world that seems so very real to us. Our "world" is governed by fixed laws of time and

space. Laws of classical physics allow predictable measurements with precision for

determinate actions that can give rise to desired ends. What mankind wants seems to be

able to be conquered and conquerable by man. But there is more to the story. If we are

willing to quest into the truth that lies under the surface of sight and sound, we may get a

different picture of reality – one in which we are not cast-outs, much longer.

This is an invitation to see the kingdom of heaven as reality that exists transcendent of

our visible realm, and that we can enter it and operate in it before we die. Time space and

gravity do not control it, nor its residents. The kingdom of heaven is a real place to live

our lives, have our being; go in and out – and find pasture. It is enterable by anyone who

surrender to learn how. The cost? Learning how to live in a whole new world! The

kingdom of heaven is an existence in freedom – complete freedom. To enter this world of

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freedom maturity must be established, learned about, and experienced – to become not

separate from it. This is a field of one life, not separates separating their existence from

each other. All things in common – are here. We know each other. We freedom have,

because we birth it – in us. We become the tree of life complete. This is a completely new

existence! Entering true reality requires learning a new language, a new way of learning,

new customs and ways of operation. Only the surrendered can enter, otherwise wanters

who want to keep their want establish their own ways taking thought of what they want

so they can control it, creating separateness that exists here in the false real. That cannot

be so again. It will not be again.

We are fallen no more into the system of creating things we want by want possessing us.

By surrender we create all anew. Our father lets us, giving us everything. Nothing is

withheld from us – our love roams, frees. We free our brethren and those afar. Fearless

we become. No longer led by doctrine or belief, we experience our experience in the true

real now. Let us begin – let us enter. Let our existence change. We no longer conform to

the image of this world, that our world has given us. We change.

To become one with the tree of life where we grow it to become one with it where it

becomes us, we no longer experience the void that belief entered. This is the holy place.

The holy place is your mind.

Come now – and let us explore the reality of the kingdom of heaven that we are no longer

kept out of by the development of beliefs.

Introduction

The kingdom of heaven is not rational, logical, or predictable, for it is not controlled by

the mind of man. It operates totally by father's heart. It follows/shows/exhibits our

father's heart. And that beheld, results in our surrender to let something grow in us that

become the tree of life being formed in us, one mind with our father. The seed was there

all the time within us, but now we learn about it and how to nurture it.

The true world of the real must be given voice for you to learn about it. You enter it by

becoming not separate from it. By process – you enter. You learn, mature, and it takes

tenacity. It is costly. Belief development is no longer the aim.

Jesus' message was one of a kingdom – the kingdom of heaven. Jesus lived a life

surrendered to enter the kingdom to show us we could do the same. He asked us to do the

same. He asked us to do even greater works than he did. Revealing the kingdom to all

peoples everywhere, Jesus showed us the kingdom of heaven is not far from us, but

closer than our breath.

Everything it cost Jesus, it costs you.

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The past no longer programs your future. You are no more formed by the past. You

conform yourself to the past no more. The now is changed – by what you let yourself see.

See and learn – learn and see. Opening your eyes you are in the New Beginnings Series

to the new so that you become not separate from the true real within you, the kingdom of

God, the kingdom of heaven, synonymous, with religion no more.

God your father's greatest joy is to see you triumph over death, entering into the fullness

of the life of God in heaven, changing now how earth operates and its inhabitants live.

All authority in heaven and earth has been given to every person for this. Now we choose

to be ignorant no more. Learning what love is, we become it, if we let ourselves. We

select ourselves – no one else "selects" us. We become the "chosen one" by surrendering

to be it. We become the humble to learn how to learn from God directly. Inheriting no

more separation, we break the bonds of separation and separateness. We change

everything. Surrender becomes the most powerful face on earth – it always was, and now

we were it. We are no more disguised in flesh. We are known, and will be known as we

are, but the face of love will come through ours, and will be ours. We will have become

it. We create love as we surrender to learn what it is, and how it operates. It speaks, and

gives entrance into the real while still operating as humans in the unreal.

The false appearing real will no longer deceive you. The values of the molecular world

no longer imposes its values on you, for you are beginning a new beginning. You are

beginning to learn in the New Beginning Series booklets that heaven is a real place and

you have entry already granted you – upon surrender. The message of the kingdom is that

it is here now, it's real, it's a real place, a real existence, and you can enter that existence

now, and go in and out of it and "find pasture". There you will find no lack, no need, and

no want – for all is provided there. No want enters, but love surrendered does.

The king of your kingdom is you, and every person must learn how to learn from the king

that teaches all kings to prepare to enter their Promised Land. One cannot enter until they

arise in the values of the lamb slain to arise in privilege. This process of entering the

kingdom of heaven is all about you giving your life to God where God gives you his –

one life consummated in one that never ends. Separation defeated – sin no more exists.

Are you willing to prepare to enter your kingdom prepared for you before the foundation

of this world? This requires maturity. Kingship must be developed in you for you to see

your kingdom. The existence of the holy you learn, living it. The life of the holy teaches

you how to be one with the one that has given you all things.

Mat 16:19 I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

The keys to the kingdom of heaven were not given to just one person called Peter long

ago; the keys of heaven were given to every person of every nation tribe and tongue. The

keys are inside you. You learn how to use them by becoming them – humility required.

Luke 12:32 Jesus said, Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give

you the kingdom.

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John 10:9 Jesus said, I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and

shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Becoming a new creation requires that you experience the new birth, entering a life of

oneship with your pattern, Jesus. This is resurrection. This is what you experience to

come out of the mirey clay of flesh. You can appear in it, as using it, being known as you

were known, anytime.

Can you see Jesus' request in the verse above, telling us not to fear that which father has

for us to see and operate in. He knew that entering and operating in the kingdom that

father has prepared for us is very different than what was taught by the religious scribes

and Pharisees. He knew it would take courage for us to see and accept all that father had

placed in us. We must not fear, knowing that if we ask him for a fish, he will not give us

a serpent; but he will give us good things from his heart, that his kingdom consists of.

Luke 11:11 Jesus said, If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give

him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

The more we see Jesus as our pattern, the more we will operate in the priesthood of all

believers. The more we operate in the priesthood of all believers, the more we will see

Jesus as our pattern. They both point to each other, they both point to The New Covenant,

and they all point to our father's house, the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus spoke about the kingdom of heaven 35 times in Matthew, 13 times in Mark, and 25

times in Luke. Jesus' emphasis on the kingdom of his father was constantly evident in the

first three gospels. In the book of John the kingdom is mentioned only a few times but

John records Jesus speaking of his father almost a hundred times!

By the age of 12 Jesus realized that his life centered around that of his father. Revealing

his father to us as our father, and his father's house to us as our father's house, was central

to all that Jesus said and did.

Jesus told us he and his father were one, and gave us the keys to do so also, so that we

could also be one with our father; having the same father. Jesus showed us it was possible

for us, while here in the flesh, to see the kingdom of heaven and enter it.

It is in the theme of adventure and exploration that this booklet is written. No

differentiation is being made in this booklet between the kingdom of heaven and the

kingdom of God. Heaven knows no partiality, no hierarchy, and no exclusivity in it

whatsoever. No one is denied entry and no one can deny another. Ever.

Now let us learn more still about the kingdom of heaven so we will all enter it, and

become seamless. The false real – the false appearing real: daily life on planet earth, no

longer fools us.

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Real place

Heaven is the kingdom of heaven and exists here and now right before all of us. In fact,

remember the kingdom of heaven is within you, thus it is within each of us. The kingdom

of heaven is within us and at hand, nigh unto us, all around us. It is real.

The kingdom of heaven is a real place, yet that real place is all around us. We have not

had eyes to see it. We have only seen through a glass darkly on occasion. But now fixing

our hearts and minds on it, consciously opening to our father to allow him to reveal it to

us, we will see it. And when we see it, we become part of it.

1 Cor 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in

part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

2 Cor 4:18 We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:

for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

The kingdom of this world is but a subset of the kingdom of heaven.

The kingdom of this world exists within the kingdom of heaven.

The kingdom of this world is small, in fact our entire universe is tiny compared to the

kingdom of heaven.

It was during the "fall of man" when man became incarcerated in the kingdom of this

world. When in the garden of Eden, man ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and

evil, man decided he was in control and rebelled from father's love and provision. Man

made the decision he was separate from God thus incarcerating himself in the kingdom of

this world.

That is what we do every single day that we think we are apart from God our father, and

that we are in control of ourselves, we "fall," we bite the apple, and thereby we

continuously keep ourselves out of the Garden of Eden, the kingdom of heaven, our

father's house. We keep ourselves out of our Promised Land.

Promised Land

Realizing that the kingdom of heaven is within and all around us:

Luke 17:21 Jesus said, For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Mark 1:15 Jesus said, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.

Let us see that even right now where we are, as we are, the Promised Land is right before

us. But we are constantly wandering around in the desert just like the children of Israel.

The children of Israel could have made the journey from Egypt to the Promised Land in

weeks, but spent some 40 years in the wilderness, the wilderness that represents the

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kingdom of this world. They did not believe. And all who did not believe died in the

wilderness, there in the desert, being right beside their Promised Land.

Our father keeps his word. Father keeps his covenants. The covenant father made with

Abraham was with Abraham and his seed. Abraham's seed includes every person on

earth, of every nation tribe and tongue. What is before us all is this real place, our

Promised Land, that exists in the here and now, with all the host of heaven, those who

have already entered, waiting for us to enter while we are still alive in our present flesh.

This is what Jesus our pattern did. That is how he took the keys of hell and death,

defeating death by resurrecting and giving us of himself so that we are in him. When we

become born again of the spirit becoming new, complete, perfect, and whole again; the

kingdom of this world cannot hold us. We are still here and operate in it, but we are no

longer subservient to the basic laws of this world; time, space, or gravity. We bring the

kingdom of heaven into this present visible world as our father shows us and shares with

us his love for those around us.

The last enemy to be defeated is death. When we become born again of the spirit death is

defeated, we rise in resurrection from the incarceration of our flesh and the flesh world,

taking the keys of hell and death, those keys never again being used to enter us. We have

become a new creature, a new creation in Christ our father.

Remember Jesus telling us to fear not, to not worry about today or tomorrow, for it is

father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom. Remember Jesus told us the secrets to the

kingdom have been given to us. We do not take the keys, we surrender to them, by

surrendering to our father's love.

Luke 12:32 Jesus said, Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give

you the kingdom.

Mat 13:11 Jesus said, The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been

given to you.

Mat 16:19 I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

We surrender and then we see our father standing there with outstretched arms saying

where all can here, welcome home, all that I have is thine. Kill the fatted calf and let the

feast begin!

We can only enter as a child, and continuing to increase in meekness and humility, love

and respect and honor for every one of our brethren. Luke 18:17 Verily I say unto you,

Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter

therein.

Even after we enter we have much to learn. We will always be continuous learners.

We will learn how to go in and out and find pasture.

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Seamless

Entering the kingdom of heaven does not mean you forsake earth; in fact you become a

new creation that seamlessly operates with the temporal visible, and the eternal invisible.

You do not lose your identity but you are no more limited to it.

John 10:9 Jesus said, I am the door, and the person who enters through me will be saved

and will be able to come in and go out and find pasture.

After we have entered kingdom of heaven while alive here on this earth, we will still be

alive here on this earth. We will still have people to see and things to accomplish. But

what we do now will not be driven my other people, and it will not be driven by money.

We will learn as a little child that our dependency is wholly on him, and everything is

provided. We will learn all about the kingdom of this world from our father and how we

are part of bringing kingdom of heaven here now.

Regardless of our vocation, we will learn how to go in and out and find pasture, rest, and

peace in our father, and in his words that continue to flow to us, in us, and through us to

others.

We will learn to have seamless entry into the kingdom of heaven while operating in any

vocation. We will be in the kingdom of this world that is in the kingdom of heaven, and

the kingdom of heaven is actually within us. We will move about and be his body on

earth in completeness, without the limitations of the world. Yet we will still have meals

with family and friends, and complete educational training and operate in government

and every vocation known to man, and those coming about through us.

This is life in the father. For we know he is not apart from us, but within us.

1 John 2:23 … whoever confesses the Son has the Father, too.

2 John 1:9 …He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.

See the kingdom

1 Corinthians 15:50 Paul said, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.

The kingdom of heaven can be seen by us, but not unless a transformation has occurred

in us that has made us whole, complete, so that our eyes can see the kingdom all around

us.

John 3:3 Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot

see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water

and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

This transformation that must occur within us to be able to see the kingdom of heaven

within us and around is is the rebirth of our spirit. This comes about through the process

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of surrender to The New Covenant that God actually placed inside each of us. The New

Covenant contains all of the words that reveal to a person the mysteries of God, the

mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, and the words that bring about that personal

transformation.

As we become meek like a little child and let God begin teaching us directly through his

word that is already in us, we then can value them by writing them down, studying them,

linking them with scriptures, praying them, and giving them a place in our lives where we

actually begin to live by them. We actually begin, as it were, to eat the words of The New

Covenant within to become the word within us. We become the word made flesh.

As we become the words of The New Covenant made flesh, our thinking changes, our

behavior changes, we continue to become more Christ like to all those around us. Our

love for people of every nation, tribe, and tongue increases. We begin to show love,

honor, and respect to every person. We become more gentle. Meekness and humility

become paramount character traits. Our integrity level accelerates. Cheating and taking

advantage of people become out of the question.

Our word matters to us more and more and keeping our word to others becomes vital.

Purity and holiness become recognized by us more. We become more selective in what

we look at, view, read, and let come into our eyes and ears. We experience the process of

transformation from accepting and living by the values revealed to us by our heavenly

father directly to us, through the words he has given us.

Our behavior changes from the inside out. We are no longer adhering to any rules and

regulation of an external nature, because we have begun to release and live by a greater

law, the law of love. Love not only fulfills the law, love completes it, makes it whole, and

goes beyond the law, coming into the fullness of God's design for us to be able to operate

in his kingdom.

The door

The door to the kingdom of heaven is Jesus. That is because he was the first person of

flesh, the first man to come through the womb of a woman, that became born again by

the spirit of the father. Jesus was the first and he knew that. That is how he could then say

to all of us, I am the way, the truth, and the life. Follow me, I am the door.

John 14:6 Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life.

John 10:7 Jesus said, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:9 Jesus said, I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and

shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Luke 9:23 Jesus said, If anyone will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his

cross daily, and follow me.

John 10:27 Jesus said, My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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Where do we follow Jesus to? Into the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is our

father's house. Being our father's house, it is our house. It's where we came from, and it's

where we are now going back to.

The keys

Mat 13:11 Jesus said, It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of

heaven.

Mark 4:11 Jesus said, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God.

Luke 8:10 Jesus said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.

Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;

and have the keys of hell and of death.

Mat 16:19 And I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus received the keys. Jesus gave us the keys. Jesus gave us the keys in the words that

he gave to us, that he received from our father.

John 17:8 Jesus said to father, For I have given unto them the words which you gave me.

John 17:14 Jesus said to father, I have given them thy word.

John 17:17 Jesus said to father, Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.

One set of keys we have been given are the words in red in most bibles, the words that

Jesus spoke, many of which point to the other set of keys.

The other set of keys we have been given is what Jesus speaks of in John 17:17 saying to

father, "your word is truth." The word Jesus is speaking of is the word in us, The New

Covenant in us, the truth that God our creator created us with. The New Covenant inside

of us released is the living word of God, the river that will never run dry, that which

flows from the throne of God for us drink of freely and never thirst again. This is the

water of life.

The words of father that father put into us are the keys to father's house.

We were created with the keys in us. We lost the keys, we forgot his voice, we forgot

who we were, who he was, and in so doing we fell from heaven and began crawling over

the earth trying to control things, and make a living by what we create apart from father,

serving mammon.

We forsook the rest father had brought us into. We forsook his Sabbath, and his Sabbath

rest. We began to labor for that which we get to only then put in bags with holes. Father

swore to the children of Israel while they were in the wilderness and forsook his ways

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that they would not enter his rest, but then he relented, for his word had already been

given, you are a priest in the order of Melchizedek.

All of this is before us, within us, around us. The kingdom is outstretched before us and

father beckons us home, into his house, saying with outstretched arms, all that I have is

thine.

There is no condemnation now for those who will but surrender into father, father's

house, the kingdom of heaven real and true. And no one can deny you this privilege. It

does not depend on religion whatsoever, nor any religious practices. Regardless of your

background or culture, the kingdom of heaven is before you and what Jesus has done for

each one of us is show us the way. Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection shows us what

we must follow into during now our life. Jesus opened the door, became the door, and

gave us the keys.

Enter

The kingdom of heaven is given to us to enter now. Jesus is our pattern and Jesus entered

the kingdom of heaven before the cross. That is how he could always see what father was

doing and hear what father was saying. He had become born again of the spirit and

having the keys, entered heaven. Heaven is the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of

heaven is heaven. We can enter now through the blood of Jesus our pattern.

Notice the word enter in the following verses.

Mark 10:15 Jesus said, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child,

he shall not enter therein.

Luke 18:17 Jesus said, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child

shall in no wise enter therein.

Mat 18:3 Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, unless you change and become as little

children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

We have been given the keys to heaven, while living on this earth, and our pattern is

saying to us, "enter, follow me."

In the verse below, Jesus rebuked the religious teachers for not entering the kingdom of

heaven themselves, and teaching religion and theology consisting of external rules and

regulations that actually prevent people from seeing and entering the kingdom of heaven

here now.

Mat 23:13 Jesus said, But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut

up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer

you them that are entering to go in.

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Jesus made it clear that entering the kingdom of heaven was not based on rule

compliance, nor the performance of man's requirements or creeds. Thus, entry into the

kingdom of heaven is not based on the authority of man or religious organization.

Mat 5:20 Jesus said, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the

scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

So who is it that can enter now the kingdom of heaven? Everyone that will now listen to

The New Covenant within them, allowing father to reveal his will for them, and them

obeying what father shows them.

Mat 7:21 Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of

heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

What will we experience when we become born again of the spirit and enter the kingdom

of heaven, right here now while we live on earth? Paul address this in 1 Cor 2:9 But as it

is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the

things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Isa 45:2-3 God says, I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will

break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give you

the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I,

the LORD, which call you by thy name, am the God of Israel.

No lack

There is no lack in the kingdom of heaven. There is no shortage of anything. There is

abundance of all that is needed, all that is wanted.

Mat 6:24 Jesus said, No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love

the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both

God and Money.

In the kingdom of this world money is currency.

In the kingdom of heaven obedience is currency.

One we labor for, one we don't. The delivery systems of our father work very differently

than they do in the kingdom of this world. Father gave us many examples of excellent

pictures into his delivery systems and the abundance of his kingdom.

Jesus is our pattern. One of the pictures of the kingdom of heaven he showed us was in

the feeding of the 5,000. Mat 14:15-21 And when it was evening, Jesus' disciples came to

him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,

that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food. But Jesus said unto them,

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They need not depart; you give them food to eat. And they say unto him, We have here

but five loaves, and two fishes. Jesus said, Bring them here to me. And he commanded

the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and

looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the

disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the

fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five

thousand men, beside women and children.

This is a picture with many facets. Jesus was in the kingdom of this world yet he could

see at that time father's desire to feed the multitude. At that moment also, Jesus became

aware of the resources of heaven at father's disposal. Jesus could see the food being

brought to feed them, yet he honored what was brought. As he took the two fish and five

loaves of bread and blessed them and broke them, picture this: Jesus was bringing that

food from the kingdom of heaven into this kingdom of this world, right before their eyes.

And there were twelve baskets full collected of that which remained after all had eaten

their fill. That is abundance. That is a picture of Jesus operating here on this earth,

bringing the kingdom of heaven to earth, or rather, revealing it, for it already is all around

us.

This was not a miracle done to show us the power of Jesus. Jesus admitted that all the

works were done by his father and that by himself he could no nothing.

John 14:10 Jesus said, The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the

Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

John 5:19 Jesus said, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do.

John 5:30 Jesus said, I can of mine own self do nothing.

Jesus was in communication with our father at all times because he had become one with

the father when he became born again of the spirit. This opened up the kingdom of

heaven within him and all around him for him to see it, hear it, feel it, and be it.

We must realize that we of our own selves can do nothing. We can only let father's

desires come through us. Father does the works. The works were actually done before the

foundation of the world began. Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest…

the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Rest

We cannot enter this kingdom of no lack by working, but only in rest can we surrender

into receiving it. Heb 12:28 We are receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved.

When we decide to refrain from our own labors and enter his rest, father's desires can

flow through us.

Heb 4:9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

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Heb 4:1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that

none of us fall short of it.

Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as

God did from his.

Heb 4:11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest.

Transcendence

The kingdom of heaven is not subject to time, space, or gravity. There is no relevance to

them in the kingdom of heaven. Jesus showed us this with multiple miracles that

transcended the basic and elementary laws of the kingdom of this world.

Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the

tradition of men, after the basic fundamentals of the world, and not after Christ.

The primary basic fundamentals of this world include the beliefs that everything is

subject to time, space, and gravity; a law of diminishing returns, everything being subject

to a finite supply; everything being molecular, and a person's ability to get money

determines what that person can do and become.

Jesus demonstrated multiple times that we are not subject to any of those things, not

ultimately. None of those things limit those who enter father's house. Scriptures are full

of examples of father showing us his heart for those who will listen to his voice and

surrender to him, allowing us to live in another realm, even now; that of heaven.

Provision of food

Father provided manna daily for the children of Israel to eat after leaving slavery.

Exo 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for

you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day. Exo 16:8 And

Moses said, This shall be, the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the

morning bread to the full. Exo 16:35 So the people of Israel ate the manna forty years.

Father caused ravens to bring food to just one individual.

1 Ki 17:2-4 Then the Lord said to Elijah, Go to the east and hide by the brook Cherith, at

a place east of where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook and eat what the

ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to feed you.

Father fed a man and one single household by not allowing their oil and meal to run out.

1 Ki 17:12 And she said, I have but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a

cruse: 1 Ki 17:14-16 Elijah said, For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of

meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends

rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and

he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the

cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD.

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Father showed a man that the food he had would be multiplied enough to feed a group.

2 Ki 4:42-44 A man came bringing Elisha twenty loaves of barley bread baked, along

with some grain. Give it to the people to eat, Elisha said. His servant asked, how can I set

this before a hundred men? But Elisha answered, Give it to the people to eat. For this is

what the LORD says: They will eat and have some left over. Then he set it before them,

and they ate and had some left over.

Angels brought Jesus food in the desert after being tempted.

Mark 1:13 There, for forty days, alone except for desert animals, he was subjected to

Satan's temptations to sin. And afterwards the angels came and cared for him.

Jesus fed the five thousand.

Luke 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. Luke 9:16-17 Then he took the five

loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and

gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled: and

there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

Jesus fed the four thousand.

Mark 8:1 the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his

disciples unto him, …Mark 8:5-9 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And

they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took

the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them;

and they did set them before the people. And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed,

and commanded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and were filled: and they

took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were

about four thousand.

Jesus said, I have meat to eat you know not of.

John 4:31-32 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

But Jesus said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

Jesus wanted us to see, understand, and operate in the kingdom of heaven even as we are

here on the earth, just as he was doing. Jesus was modeling for us our father's heart, our

father's house, and the fact that all provision has already been made for us; the works

have already been done. Yet this totally contradicts the systems of this world that yell at

us everyday that things are as they appear, and we have no ability to do anything about

them except to cope and get what we can while we're here. Jesus is showing us a

completely different operating system for our lives. Instead of us engineering everything

for our own benefit, Jesus now says the opposite.

Mat 6:24-25 Jesus said, No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,

and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve

God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall

eat, or what ye shall drink.

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Mat 6:31-33 Jesus said, Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What

shall we drink? …for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be

added unto you.

Luke 12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of

doubtful mind.

Provision of clothing

Our father wants us to know that he has provided not only food and drink, but also the

clothing that we need.

Neh 9:21 For forty years you sustained them in the desert; they lacked nothing, their

clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.

Luke 12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is

cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Luke 12:30-32 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father

knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and

all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good

pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Provision of housing

John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told

you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these

things shall be added unto you.

Transcending time, space, gravity

John 1:47-48 As they approached, Jesus said, "Here comes an honest man--a true son of

Israel. How do you know what I am like? Nathanael asked. And Jesus replied, I could see

you under the fig tree before Philip found you.

John 6:19-21 When the disciples had rowed three and a half miles, they saw Jesus

approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. But he said to them,

Jesus said, It is I; don't be afraid. Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and

immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

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Acts 8:38-40 And the eunuch commanded the chariot to stand still: both Philip and the

eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch. And when they came

up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord immediately transported Philip away, so that

the eunuch saw him no more, and Philip was found at Azotus.

1 Ki 18:45-46 The sky was soon black with clouds, and a heavy wind brought a terrific

rainstorm. Ahab left hastily for Jezreel, and the Lord gave special strength to Elijah so

that he was able to run ahead of Ahab's chariot to the entrance of the city.

2 Ki 6:5-6 As one of them was chopping, his ax head fell into the river. Oh, sir, he cried,

it was borrowed! Where did it fall? the prophet asked. The youth showed him the place,

and Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water; and the ax head rose to the surface and

floated!

John 5:13 …for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

Luke 4:28-31 All the people in the synagogue were furious with Jesus. They got up,

drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was

built, in order to throw him down the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and

went on his way.

Mark 4:37-38 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so

that it was now full. And Jesus was in the back part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and

they awoke him, and said, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And Jesus arose, and

rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there

was a great calm.

See in these scriptures that Jesus was not the only one to do many miracles, see them as

being already done, that our father doeth the miracles, we are allowing them to come

through us. Remember John 5:19-20 Jesus replied, The son can do nothing by himself.

He does only what he sees the Father doing, and in the same way. For the father loves the

Son, and tells him everything he is doing.

Paramount in this is keeping constantly in your focus that Jesus said in John 14:12

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do

also; and greater works than these shall he do.

All of these experiences we are reading about are pictures of our father's heart for us, so

that we will let these works, and greater than these, flow through us, as we go in and out

of the kingdom of heaven, bringing heaven and making heaven real to those around us.

We used to call these miracles, and they are, in the kingdom of this world. But they are

the normal natural in the kingdom of heaven. What we have called miracles is the

intersection of the kingdom of heaven being experienced in the kingdom of this world.

Now becoming complete, whole, surrendering to father's heart, we constantly reveal the

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kingdom of heaven to those around us, regardless of our vocation, for this transcends

vocations and inclusive of all who surrender.

Becoming a lamb

Meekness and humility

It is only in meekness and humility that we can learn about the kingdom of heaven and

how it exists here and now and awaits our entry. The kingdom of heaven is not a place

removed from our father, it is the very expression of our father's heart for us. What

allows us to enter is our surrender to father's heart, father's word in us, The New

Covenant, and valuing his words and our time with him above all else.

Psa 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

Mat 5:5 Jesus said, Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Mat 11:29 Jesus said, Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek.

1 Tim 6:11 Follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Titus 3:2 Speak evil of no man, be gentle, showing all meekness unto all men.

Phil 2:5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.

Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, mercy, kindness,

humbleness of mind, meekness.

Submission

Mat 10:24-25 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is

enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.

All authority in heaven was given to the son. Can you see for that to happen that the son

can do nothing in vain pride or self acclamation? Father's desire was to give all power

and authority to all of us, but the only way we can receive it is in total submission and

surrender to him. When we become submitted, surrendered, drink-offering'd disciples of

our master teacher, we will be like him. We will be able to do the works that he did and

even greater works for that is his desire.

What degree of submission is necessary for us to come into the kingdom of heaven now

and operate as Jesus our pattern did? Jesus answers this in the following verses.

John 12:24-26 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it

remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his

life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father

will honor the one who serves me.

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If we take up our cross and die daily, letting our own decisions of what is good and evil,

as well as how the universe is structured, what has power and what doesn't, we will

become like the mustard tree, once being tiny, but now becoming a large tree of life that

allows others to be nourished and see the kingdom of heaven through us.

Mark 4:31-32 The kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is

sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it

grows up and becoms greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the

fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

This knowledge of the kingdom of heaven may seem very small to you, but if your let it

into your mind, the core of your being, it will bring forth a completion of a work in you

that will be a completion of making you whole.

Luke 13:20-21 And again Jesus said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is

like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was

leavened.

Rom 12:2 Be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your

mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Force

It is important to understand the following verse.

Mat 11:12 Jesus said, And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of

heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

The violent take the kingdom of heaven by the force of love, meekness, humility, and the

power of father's words released inside of us through The New Covenant. Father's words

perform father's desires bringing the kingdom of heaven here now on earth.

2 Cor 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war like the flesh. For the

weapons of our warfare are not carnal.

We conquer with father's love and a peace which seems violent in the face of such

worldly turmoil. It takes great force to be still in the storm and hear father's voice,

making of no effect the other voices of the world that tell us we must do things the

world's way.

It takes an exercise of discipline and force to lay our lives down before our father, dying

to the elementary physical particles of this world, learning the truth directly from him that

will make us free and not subject to the kingdom of this world.

We die to our wants, the desire for control, the quest for wealth, and the words of others.

We die to our desire for security and comfort, hierarchy and titles. We die to our desire

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for laws that tell us what to do and what not to do so we feel like we're conforming to

what is required of us.

We die to the apprehension of direct communication with God. And we begin to woo him

as a bridegroom woos a bride.

Isaiah tells us that if we will communicate with our father directly he will communicate

with us and interact and teach us, letting us inquire of him and discuss things of every

subject on earth. And if we will hearken unto the truth he imparts to us, that we will eat

the good of our land.

Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins be as

scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as

wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

We must die to the fear that keeps us away from our father, to come into communication

with him that develops into a love relationship so intimate and precious that our only fear

is not pleasing him.

It is in this quest that we realize that we are in a war, a battle for our time, a battle for our

mind, a battle to keep us enmeshed in this world and the system of mammon. We begin

by asking father for his correction, his discipline, his judgment. We begin to lay hold and

forcefully advance toward knowing him directly as our lover, teacher, and father.

Riches

The books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke record Jesus speaking about the difficulty

encountered by people with worldly wealth entering the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:23-25 And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples, How hardly

shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were

astonished at his words. But Jesus answered them, Children! How hard is it for them that

trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the

eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

People with riches may find it harder to harder to enter the kingdom of heaven because it

is so difficult for them to totally surrender everything in trust to our heavenly father, to

truly accept and believe that father has provided absolutely everything for us. Riches

provide the holder with a level of security, comfort, and control. Relinquishing their hold

on that changes their dependency from what they have known and thought was real, to

that which is promised us: the Promised Land.

It can be more difficult for people who have riches to leave their land of comfort to go to

a land that, as God told Abraham, I will show you. It is not necessary for people of riches

to forsake their riches, but to forsake their dependency on it, so that they are no longer in

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control. Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him for righteousness. We

being his seed and heirs of the promise, must also believe.

Enter this day

Enter this day into the royalty of God that you are, that you were, and be again; being

priests unto our God, fulfilling his original desire and design.

Jesus is our pattern.

John 13:3-8 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had

come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer

clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin

and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped

around him.

John 13:6-8 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, Lord, are you going to wash my

feet? Jesus replied, You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will

understand. No, said Peter, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered, Unless I wash

you, you have no part with me.

John 13:12-14 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and

returned to his place. Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. You

call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord

and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet.

John 13:15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

John 13:17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Be ready

Jesus' life was this message displayed, a life lived before us, for us to do as he did. When

we do as Jesus did, the religious today will want to crucify us just as much as the

religious in Jesus' day. It is no different.

Religion may make an introduction to God, but then stands between God and who they

have introduced to God. Religions rule their adherers by influencing them to abide by

their councils, their counsel, and their interpretations of their "law". Religion asserts its

rightness and expect their followers to "fall" in "line", do as they expect, submitting to

their rulings and interpretations. Religions assert their authority, not God's. They tell you

their way is "God's way". Religion cloaks itself in authority usurped to act as

intermediaries, silencing the voice of God rather than freeing it. Religionists give you

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their voice. Religion develops followers and develops exclusiveness. Religion may

introduce one to God and then go to great lengths to keep control of that relationship. It is

authority driven by ignorance.

But all of that is changed now. Duped no longer, you are being introduced to a heaven

that you no longer wait to enter. This is not entered by creed or doctrine, it is not entered

by belief; it is entered by surrender – development to a heavenly process that produces

fruit of a kingdom that you nurture and become. It is not easy. Do not expect this booklet

to affirm your past, but to introduce you into The New Covenant implemented and

operationalized into a process that experiences the resurrection providing entry into being

a new being, a new creation, that enters the Kingdom of Heaven even now and becomes

seamless with it, revealing the kingdom to all others who have not seen it, who have not

had eyes to see yet, but will not deny the power thereof now, for hereof will it be – you,

the offspring of God no longer denied your house.

This is a heaven you learn about and enter as a king. This is a heaven for kings. The king

of kings king all there, for you have become a king to enter – it. You and your kingdom

are not separate. You and the king are not separate. Separation has no place in the

kingdom of light, that knows no darkness again – but to redeem it. You become

something new to do this. You experience things never talked about before, never taught

like this before, and live a life of one who knows you and God your father are one. You

won't embrace love, you become it. You won't experience vicarious love, you will give

all your love to others as a drink offering, and they will choose – not what you do, but

what they now do with what you have become. You live the life of the children of light,

prodigals no more. Earth no more programs your genes – for light you are, light you will

be. The children of the earth no longer denied their heritage, all will know their linage

now, you first.

This is your invitation to enter the tangible reality of the kingdom of heaven not subject

to molecules, not subject to sound waves, not subject to light waves; not subject to waves

at all. No one can deny you entry, but you.

Summary You enter the kingdom of heaven by experiencing the resurrection before you die. You

then live a new life unlike the old. Life not separate from the kingdom of heaven will

now become the norm for all peoples of every nation tribe and tongue, and no one will

deny another. Jesus gave us the pattern and said follow it, relationship it, so that we all

become as he became – seamless – entering a life that that knows no bounds, no

separation with God our true father. Earth holds us hostage no more. Did it ever? Or were

we just victims of our own thinking?

The time to enter heaven is now, not later; it's now. The time is fulfilled. The kingdom is

not afar off. It is at hand, even now, as you read this.

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Mark 1:14-15 Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and

saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.

The time is fulfilled, the time is now. The kingdom of heaven is within you.

Luke 17:20-21 Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,

he answered them, The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation; neither will they

say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.

So the kingdom of heaven is all around us and within us all. How then do we see inside

of us to see the kingdom that exists there? How do we see the kingdom of heaven in

others? How do we let it come out of others, and out of ourselves, to be seen? Is it

possible we have missed the message of the kingdom that Jesus gave us, for 2,000 years?

This is your invitation to learn of the kingdom of heaven with new eyes, not limiting

yourself to the teachings of the past, regardless of who taught them. You have eyes to

see, but are you willing to open them to new things, new ways, and possibly change what

you have idolized? Have your methods become an idol to you? Your religion – an idol?

How you think – an idol?

Will you please make yourself blind no more to the message of the kingdom that Jesus

revealed, that Jesus taught and showed us, and said "follow me"? What are you willing to

learn? Are you willing to learn how to quit being fearful of learning? Bury your head in

the sand no more please. Learn that the kingdom of heaven is given you now for your

entry – explained, to enter and exist in, you barring yourself no longer from the regalry of

heaven that you are. The only one that can keep you from learning to enter the kingdom

of heaven in the here and now, before you die, is you.

Whether you are a man, woman, boy, or girl, you can enter the kingdom of God you are

and were before the world existed. Regardless of your culture, religion, or language, your

past vocabulary no longer images your future. The New Covenant changes everything,

and as you progress in your quest to know and learn about your kingdom, you will put up

barriers to keep you out, no more. No longer shall you be the angel posted at your gate to

keep you from the Garden of Eden.

See that it brings God your father great joy and pleasure to give you all that he is, all that

he has, sharing everything perfectly equal. There is no inequality in the kingdom of

heaven. The kingdom of heaven is not withheld or hidden from us anymore – it never

was. It has already been given to us. It was placed inside of us before the world began. It

is part of us, and we are part of it. Separation existed only in our mind. Our minds were

separated from each other and we worshipped as we were taught. Separation in thought

bred separation real, but only in the false real. Let us continue to learn now how see the

true real and again enter it and be not separate. Be not separate from this great truth – true

truth, and life on planet earth will never again be the same.

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Reference This is your invitation to study at the University of The New Covenant, in The New

Covenant, letting The New Covenant teach you as you birth it. You study it, you become

it. You enter it and it births you into it, that which is truth. You have carried it within you.

The word of truth is incarnate within you, as it is in every person of every nation tribe

and tongue. The courses at the University of The New Covenant help bring forth the

birthing of that word incarnate within you so that you'll birth to the world that which you

may have been waiting for.

Entrance into the University of The New Covenant is not based on previous academic

accomplishments, but a contrite heart, teachableness, meekness, and honor for all at all

times. The University of The New Covenant is tuition-free, but costs a great deal, for the

release of The New Covenant within you will let you learn that you have been given

everything; a kingdom is yours and a king you are in your priesthood that births brand

new creations in the reality that our father is.

The University of The New Covenant is a tuition-free school of prayer, leadership, and

practical creativity. Our theme is exploration and adventure. Admission is available not

on the basis of creed, religion, or previous academic achievement, but surrender to a

process that requires meekness and diligence to learn how to be taught by God who is

within every person.

God gives us our curriculum in the form of daily LESSONS. These LESSONS are the

core input into our learning system that teaches us to "see, hear, feel, become" what God

is teaching us. All faculty staff and students operate in the courses of this University.

We learn how to read differently than in the past. We use different methods for this is an

Educational System designed by God for us, so many things are very atypical. (1) We do

many "lookups". A linking system exists whereby certain words or phrases in the daily

LESSONS are linked to previous LESSONS, (2) we interact daily with others in the

course forums where we write posts of what we see being said in the daily LESSONS,

and (3) write papers called for in the daily LESSONS, freely exchanging them with each

other. We all learn from each other as we "read, map, write, and lead", becoming what

God is teaching us we are.

The LESSONS form Database One and Database Two. They can be downloaded free at

our website. Database One contains some 2400 LESSONS that are organized into 7

Volumes. All of these are foundational in the educational system given us.

You can LISTEN to many LESSONS as they were spoken while you read the

transcription. The LESSONS that have a Voice File Number listed in the heading can be

listened to at the University website. Click on Audio Files.

Birth The New Covenant by becoming it.

See www.unc.bz for more information.

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