Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven
- Introduction
The secrets of the Kingdom of heaven define our destiny in Christ.
When we use these secrets according to the direction of our Lord and Saviour, these secrets becomes keys that unlock our destiny on this earth and in all eternity.
1. The secrets of the kingdom of heaven consist of the plans and purposes of God for creation and for all men
These secrets declare to the world God’s good plans for His creation and for every man and woman on this earth.
These secrets have been determined by God in heaven and constitute the will of our Father in heaven.
Deuteronomy 29:29
29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Matthew 6:10
10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
2. The secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven has been revealed to all men in the word of God
The secrets of God have been hidden from men in the past, but they have been revealed to man through God’s written word.
However, it is only the children of God who are able to understand and receive these secrets.
This is because they have the Spirit of God who reveals these secrets to God’s children.
Matthew 13:11
11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven has been given to you, but not to them.”
John 16:13-15
13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come.
14 He will glorify me because it is from me that He will receive what He will make known to you.
15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what He will make known to you.
To the world, such secrets are considered foolishness.
The worldly man despise these secrets and they do not enter their eternal destiny in Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:12, 14
12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.
14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
3. The secrets of the Kingdom of heaven have been established forever in heaven
God’s eternal counsel and plans for all men have been forever established in heaven.
They will not change.
They have been forever settled in heaven.
They have been forever decreed by God in heaven.
They have been determined by God forever in heaven.
Psalm 119:89 NASB
89 Forever, O Yehovah, Your word is settled in heaven.
Psalm 119:89 GWT
89 O Yehovah, your word is established in heaven forever.
4. Jesus our Lord wants us to decree on earth what has been decreed by God in heaven
God has made every child of God a king on this earth by the blood of Jesus (Revelation 5:10 NKJ).
A king rules by making decrees.
Our Lord Jesus wants every child of God to decree on earth only what has been decreed in heaven.
We are commanded to decree the will of God on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:10; 16:19).
Matthew 6:10
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 16:19 NIV Margin, NASB
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.
Matthew 16:19 ISV
I will give you the keys to the kingdom from heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.
To bind and to loose is to prohibit and to permit.
This describes the act of a king when he is making a decree.
Jesus wants us to decree on earth what has been decreed in heaven.
Jesus wants us to bind and loose what has been bound and loosed in heaven.
Jesus wants us to prohibit on earth what has been prohibited in heaven, and to permit on earth what has been permitted in heaven.
5. Whatever we decree, whatever we command, whatever we declare, in Jesus’ name, it will be done for us
As kings in God’s kingdom, every child rules on this earth through the decrees he makes.
Jesus promised that whenever we make a decree on this earth, it will be done for us.
Mark 11:23 NIV
23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.”
[says to the mountain = makes a decree, makes a command]
6. Nothing shall be impossible for us as we rule as a king and decree the Father’s will on earth as it is in heaven
Everything that has been revealed and promised to us by our Father in heaven can be established on this earth through the decrees of our lips.
Miracles, anointing, glory, spiritual maturity, perfect holiness, healing, deliverance, provision, etc., can all be established in God’s people on this earth---in our lives, our families, our children, our churches, our nations.
Jesus said that nothing shall be impossible for us through the words that we declare, proclaim and decree.
Matthew 17:20
20 Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to there,” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.
7. The secrets of heaven that we decree are called keys that unlock our destiny in Christ on this earth and in eternity
The secrets of the Kingdom of heaven---God’s plans and purposes for all men, given to us as revelation by God in His word---are called by Jesus “keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.”
They are called keys because they will unlock all the riches and blessings of heaven to all men on this earth.
Matthew 16:19 NIV Margin
19 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.
Every secret, every key, every revelation, every promise, every command that has been determined in heaven can become a reality on this earth as every child of God decree them over his life and over the people around him.
As we decree on earth what has been decreed in heaven, heaven will be established on this earth.
The will of the Father will then be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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NOTES
1. The name of God, Yehovah, is transliterated from the Hebrew letters YHVH, the name of the God of Israel in the Bible.
2. The name of God, YHVH, is used over 6500 times in the Hebrew Old Testament.
3. In the King James Version, YHVH is transliterated as “Jehovah” in four places, namely, Exodus 6:3, Psalm 83:18, and Isaiah 12:2 and 26:4.
In the American Standard Version, the name of God, YHVH, is transliterated as “Jehovah” more than 6500 times in the Old Testament.
4. However, most of the time, in almost all English Bible translations, the name of God, YHVH or Yehovah, is hidden from God’s people by using the substitute “The LORD,”the word being spelled in CAPITAL LETTERS.
This is evil, because it causes the people of God to not know what God’s real name is.
5. In fact, God wants His name to be known in all the earth, and most of all among His people.
God says in Exodus 9:16, “But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
6. The name of God, Jehovah, as found 4 times in the King James Version, is actually pronounced at the time of King James as “Yehovah.”
This is because the modern “J” sound did not enter the English language at that time yet, and so the letter “J” carried the “Y” sound at that time.
Another example of this old pronunciation for “J” is found in the word written as ”Hallelujah” in English.
The word is pronounced as “Halleluyah,” where the "j" sound is pronounced as the "y" sound.
Also, in the Hebrew language, there is no “j” letter or “j” sound.
7. God therefore wants His children today to call on His name, remember His name, not forget His name, but to make His name known.
Psalm 99:6
6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called on His name; they called upon Yehovah and He answered them.
Exodus 3:15
15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘Yehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
Shalom.