Let's Acquire the Citizenship of Heaven

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 Now many of our spiritual brothers and sisters are coming from so many different places in the world, according to God's prophecy-Your children will come from afar, flying like doves to their nests.' This shows us that not one of God's prophecies can pass away without being fulfilled.
 Though they are of different races, all of them have the same faith in the Spirit and the Bride and do the gospel work faithfully. Seeing that they are so quick to understand the word of truth, we can feel that the due time has come and God is giving the power of the Holy Spirit abundantly to all the brothers and sisters in Zion. Whether we are in the east or in the west, we are the people of God and have the same duty. No matter what country we belong to physically, we are God's people having the citizenship of heaven.

 Our citizenship is much more valuable, which is the citizenship of heaven.

 Php 3:17-21 ... But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

 We've obtained heaven's citizenship. God let us know that only those who have their citizenship in heaven can be transformed into the likeness of Christ's glorious body. If a person has acquired the citizenship of a particular country which provides the right to live there, he is envied by the people around him. How much more will we be envied if we have a permanent citizenship in heaven!

 When Jesus came to this earth and was mocked and persecuted by creatures, He didn't care about it at all, because He was looking forward to a spiritual country.

 Jn 18:33-37 "Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?" "Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?" Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place." "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. ... Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."

 Through the above passages, we are to understand what Christ's will is. Jesus shows us His will as follows: My kingdom is not of this world which is like a drop in a bucket and regarded dust on the scales. My kingdom is not an earthly country fading away, but the eternal kingdom of heaven.'
 Earthly citizenship is not valuable to us. We should be proud of our citizenship in heaven. They make every effort to gain American citizenship in this earth like fine dust. How much more should we labor for the kingdom of heaven! We must not disregard or overlook the things of the invisible world.