LESSON 31
Wetin They Call God Kingdom?
The main message in the Bible is about God Kingdom. Jehovah will use that Kingdom to do the first thing he was having in mind for the earth. So the Kingdom that what? How we know that it na start ruling now? Wetin it na already do? And wetin it will do in the future? This lesson and the next two lessons will answer this question them.
1. Wetin they call God Kingdom, and who the King?
The Kingdom that Jehovah God own government. The King that Jesus and he ruling from heaven. (Matthew 4:17; John 18:36) Talking about Jesus, the Bible say: “He will rule as King forever.” (Luke 1:32, 33) Jesus that the King for God Kingdom. He will rule over everybody on the earth.
2. Who will rule with Jesus?
That not Jesus one will rule. People from “every tribe and tongue and people and nation . . . are to rule as kings over the earth.” (Revelation 5:9, 10) How many people will rule with Jesus? From the time Jesus came to the earth, plenty Christians been following him. But only 144,000 people will go to heaven to rule with Jesus. (Read Revelation 14:1-4.) All the other Christian them on earth will be citizens for the Kingdom.—Psalm 37:29.
3. Why God Government better than human governments?
Sometime, those who ruling can try to do good things. But they not get the power to do everything they want do. And sometime, the people who can take their place, can be selfish and they may not want to help the people they ruling over. But that Jesus ruling God Kingdom and nobody can take his place. God na “set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.” (Daniel 2:44) Jesus will rule over the whole earth and he will not pick and choose. He love people, he kind and he can treat people fair. And he will teach people to treat each other the same way, to love people, to be kind and to treat each other fair.—Read Isaiah 11:9.
LEARN MORE
Learn why God Kingdom better than any human government.
4. God Kingdom will rule over the whole earth
Jesus get more power to rule people pass anybody who na rule before. Read Matthew 28:18, and answer the question together:
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How the power Jesus get to rule more than the power any human get?
They can change the human government them from time to time, and each of them can only rule some part of the earth. What about God Kingdom? Read Daniel 7:14, and answer the question them together:
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Why it good that God Kingdom “will not be destroy”?
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Why it good that it will rule over the whole earth?
5. Human government need to be replace
Why God must move human government and put his Kingdom there? Play the VIDEO, and answer the question together.
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What na happen because human being ruling?
Read Ecclesiastes 8:9, and answer the question them together:
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You think God Kingdom must take the place of human governments? Why?
6. The people who will be ruling in God Kingdom can understand us
Because Jesus, our King na live on this earth before, he can “sympathize with our weaknesses.” (Hebrews 4:15) Jehovah na choose 144,000 faithful men and women who will rule with Jesus “out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”—Revelation 5:9.
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How it make you feel to know that Jesus and the people who will rule with him understand us and what we going through? Why?
7. The law them God Kingdom get better than any human government
The governments can make laws that they think can protect and benefit their citizens. God Kingdom too get laws that the citizens must obey. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, and answer the question them together:
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How you think the whole world will be looking when everybody obey God laws? a
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You think God get the right to expect citizens of the Kingdom to respect his law them? Why?
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What show that people who not obeying God laws can change?—See verse 11.
IF SOMEBODY ASK: “Wetin they call God Kingdom?”
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How you will answer them?
MAIN POINTS
God Kingdom that real government in heaven that will rule over the whole earth.
Review
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Who them will rule in God Kingdom?
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How God Kingdom better than any human government?
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What some of the thing them that Jehovah expect from the citizen them for that Kingdom?
LEARN OTHER THINGS
Learn what Jesus taught about where God Kingdom ruling from.
“You Think God Kingdom That Something in Your Heart?” (Web article)
Why Jehovah Witnesses choose to be loyal to God Kingdom instead of human government?
Learn what the Bible explain about the 144,000 that Jehovah choose to rule with Jesus.
What convince one woman who was in jail that only in God new world everybody will treat one another fair?
“How I Know That Injustice Will End?” (Awake!, November 2011)