This week we talked about the original plan God had when He created things. His design expected that humans would be heirs and would reign over Creation with Him (Romans 8:17, Genesis 1:26, 2 Timothy 2:12). When we think about "how" He set things up according to Genesis 1, He created plants, animals, and humans to "produce after their own kind". In other words, He placed within the plant and animal and human the authority and power to "be" what He created us to "be". There is a failure on our part to understand what His original design was: to "be" delegated rulers over Creation, to have authority over a given aspect of our existence.
Where our failure can turn into gross misrepresentation is when we mistakenly think that we "rule" over other humans - that our authority means we are superior and others must bow to us. This results in a miserable condition that misses the mark of God's intention entirely. He wants us to operate according to His design - when we do that, we have all the power and authority we need to accomplish His assigned purpose for us as an individual.
God designed humans to rule with power and authority. Period. Not according to our will but His. He designed us to be "like" Him, in character (image) ... ruling over creation and bringing Him all the glory and honor. When Jesus talks about restoring the Kingdom of God, this takes us back to the state of "being" as it was in the beginning when God first set things up.
I've heard it stated that the Kingdom of God is "The state in which God is the complete and total Master." As humans, we can live and "be" this because of what Jesus did in full restoration through the Cross. Now, we just need to do it!
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