Islamic Finance 101 - Dr. Main Alqudah [https://www.guidancecollege.org/]
16 kingdom of god
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WE ARE TOLD – SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS …
WE HAVE COVERED ESTABLISHING THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, NOW LOOK AT
ESTABLISHING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
WE HAVE THE RESTORED GOSPEL. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
"Where there is no kingdom of God there is no salvation."—TPJSMITH p.272:1
WHAT IS MEANT BY SALVATION?
p5 Salvation is for a man to be saved (and) until a man can triumph over death, he
is not saved. (TPJSmith 1843-44 305:5)
ALSO, THE KINGDOM OF GOD MUST GO FORTH TO BRING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
|v6 may the kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven may come, (D&C 65: 6)
|v20 … The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: |v21 for, behold, the kingdom of
God is within you. (Luke 17:20-21)
AS THE KINGDOM GOES FORTH IT INCLUDES LAWS, KEYS, JUDGMENT & POWERS
THESE LAWS, KEYS, JUDGMENTS & POWERS ARE ALL WITHIN THE TABLE OF THE LORD
By this name ye shall be known: "The Kingdom of God and His laws, with the keys and
powers thereof and judgment in the hands of his servants." (H.Andrus, Jos Sm & Wrld Govt, 4)
THE KEYS AND POWERS THEREOF ARE CONTAINED IN THE SCEPTER OF POWER (D&C 85:7)
|v8 … a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8)
|v46 thy scepter (shall be) an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; (D&C 121:46)
IF HIS KINGDOM IS A PATRIARCHAL THEOCRACY AS THE PROPHET JOSEPH
STATES, INTO WHOSE HANDS DOES HE COMMIT THE SCEPTER OF POWER?
|v21 … I will commit thy government into his hand: (Isaiah 22:21) THE HANDS OF THE HEADS
OF HOUSEHOLD. (ELIAKIM WHO IS OVER THE HOUSEHOLD* REPRESENTS THE HEADS OF
HOUSEHOLD *2 Kings 18:18; 18:37; 19:2; Isaiah 36:22; 37:2 )
THE SCEPTER OF POWER WILL BE A SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH
PRES. JOHN TAYLOR SAID, “Those who serve him in righteousness, will have
communications with God and Jesus, will have the ministering of angels and will know the
past, the present and the future.”(THEY WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AS DEFINED IN D&C 93:24)
THE SCEPTER OF POWER OR ORACLE OF THE CHURCH OR TABLE OF THE LORD IS
PERSONIFIED AND DEIFIED AS THE RIGHTEOUS SERVANT. THE RIGHTEOUS SERVANT SHALL
BEAR INIQUITY.
|v10 the LORD … shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, …the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in his hand. |v11 … by his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (Isaiah 53:10-11) (Mosiah 14:10-11)
THE RIGHTEOUS SERVANT SHALL BRING JUDGMENT UNTO TRUTH, WHICH “TRUTH” ENABLES
HIM TO KNOW THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
|v1 Behold my servant, … |v3 …he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. (Isaiah 42:1-4)
BY KNOWING THE TRUTH, THE RIGHTEOUS DETECT EVERYTHING FALSE.
p2 … the keys of the kingdom are about to be given to them, that they may be
able to detect everything false; (TPJSmith 1839-42 226:2)
|v17 For the kingdom of God is … righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
(Romans 14:17) |v20 (AND) the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. (1 Cor. 4:20)
SEEING THE CONCEPTS OF THE KINGDOM REQUIRES ALLEGORICAL THOUGHT
MAKING ENTRY REQUIRES HUMILITY & PENITENCE
Again, in speaking of the spiritual kingdom: It is one thing to see the kingdom of God, and
another thing to enter into it. We must have a change of heart to see the kingdom of God,
and subscribe to the articles of adoption to enter therein."—TPJ- p. 328:4.
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A PATRIARCHAL THEOCRACY PASSED ON BY LINEAGE
The central political office of the government of God would descend by lineage …
Under the direction of the living prophet … (Hyrum Andrus, Doctr. of the Kingdom, 528 - 529.)
FATHER IN THE HOME HOLDS THE SCEPTER OF POWER IN THIS PATRIARCHAL THEOCRACY
Joseph Smith taught that the divine patriarchal order was Zion's covenant society—a
great patriarchal theocracy based …upon Zion's law of consecration and stewardship,
administered under the united order. … Zion's educational system was to be
developed as part of the new family order, … Being a system of priests and kings,
men within the holy order were to be fathers spiritually as well as physically to their
families and posterity, reserving their natural right to exercise political authority over their
children. Politically, the government of God was to be the instrument of the
sanctified family, and from Zion as an ensign and standard of truth, the law of justice
and equity would go forth to govern all men. 83. As Joseph Smith contemplated the divine
political system, … setting "up the Kingdom of God by organizing …
(Hyrum Andrus, Doctr. of the Kingdom 60.)
THE ORGANIZING CONSISTED OF SETTING IN ORDER THE TABLE OF THE LORD
|v1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
|v3 … Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. (Matthew 3: 3)
THE WAY OF THE LORD IS ON THE TABLE OF THE LORD.
|v33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33) (3 Nephi 13:32-33)
THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM
|v11 …. Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them
that are without, all these things are done in parables: (Mark 4:11)
THE TABLE OF THE LORD COMING FORTH FROM MAN IS THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OR
THIEF IN THE NIGHT ASPECT OF HIS COMING.
… The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: |v21 for, behold, the kingdom of
|v20
God is within you. (Luke 17:20-21)
|v10 … the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; (2 Peter 3:10)
AFTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES FORTH FROM WITHIN US AS THE TABLE OF HEAVEN,
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. THE SUBMITTED TRUTH IS THE PROCESS OF
REPENTANCE
|v2 … Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 3:1-2)
|v31 … the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
|v32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but
the publicans and the harlots believed him: (Matthew 21:31-32)
|v14 … Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, saying, the
kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. (Mark 1:14-15)
AFTER THE TABLE IS SET IN ORDER WITH THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN
THE DOTS OR SEEDS WHICH WE CAST ONTO THE TABLE WILL GROW.
|v26 … So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
|v27 … and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. |v28 For the earth
bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
|v30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God?
IN ONE PARABLE THE BLADE IS A CORD, THEN AS OTHERS ADD CORDS AND
DOTS IN ROWS, IT IS LIKE AN EAR OF CORN…ANOTHER PARABLE MAKES IT A
GREAT BRANCH.
|v31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown … is less than all the seeds
that be in the earth: |v32 it groweth up, …and shooteth out great branches; (Mark 4:26-32)
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THE FRUIT WHICH WE BRING FORTH, JUDGES US, AS WORTHY FOR THE KINGDOM
|v5 (THESE ARE) a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be
counted worthy of the kingdom of God, (2 Thessalonians 1:5)
THE BRANCHES CONTAIN THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF LIFE AS WE ARE BORN AGAIN INTO THE
KINGDOM OF GOD
|v28 Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the
Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. (Luke 7:28)
DOES THE SEED OF CHRIST SUBMITTED TO THE TABLE OF THE LORD ENABLE
US TO BE BORN AGAIN?
|v25 … all mankind, … all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again;
yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness, ,
becoming his sons and daughters; |v26 And thus they become new creatures; and
unless they do this, they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God. (Mosiah 27:25-26)
THE FRUIT & LEAVES MADE UP OF CORDS & DOTS INDICATE WHAT IS COMING.
|v29 … Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; |v30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and
know … that summer is now nigh at hand. |v31 So likewise ye, when ye see these
things … know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. (Luke 21:29-31)
THE SPIRITUAL FRUITS ARE PRECEDED BY FRUITS MADE UP OF CORDS AND
DOTS WHICH MEASURE FAITH.
|v43 … The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth
the fruits thereof. (Matthew 21:43) |v28 … if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God,
then the kingdom of God is come unto you. (Matthew 12:27-29)
THE PATRIARCHAL ORDER HAS THE 3 PATRIARCHS IN THE FORMAT OF THE
TABLE AND THOSE WHO PROPHESY ONE BY ONE ARE LISTED THERE.
|v28 … ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the
kingdom of God, (Luke 13:28) (IN THE FORMAT OF THE TABLE)
|v24 (AND) have a place to sit down in the kingdom of God, with Abraham, with Isaac,
and with Jacob, and also all the holy prophets, whose garments are cleansed and are
spotless, pure and white? (Alma 5:24) (THOSE LISTED PROPHESY ONE BY ONE)
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WAS THE OLD NAME FOR THE KINGDOM.
|v16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is
preached, and every man presseth into it. (Luke 16:16)
CHRIST’S 40 DAY MINISTRY WAS TO TEACH CONCERNING THE KINGDOM.
|v3 (Christ) shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of
them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: (Acts 1:3)
BECAUSE THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ESTABLISHED ON THE TABLE OF THE LORD, WITH
ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB, HE IS CALLED THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
|v18 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have
believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, …
they shall inherit the kingdom of God, … (2 Nephi 9:18)
|v21 … this is the way; and there is none other way nor name … whereby man can be
saved in the kingdom of God. And … this is the doctrine of Christ, (2 Nephi 31:21)
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|v18 But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God.
|v19 And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, .. (Jacob 2:18-19)
IF THE DOTS ARE THE SEED, WHO ACTUALLY ARE THE SEED OF CHRIST?
|v11 whosoever has heard the words of the prophets, (AND)… looked forward to that day
for a remission of their sins, … these are his seed, … heirs of the kingdom of God.
|v12 For these are they whose sins he has borne; …for whom he has died, to redeem
them from their transgressions. And now, are they not his seed?
|v13 Yea, and are not the prophets, every one that has opened his mouth to prophesy…
they are his seed. (Mosiah 15:11-13) His seed remaineth in him (1 John 3:9)
|v17 … they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.
(4 Nephi 1:17)
WHEN WE RECORD UPON THE TABLE, WE ARE IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH LEAD
TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
|v19 … ye are in the paths of righteousness; … ye are in the path which leads to the
kingdom of God; … |v20 … it has been made known unto you, by the testimony of his
word, (Alma 7:19-21)
THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE PART OF THE FORMAT OF THE NAME OF CHRIST
|v5 And if … they repent and come unto the Father in the name of Jesus, they shall be
received into the kingdom of God. (Ether 5:5)
|v34 … Whether … I be translated, or that I suffer the will of the Lord in the flesh, it
mattereth not, if it so be that I am saved in the kingdom of God. (Ether 15:34)
|v21 And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God;
neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye
have no hope. (Moroni 10:21)
|v29 … all men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and worship the
Father in his name, and endure in faith on his name to the end, or they cannot be saved
in the kingdom of God. (D&C 20:29)
|v78 Teach ye diligently and my grace shall attend you, that you may be instructed more
perfectly in all things that pertain unto the kingdom of God, (D&C 88:78)
|v14 That they may be perfected in the understanding of their ministry, in theory, in
principle, and in doctrine, in all things pertaining to the kingdom of God on the earth, the
keys of which kingdom have been conferred upon you. (D&C 97:14)
JOSEPH TAUGHT THAT MORE WOULD BE REVEALED TO BRING THE KINGDOM.
|v9 We believe … that God … will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining
to the Kingdom of God. (PoGP:ArticlesOfFaith 1:9)
THIS PROMISE WAS, IN PART, FULFILLED WHEN THE CORRELATION PROGRAM
WAS REVEALED THROUGH PRES DAVID O. McKAY, GIVING US THE MEASURED
PERFORMANCE OF THE KEY OF DAVID. THE KEY OF DAVID PROVIDES THE
METHOD FOR ENOCH’S PATTERN OF MEASURE TO ESTABLISH ZION. AND THE
KEY TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID IS THE MAIN TOOL FOR HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD.
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