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Colossians 1:13

When Jesus Christ lived a perfect life and died for the sins of men, He qualified to dethrone Satan. The "god of this world" has been defeated! However, he remains active among us until the King of kings returns and sets up His government on earth.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Basic Doctrines: Satan's Origin and Destiny

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Colossians 1:13

Everyone of us knows that we are in the church. Are we aware that we are already in the Kingdom of God? We are! It is not here in fullness, nor as a physical reality. This verse says very clearly that we are already in the Kingdom of His dear Son. This is a spiritual reality that we must consider in relation to the church to grasp the importance of the church. The church is a portion of the Kingdom of God. It is not its fullness but a part.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Unity (Part 8): Ephesians 4 (E)

Related Topics: Church as Kingdom of God in Embryo | Kingdom of God | Kingdom of God in Embryo

Colossians 1:13-17

Jesus Christ is not only our Savior but also our Creator. He is the subject of the powerful description in Isaiah 40:9-18, and it is into His Kingdom we have been translated, meaning conveyed or transferred. Paul must mean that this translation is spiritual because God's Kingdom has not yet literally been established on earth. God "calls those things which do not exist as though they did" (Romans 4:17). We are to conduct our lives and represent God before the world as though we were literally a part of it even now.

Philippians 3:20 reinforces this: "For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ." The Kingdom of God is still in heaven and will be established on earth at Christ's return. However, we are already considered its citizens. Thus, our loyalties and submission go to it before everything else.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Sixth Commandment (Part 2): War! (1997)

Related Topics: Citizenship in Heaven | God's Kingdom | Jesus Christ as the Creator of the Sabbath | Kingdom of God | Kingdom of God, Established on Earth | Kingdom of Heaven

Other commentary entries containing this verse:

Matthew 5:3-12
Matthew 13:11
Matthew 13:24
Matthew 13:31
Matthew 13:33
Matthew 13:44-45
Matthew 13:47
Matthew 13:52
Mark 2:27-28
Philippians 3:20
Hebrews 11:5-6
1 Peter 1:1-2

Library resources that contain this verse:

The Institution of the Sabbath
Articles
How to Conduct Ourselves as Ambassadors for Christ
Immigration and the Kingdom of God  (2)
Is the Christian Required To Do Works? (Part Five)
Living Stones in God's House
The Beatitudes, Part Two: Poor in Spirit
The Christian Fight (Part Four)
The Christian Fight (Part Seven)
The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment (Part 2): War! (1997)
The Sixth Commandment (Part 2): War! (1997)
Bible Studies
Basic Doctrines: Satan's Origin and Destiny
Basic Doctrines: The First Resurrection
God's Master Plan
The True Gospel
Booklets
Preparing the Bride
Preparing the Bride
Preparing the Bride
Where Are Enoch and Elijah?  (2)
Sermon Transcripts
According to His Pleasure
All in All (Part 1)  (2)
Bible Answers to The Da Vinci Code
Born Again (Part 1)
Born Again (Part 3)
Everlasting Light
Faith and Healing (Part 1)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part 3)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part 7)
Faith, Government, and the Calendar (Part 4)  (3)
Government (Part 2)  (2)
Healing the Breach
Immutable Scientific Laws
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 7)
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 4)
Learning to Navigate
Parables of Matthew 13 (Part 1): The Mustard Seed  (2)
Parables of Matthew 13 (Part 2): Leaven
Rejoice in What We Are!
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part 6)  (2)
The Adversary  (2)
The Belly of the Great Fish
The Father-Son Relationship (Part 1)  (2)
The Father-Son Relationship (Part 3)
The Father-Son Relationship (Part 3)
The Kingdom of God  (3)
The Nature of God: Elohim
The Need to Escape and Be Rescued
The Sixth Commandment
Unity (Part 8): Ephesians 4 (E)
Why We Do Not Vote

 

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