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Pentecost 66 The King's Courts
Pentecost 66 The King’s Courts
You’ve just been to a movie, heard a speech, read a book, been to a concert, or had a special one-on-one conversation. In each of those something special was apprehended. A message was sent and received. An insight gained. A trust renewed. In each, there was a moment when the heart was touched and in each, wisdom was transmitted. You saw life a little bit differently and it changed your outlook. You entered the court of wisdom.
When the Pharisees confronted Jesus about the woman caught in adultery His reply that the one who was without sin ought to cast the first stone. His wisdom penetrated their hearts. All they could do was retreat in silence. They had been shown a heart court. It immediately can be seen that wisdom is one of God’s courts for the heart. We can be with others in God’s courts. But we can also be alone with God in a court. When Jesus turned to the adulterous woman His compassion and forgiveness touched her heart when He told her to go and sin no more. She entered the courts of compassion and forgiveness.
When Jesus arrived at the tomb of Lazarus those who were with Him observed how moved He was and concluded it was His love for Lazarus. John summarized the overall life of Jesus when He said that God loved the world so much that He gave His Son to die so that anyone who believed in Him would live eternally. Jesus was the embodiment of the court of God’s love. God’s love is the inner sanctuary court where hearts are brought into the heart of God.
What all of this is saying is that in Jesus these are not the only rooms. There are many more courts where we will live. They are the qualities He has prepared for us to experience in the Kingdom. This is why Revelation concludes that it is not a building that will be the eternal temple. Rather it will be Jesus Himself. It is He and His qualities that we will experience. That is why Scripture tells us that no foundation can be laid except the one He already is.
The courts are not places but qualities from the heart of God that are the spiritual spaces that interlock with one another making up the Kingdom of Heaven. These qualities are the fluid qualities of His presence that permeate reality. They are the substance of the Kingdom of God and they are eternal because they are the very nature of the timeless One God. When Jesus prays for unity with us, with the Father and one another He is praying that we will be brought into the court of perfect unity, the quality of God for which were created.
How does one enter the courts of the Kingdom? Let’s consider first the Kingdom’s gates and their keys. Jesus says to Peter, “I give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven….” The gates are those that only the individual heart can choose to enter. The keys to those gates are repentance, faith, submission and obedience. You repent of being in sole control of self to believing in Jesus, submitting to Him with mind and heart as your personal Savior and Lord and obey Him through His Word. It is our relationship with Him that is the temple we enter and begin to wander the courts of His presence.
Now we move through those gates where your heart’s desire brings you to enter through praise, thanksgiving, companionship, friendship and brotherhood in the Body of Christ. Moving into the Body of Christ is moving into the Kingdom of God as the Lord has established it on earth. Remember it is not the institutional church that is the Kingdom but the brothers and sisters who have given their minds and hearts to let the Lord fill them with His Spirit. They are the Body of Christ, which is the bride of Christ waiting for His return to bring all home into that final unity with Him and the full Kingdom.
Prov.24:27 “Finish your outdoor work.
Get your fields ready.
After that, build your house.”
Stay tuned…….
You’ve just been to a movie, heard a speech, read a book, been to a concert, or had a special one-on-one conversation. In each of those something special was apprehended. A message was sent and received. An insight gained. A trust renewed. In each, there was a moment when the heart was touched and in each, wisdom was transmitted. You saw life a little bit differently and it changed your outlook. You entered the court of wisdom.
When the Pharisees confronted Jesus about the woman caught in adultery His reply that the one who was without sin ought to cast the first stone. His wisdom penetrated their hearts. All they could do was retreat in silence. They had been shown a heart court. It immediately can be seen that wisdom is one of God’s courts for the heart. We can be with others in God’s courts. But we can also be alone with God in a court. When Jesus turned to the adulterous woman His compassion and forgiveness touched her heart when He told her to go and sin no more. She entered the courts of compassion and forgiveness.
When Jesus arrived at the tomb of Lazarus those who were with Him observed how moved He was and concluded it was His love for Lazarus. John summarized the overall life of Jesus when He said that God loved the world so much that He gave His Son to die so that anyone who believed in Him would live eternally. Jesus was the embodiment of the court of God’s love. God’s love is the inner sanctuary court where hearts are brought into the heart of God.
What all of this is saying is that in Jesus these are not the only rooms. There are many more courts where we will live. They are the qualities He has prepared for us to experience in the Kingdom. This is why Revelation concludes that it is not a building that will be the eternal temple. Rather it will be Jesus Himself. It is He and His qualities that we will experience. That is why Scripture tells us that no foundation can be laid except the one He already is.
The courts are not places but qualities from the heart of God that are the spiritual spaces that interlock with one another making up the Kingdom of Heaven. These qualities are the fluid qualities of His presence that permeate reality. They are the substance of the Kingdom of God and they are eternal because they are the very nature of the timeless One God. When Jesus prays for unity with us, with the Father and one another He is praying that we will be brought into the court of perfect unity, the quality of God for which were created.
How does one enter the courts of the Kingdom? Let’s consider first the Kingdom’s gates and their keys. Jesus says to Peter, “I give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven….” The gates are those that only the individual heart can choose to enter. The keys to those gates are repentance, faith, submission and obedience. You repent of being in sole control of self to believing in Jesus, submitting to Him with mind and heart as your personal Savior and Lord and obey Him through His Word. It is our relationship with Him that is the temple we enter and begin to wander the courts of His presence.
Now we move through those gates where your heart’s desire brings you to enter through praise, thanksgiving, companionship, friendship and brotherhood in the Body of Christ. Moving into the Body of Christ is moving into the Kingdom of God as the Lord has established it on earth. Remember it is not the institutional church that is the Kingdom but the brothers and sisters who have given their minds and hearts to let the Lord fill them with His Spirit. They are the Body of Christ, which is the bride of Christ waiting for His return to bring all home into that final unity with Him and the full Kingdom.
Prov.24:27 “Finish your outdoor work.
Get your fields ready.
After that, build your house.”
Stay tuned…….
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