Followers (Of Christ),
The "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Church" are a couple phrases that we will be frequent flyer's with in the "Mountain Majesty Ministry" , as it is the inspiring influences of the first type of ministry being birthed. There is deep meanings to those two phrases, the Ministry and readers will be unraveling it for years (along with other mysteries). Notice something, I said the word "we", as Kingdom of Heaven and Church does, hopefully, include you, and billions of others on earth, past, present and future. The Kingdom and Church subject is not closed for mega-millions yet still committing their hearts and finding clarity, and Christ is not done or over just because he said things already, and it was written down. It is only beginning, and we really need to ask the King what even "The Kingdom of Heaven" means. King Jesus of course is whom we can ask, and apparently often did. We still do, and that is good, as we are still learning.
"Kingdom Of Heaven" More Than Just A Great Movie?
I watched the movie called The Kingdom Of Heaven, and as good as it was, it still leaves out many of the meanings Christ attempted to convey. Though, largely still accurate in the sense some of the major world players on religion are still competing for the control to set up a millennial Kingdom in years ahead. At least two of those underlying world religion players are pushing for it one way or another, even if they have to feign a uneasy acceptance of each other at "administrative" levels until the ability to have world power can be had. They still play some of their themes cast toward Jerusalem even. Still. To this day.
In asking the King, Jesus, no one single blog by the Ministry can touch upon it in whole, so think of it as a yet inconclusive study that we all, you and I, will spend about 15 years delving into, a journey, even a field of specialty to which no mortal human (outside of Jesus) seems to have the Ph.D thesis in the subject of.
It has so many meanings, the majority of understandings have chance to be right. Fact is, even in just the Bible itself, the Kingdom of God, found seventy-two (72) times in the New Testament, and the Kingdom of Heaven, found thirty-two (32) times, nearly all in the Gospel of Matthew. Indeed the Gospel of Mathew is the heavy hitter. 72 and 32 (32 for today's "Christian context" seems to be to set apart as holy) seems like some of those fascinating numbers that have multiple meanings in the scriptures for those who like studying the fascinating mysteries of Gods words very deeply. Setting aside if the Kingdom phrases of God and Heaven mean the same thing and are interchangeable for now (that is a whole new blog unto itself).
For the purposes of this blog, the "Kingdom of Heaven" is advanced as the Ministry idea that it is not a Kingdom that lay "there", "here", not a country, not a political state, not an address (sorry Jared Kushner, I know you like 666 Fifth Avenue ), not a piece of real estate per se and not a building. With these things in mind, this Ministry being founded, exist much like the Kingdom of Heaven. Being "void of location or place" as one would think for a Ministry, and the Church is the people.....it comes to you, and it all lays out there among the people in their hearts and minds and how we all connect. We want to and will many times in our studies ask King Jesus where his Kingdom is, and you can also likewise ask the Ministry where the buildings are of itself....and you won't find them because they do not exist, the Ministry is in the web, as surely as Jesus was also asked already by another where his Kingdom is, and he said;
John 18:36 King James Version (KJV) 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. .
As surely as the Ministry is chiefly within the web, it is not of this world, indeed, the Ministry focus to Christ, and Kingdom come, coming Kingdom and Kingdom at hand, and coming to you as you are where you are. Then again, neither are you too of this world, as our Savior made clear..."They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." (John 17:16). Turn- about is fair play, Christ says you are not of the world, Christ's Kingdom is not of this world, so therefore neither is the Ministry as that makes three of us as your own crowd who are not of this world. The prior blog promised to tell you in this current blog, what Mountain Majesty Ministries is. Simply that it started and began in Custer County and Fremont County Colorado that are "internet starved", it is year 2017 already and I was overcome by the techie thought of "What? Oh this is just wrong! You mean to go to church I have to get into a car and drive to it? You mean...sort of like a building somewhere? Ha ha ha ha ha, that's crazy! Why do we even bother to have smart-phones and computers and internet...wow, I didn't know church 'buildings' still existed" (an exaggerated thought, but highlights).
Then I realized the area it is just like a third world condition in technology and internet context, and even at that, knowing soon the third world will overtake us in years ahead. I didn't want U.S. Churches "losing Christianity", "losing the bible" into the dirt and future history e-books looking back to say what went wrong with Christianity in how it died. Or the hunger of the whole world needing to see and hear the name of Jesus Christ as stuck in some church building somewhere like 4 walls of "containment". It dawned on me that for the cost of church buildings accommodating a pew of about 700, that in the internet every man, woman and child on the planet in years ahead can at least see, hear and now the name "Jesus Christ" with access to scriptures. Conventional church buildings cost for an average of 700 people the name of Jesus Christ can be put to 8,141,661,007 people world-wide starting around 2025. Dollar for dollar in the present moment, we no longer make any sense (or cents) at all limiting ourselves to buildings with four walls, in a world needing it's King, if we do not start acting and planning to leverage the upcoming internet expansions worldwide to those dying to just come to know him and see and hear his name. We seem to prevent thy Kingdom come and lose our chance to serve the King as best as we can, if we fail to "anticipate" the future of the internet/global communications and it's ministry opportunity. The Internet and Jesus Christ offer a "worldwide Jesus revolution", if we catch the wave coming. This is just a blog, that in future will be more sermon like, that is the start of what Mountain Majesty Ministries is in portions about. Delving into cyber-space and bringing the church before the whole world of his Kingdom come. Not just this Ministry, not just me, even some of you will also see the internet ministry light and join up and help, be on fire for the cause, and also become Ministries of your own too. Not just "here", but others all over the world others will from their own local area (through internet), also become ministries too in days ahead.
This will not "replace" churches, but that day is coming that churches will no longer be held down by walls. Already this blog has readers that are followers of Christ in about 10 other countries. Those people in other countries may also in turn read this blog, and say "wow, I too can do that, I too need to get learning how to reach out to the world around me about Jesus using internet in my own area too in so many different ways!" (in two of those countries, it is not legal for them to do so due to prevailing religions that compete against Christ as the Prophet become Saviour as The Christ).
A concern or fear some people have about technology, internet, smartphones and such "systems" and reliance on technology going global,.is "vulnerability", likes wars, EMP, etc. A lot of this I will address in a future blog, why I believe that regardless, the technology will ultimately go forward.
To create this "Kingdom of Heaven" concept and thinking, let's not think in just local terms of Custer County and Fremont County Colorado to how much more we can be doing with internet among ourselves, yet the entire country and world.Not only this Ministry "Mountain Majesty Ministries" will be reaching toward and taking aim to put Jesus Christ in the minds and hearts of "all", many of you who are readers will also see Ministry potentials too and likewise decide to plan to become active in Ministry. There is currently as many cell phones on the planet as there is people, and in year 2015 the number of cell phone connections was over 7 billion, and many nations in this link.. The number of cell phone users is approaching 5 billion in 2019. The difference explained between cell phone connections and users, is many people that have two phones (e.g., a work-phone, personal phone). Eventually, that will go from "cell phone" and then translate to mean "smart-phones" with internet access, and for that matter...internet finally will go truly global and worldwide in years to come. Absent major calamity, this will be very soon actually...
Thy Kingdom Come And The Ascension Of Christ
Take a good hard look at the two pictures below. They are only pictures, at first you will look at them and immediately you will notice they will seem to have some differences....right? Color, theme, one a drawing, the other a photograph, one is about the "Ascension of Christ" as he goes up to the heavens and his flock down below listening to his every word. The other a 11 year old re-formattable satellite still sitting in the shop on earth before it's launch. Anyone will agree the two different pictures look totally different...
Low earth orbit satellites, may resemble or be smaller than this ten year old satellite shown above that also uses a variety of RF transmissions. The big hurdle being worked on very fast, is reducing size and cost so a whole bunch can be put up into low orbit. There is more than one company seeking to create a global wide whole earth (except polar cap) internet/broadband capacity, such as spoken of in this article by clicking here. and also Wikipedia here verifies the time frame expectations are still reasonably close. wikipedia link here.
Two Different Pictures And Still A Similar Picture Is Painted
...The pictures do not look the same. The again,...
Christ sent by God in the heavens had a lot of messages to give, to share, to many people on earth in terms they could understand that typically was and is in parables, analogies, prayers, sharing, praise, healing and ministering about the Kingdom of Heaven. Christ trained his disciples to do the same and carry his messages. He tried in earnest to share about the "Kingdom of Heaven" many times to help ensure we had enough understanding to fulfill the Kingdom. Crucified, and then he arose, then he ascended. His works and words never done, he wants his word spread. Satellites is also something which will be "ascended" into the "heavens", and "share" the words of Christ to people on earth. Soon enough the whole world in fact in years ahead it will finally be global by placing far more of them up, but closer to earth for real fast speed and no lag like current satellites farther away. Global. It is said in the scriptures Christ will come again "in the clouds", and we are entering the age of "cloud" computing (analogy not meant to be literal) from above to carry the words of Christ back down to us here on earth. Not claiming the satellites to come in years ahead are somehow "Christ", only an analogy is drawn in "ascending", "heavens", "cloud" computing, and getting the words of Christ out to the whole entire planet in each persons own language is a technology that will be possible with internet, smartphones, etc.. What we have now is only the tip of the Iceberg, this will soon go genuinely global. Sharing the Gospel of Christ through internet as so literally in all tongues (techno-translating apps) to all peoples, will never have been possible before, until the near future when the whole globe has the internet capacity to reach all. That kind of future is not here yet, but it will be soon. Possibly as soon as year 2025 or thereabouts and made possible by the future of the internet using from 700 to approximately 4,200 low orbit satellites to reach all points of the globe (except ice cap). The satellite launches are said to start as soon as 2019 or 2020 and expected to completed around 2025. It will still then take years to start to ensure all people get those signals for themselves, but for the most part, that capacity is forecast at 2025. Internet and Kingdom come though?
The Kingdom of Heaven...
Do not try to "imagine" a world of global internet access and what it offers, just know that is in process. Part of Revelations 12 cited in prior blogs accounts that the Kingdom is spread by the followers of Christ testifying to each other and the world about Christ. Testimony, Ministry is how the world is going to be having it's "Jesus revolution" in Thy Kingdom come. People like you and me talking about Jesus Christ.
That spiritual state of being, that "righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" the Apostle Paul spoke of...is for all. As "denominations" lose popularity in favor of the followers of Christ having unity in Christ, it will be worldwide. As the fake and sometimes simply mistaken theologies collapse around us, false rapture teachings disintegrate and people realize they are still here, they are waking up and saying "we have work to do, and sharing Christ to the whole world is yet to start". The gospel is NOT before the whole world yet, and we have deceived ourselves into thinking we made the grade and did so. We have not yet even begun. Internet and Ministry is part of that process.
"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you".-Luke 17:21
Behold, the Kingdom of God is within you. Not here, not there, not a place, not a building, but within you. That is where this Ministry aims for, and like that Kingdom is not a location, it is a web out-reach, aims for the heart within you and others, and shares our hearts with others, and encourages them onward for the same, and the word made possible by global internet in the years to come.
The Ministry begins. Thy Kingdom come...
Blessings,
MMM
P.S.-Please do go to the top of the blog page, and is a button to click that says "subscribe". Share, ask others to subscribe...the Ministry comes to you electronically, only if you let it....subscribe.
*1-By Helgi Halldórsson from Reykjavík, Iceland (kingdom of heaven) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
The "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Church" are a couple phrases that we will be frequent flyer's with in the "Mountain Majesty Ministry" , as it is the inspiring influences of the first type of ministry being birthed. There is deep meanings to those two phrases, the Ministry and readers will be unraveling it for years (along with other mysteries). Notice something, I said the word "we", as Kingdom of Heaven and Church does, hopefully, include you, and billions of others on earth, past, present and future. The Kingdom and Church subject is not closed for mega-millions yet still committing their hearts and finding clarity, and Christ is not done or over just because he said things already, and it was written down. It is only beginning, and we really need to ask the King what even "The Kingdom of Heaven" means. King Jesus of course is whom we can ask, and apparently often did. We still do, and that is good, as we are still learning.
"Kingdom Of Heaven" More Than Just A Great Movie?
I watched the movie called The Kingdom Of Heaven, and as good as it was, it still leaves out many of the meanings Christ attempted to convey. Though, largely still accurate in the sense some of the major world players on religion are still competing for the control to set up a millennial Kingdom in years ahead. At least two of those underlying world religion players are pushing for it one way or another, even if they have to feign a uneasy acceptance of each other at "administrative" levels until the ability to have world power can be had. They still play some of their themes cast toward Jerusalem even. Still. To this day.
In asking the King, Jesus, no one single blog by the Ministry can touch upon it in whole, so think of it as a yet inconclusive study that we all, you and I, will spend about 15 years delving into, a journey, even a field of specialty to which no mortal human (outside of Jesus) seems to have the Ph.D thesis in the subject of.
It has so many meanings, the majority of understandings have chance to be right. Fact is, even in just the Bible itself, the Kingdom of God, found seventy-two (72) times in the New Testament, and the Kingdom of Heaven, found thirty-two (32) times, nearly all in the Gospel of Matthew. Indeed the Gospel of Mathew is the heavy hitter. 72 and 32 (32 for today's "Christian context" seems to be to set apart as holy) seems like some of those fascinating numbers that have multiple meanings in the scriptures for those who like studying the fascinating mysteries of Gods words very deeply. Setting aside if the Kingdom phrases of God and Heaven mean the same thing and are interchangeable for now (that is a whole new blog unto itself).
For the purposes of this blog, the "Kingdom of Heaven" is advanced as the Ministry idea that it is not a Kingdom that lay "there", "here", not a country, not a political state, not an address (sorry Jared Kushner, I know you like 666 Fifth Avenue ), not a piece of real estate per se and not a building. With these things in mind, this Ministry being founded, exist much like the Kingdom of Heaven. Being "void of location or place" as one would think for a Ministry, and the Church is the people.....it comes to you, and it all lays out there among the people in their hearts and minds and how we all connect. We want to and will many times in our studies ask King Jesus where his Kingdom is, and you can also likewise ask the Ministry where the buildings are of itself....and you won't find them because they do not exist, the Ministry is in the web, as surely as Jesus was also asked already by another where his Kingdom is, and he said;
John 18:36 King James Version (KJV) 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. .
As surely as the Ministry is chiefly within the web, it is not of this world, indeed, the Ministry focus to Christ, and Kingdom come, coming Kingdom and Kingdom at hand, and coming to you as you are where you are. Then again, neither are you too of this world, as our Savior made clear..."They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." (John 17:16). Turn- about is fair play, Christ says you are not of the world, Christ's Kingdom is not of this world, so therefore neither is the Ministry as that makes three of us as your own crowd who are not of this world. The prior blog promised to tell you in this current blog, what Mountain Majesty Ministries is. Simply that it started and began in Custer County and Fremont County Colorado that are "internet starved", it is year 2017 already and I was overcome by the techie thought of "What? Oh this is just wrong! You mean to go to church I have to get into a car and drive to it? You mean...sort of like a building somewhere? Ha ha ha ha ha, that's crazy! Why do we even bother to have smart-phones and computers and internet...wow, I didn't know church 'buildings' still existed" (an exaggerated thought, but highlights).
Then I realized the area it is just like a third world condition in technology and internet context, and even at that, knowing soon the third world will overtake us in years ahead. I didn't want U.S. Churches "losing Christianity", "losing the bible" into the dirt and future history e-books looking back to say what went wrong with Christianity in how it died. Or the hunger of the whole world needing to see and hear the name of Jesus Christ as stuck in some church building somewhere like 4 walls of "containment". It dawned on me that for the cost of church buildings accommodating a pew of about 700, that in the internet every man, woman and child on the planet in years ahead can at least see, hear and now the name "Jesus Christ" with access to scriptures. Conventional church buildings cost for an average of 700 people the name of Jesus Christ can be put to 8,141,661,007 people world-wide starting around 2025. Dollar for dollar in the present moment, we no longer make any sense (or cents) at all limiting ourselves to buildings with four walls, in a world needing it's King, if we do not start acting and planning to leverage the upcoming internet expansions worldwide to those dying to just come to know him and see and hear his name. We seem to prevent thy Kingdom come and lose our chance to serve the King as best as we can, if we fail to "anticipate" the future of the internet/global communications and it's ministry opportunity. The Internet and Jesus Christ offer a "worldwide Jesus revolution", if we catch the wave coming. This is just a blog, that in future will be more sermon like, that is the start of what Mountain Majesty Ministries is in portions about. Delving into cyber-space and bringing the church before the whole world of his Kingdom come. Not just this Ministry, not just me, even some of you will also see the internet ministry light and join up and help, be on fire for the cause, and also become Ministries of your own too. Not just "here", but others all over the world others will from their own local area (through internet), also become ministries too in days ahead.
This will not "replace" churches, but that day is coming that churches will no longer be held down by walls. Already this blog has readers that are followers of Christ in about 10 other countries. Those people in other countries may also in turn read this blog, and say "wow, I too can do that, I too need to get learning how to reach out to the world around me about Jesus using internet in my own area too in so many different ways!" (in two of those countries, it is not legal for them to do so due to prevailing religions that compete against Christ as the Prophet become Saviour as The Christ).
A concern or fear some people have about technology, internet, smartphones and such "systems" and reliance on technology going global,.is "vulnerability", likes wars, EMP, etc. A lot of this I will address in a future blog, why I believe that regardless, the technology will ultimately go forward.
To create this "Kingdom of Heaven" concept and thinking, let's not think in just local terms of Custer County and Fremont County Colorado to how much more we can be doing with internet among ourselves, yet the entire country and world.Not only this Ministry "Mountain Majesty Ministries" will be reaching toward and taking aim to put Jesus Christ in the minds and hearts of "all", many of you who are readers will also see Ministry potentials too and likewise decide to plan to become active in Ministry. There is currently as many cell phones on the planet as there is people, and in year 2015 the number of cell phone connections was over 7 billion, and many nations in this link.. The number of cell phone users is approaching 5 billion in 2019. The difference explained between cell phone connections and users, is many people that have two phones (e.g., a work-phone, personal phone). Eventually, that will go from "cell phone" and then translate to mean "smart-phones" with internet access, and for that matter...internet finally will go truly global and worldwide in years to come. Absent major calamity, this will be very soon actually...
Thy Kingdom Come And The Ascension Of Christ
Take a good hard look at the two pictures below. They are only pictures, at first you will look at them and immediately you will notice they will seem to have some differences....right? Color, theme, one a drawing, the other a photograph, one is about the "Ascension of Christ" as he goes up to the heavens and his flock down below listening to his every word. The other a 11 year old re-formattable satellite still sitting in the shop on earth before it's launch. Anyone will agree the two different pictures look totally different...
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| Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo is called "Ascension of Christ" from the years 1510-1520, oil on panel. |
Two Different Pictures And Still A Similar Picture Is Painted
...The pictures do not look the same. The again,...
Christ sent by God in the heavens had a lot of messages to give, to share, to many people on earth in terms they could understand that typically was and is in parables, analogies, prayers, sharing, praise, healing and ministering about the Kingdom of Heaven. Christ trained his disciples to do the same and carry his messages. He tried in earnest to share about the "Kingdom of Heaven" many times to help ensure we had enough understanding to fulfill the Kingdom. Crucified, and then he arose, then he ascended. His works and words never done, he wants his word spread. Satellites is also something which will be "ascended" into the "heavens", and "share" the words of Christ to people on earth. Soon enough the whole world in fact in years ahead it will finally be global by placing far more of them up, but closer to earth for real fast speed and no lag like current satellites farther away. Global. It is said in the scriptures Christ will come again "in the clouds", and we are entering the age of "cloud" computing (analogy not meant to be literal) from above to carry the words of Christ back down to us here on earth. Not claiming the satellites to come in years ahead are somehow "Christ", only an analogy is drawn in "ascending", "heavens", "cloud" computing, and getting the words of Christ out to the whole entire planet in each persons own language is a technology that will be possible with internet, smartphones, etc.. What we have now is only the tip of the Iceberg, this will soon go genuinely global. Sharing the Gospel of Christ through internet as so literally in all tongues (techno-translating apps) to all peoples, will never have been possible before, until the near future when the whole globe has the internet capacity to reach all. That kind of future is not here yet, but it will be soon. Possibly as soon as year 2025 or thereabouts and made possible by the future of the internet using from 700 to approximately 4,200 low orbit satellites to reach all points of the globe (except ice cap). The satellite launches are said to start as soon as 2019 or 2020 and expected to completed around 2025. It will still then take years to start to ensure all people get those signals for themselves, but for the most part, that capacity is forecast at 2025. Internet and Kingdom come though?
The Kingdom of Heaven...
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| The Kingdom Of Heaven*1 |
Do not try to "imagine" a world of global internet access and what it offers, just know that is in process. Part of Revelations 12 cited in prior blogs accounts that the Kingdom is spread by the followers of Christ testifying to each other and the world about Christ. Testimony, Ministry is how the world is going to be having it's "Jesus revolution" in Thy Kingdom come. People like you and me talking about Jesus Christ.
That spiritual state of being, that "righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" the Apostle Paul spoke of...is for all. As "denominations" lose popularity in favor of the followers of Christ having unity in Christ, it will be worldwide. As the fake and sometimes simply mistaken theologies collapse around us, false rapture teachings disintegrate and people realize they are still here, they are waking up and saying "we have work to do, and sharing Christ to the whole world is yet to start". The gospel is NOT before the whole world yet, and we have deceived ourselves into thinking we made the grade and did so. We have not yet even begun. Internet and Ministry is part of that process.
"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you".-Luke 17:21
Behold, the Kingdom of God is within you. Not here, not there, not a place, not a building, but within you. That is where this Ministry aims for, and like that Kingdom is not a location, it is a web out-reach, aims for the heart within you and others, and shares our hearts with others, and encourages them onward for the same, and the word made possible by global internet in the years to come.
The Ministry begins. Thy Kingdom come...
Blessings,
MMM
P.S.-Please do go to the top of the blog page, and is a button to click that says "subscribe". Share, ask others to subscribe...the Ministry comes to you electronically, only if you let it....subscribe.
*1-By Helgi Halldórsson from Reykjavík, Iceland (kingdom of heaven) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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