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Why Did Jesus Really Come?…Part 6, by Papa Boyd Dennis.
From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”…Matthew 4:17. Let’s take a look at the fourth very important reason “Why Jesus Really Came”…Jesus Came to Re-Establish the Kingdom of God/Heaven in the earth through man.
After the Lord announced that the time for the beginning of the Kingdom had come, He went into the synagogue at Capernaum and began to teach. Immediately, the people noticed something very different about this man. There was an authority in His teaching that the scribes did not have. Furthermore, a man in the synagogue in which resided an unclean spirit began to cry out. The evil spirit could not withstand His presence nor the power of His authority. When Jesus rebuked the demon, commanding it to come out of the man, the demon cried out with a loud voice. When the people saw this happen before their eyes, they were greatly astonished. Never before had they seen an evil spirit come out of anyone by the direct command of a man. None of their religious leaders, nor even the prophets had such power. They questioned among themselves about what new doctrine or power this was – Mark 1:21-28.
It was true. A new power had come into operation among men. All through the Old Testament times, though the prophets had power to perform miracles and do exploits, not one person had cast a demon out of anyone by means of a direct command. What was this new power that was operating among men? Our Lord Jesus, Himself, explained it this way. He said, “If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God is come”…Matthew 12:28. This new authority which He was exercising over demons and over all things was the sign and proof that the Kingdom of God had begun. It was no longer future, but had become a present reality.
Christ was the seed, the firstborn, the pioneer, the proto-type, the author and the beginning of all that the Kingdom is. His mission was to usher in the beginning of the Kingdom, making its blessings, benefits, privileges, and supernatural powers a present possession for all who by faith would use them.
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