Lesson Title: His Kingdom Has Come

📅 Date: January 4, 2026

📖 Texts:

• Psalm 103:19 – “The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.”

• Luke 12:32 – “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

• Matthew 6:9–10 – “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

• Hosea 4:6 – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…”

I. THE STANDARD OF HEAVEN

“As it is in heaven” defines the standard. Heaven is the reference point.

In Heaven:

• God’s will is fully known

• God’s word is immediately obeyed

• God’s authority is uncontested

• God’s order is undisturbed

• God’s purposes are perfectly fulfilled

Prayer = “Reveal what already is — and bring it here.”

II. THE REALM OF COMPLETED WILL

• Heaven is alignment — not resistance.

• Jesus taught us to pray: “Thy will be done” (not created) on earth.

• God’s will is already finished in heaven; it must be revealed and enforced on earth.

Jesus Sends Us → John 20:21

We become the answer to what we pray.

III. HE BUILDS THROUGH SONS, NOT STRUCTURES

Matthew 16:18 – “I will build My church…”

• Build (Greek: oikodomeō / Hebrew: banah)

→ To build a house of sons

→ Hebrew letters: Bet (house) + Nun (seed) + Hey (breath/revelation)

POINT: Building = God’s breath fills the house and seed, forming sons who carry divine revelation.

IV. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM = GOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER

Matthew 16:19 – “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven…”

• Authority to bind and loose = legal rulings in rabbinic Judaism

• Jesus exposed corrupt religious authority (Matthew 16)

• Authority is granted on revelation, not title

Jesus is giving interpretive authority to His church.

V. WHAT IS INTERPRETIVE AUTHORITY?

• Not rewriting Scripture or personal doctrine

• It is the right to discern, declare, and apply God’s will in real-life situations

• Heaven decides first

• Earth discerns and declares

• Authority enforces

Examples:

• Forgiveness → John 20:23

• Casting out demons → Interpreting heaven’s will and enforcing it

VI. REVELATION IS UNDER ATTACK

Hosea 4:6 – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…”

Hebrew Breakdown:

• Destroyed (damah): Silenced, cut off, undone

• Lack (bəliy): Absence of what’s essential

• Knowledge (daʿat): Intimate, covenant knowing of God

Consequences of Lack of Knowledge:

1. Dismantles identity

2. Paralyzes purpose

3. Mutes prophetic voice

4. Disempowers generational influence

VII. DECONSTRUCTIONISM: A MODERN WARFARE STRATEGY

• Postmodern philosophy → infiltrated church culture

• Appears thoughtful, but promotes relativism

• Redefines God, Scripture, and truth through personal feelings or offense

Point:

Deconstructionism mimics hunger for truth but avoids surrender to it.

Genesis 3: “Did God really say?”

Romans 1:21–25 – Trading truth for a lie → self-worship

VIII. WHERE THERE IS NO REVELATION…

Proverbs 29:18 – “Where there is no vision, the people perish…”

Hebrew Breakdown:

• Vision (chazon): Prophetic revelation

• Perish (paraʿ): Cast off restraint, become lawless

• Law (torah): Instruction, direction from God

Point:

Without revelation, the people become ungoverned and misaligned with Heaven.

IX. WHY HELL FEARS REVELATION

Hebrews 3:10 – “They have not known My ways…”

• Yada / Ginōskō: Relational, covenant knowledge

• The enemy seeks to harden hearts and silence seeking

• Isaiah 43:22 – “You have been weary of Me, O Israel.”

When revelation is cut off, so is alignment with Heaven.

X. OUR WARFARE IS OVER REVELATION

Daniel 10:12 – “From the first day you set your heart to understand…”

• Understanding = bin (Hebrew) → spiritual discernment

• Revelation brings authority and movement

• Catalysts shift culture, not adapt to it

XI. FINAL DECLARATION

Matthew 16:19

Luke 12:32 – “It is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom!”

Remember, Interpretive Authority means:

• We discern Heaven’s will

• We declare what Heaven has said

• We enforce what Heaven has established

It is:

• Functional, not hierarchical

• Relational, not institutional

• Servant-based, not controlling