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A WORKBOOK FOR FIFTY-TWO KINGDOM TOPICS

A Manual of Instruction for teaching the Gospel of the Kingdom

Based on the book Fifty-two Kingdom Topics by Robert B. Thompson

Developed by Edward J. Reiter

Copyright © 2001 Trumpet Ministries, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding. (Proverbs 23:23)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. (Matthew 13:45_46)

Anything of eternal value is worth seeking with all our heart. If we must leave behind lesser things, so be it. Without question the Gospel of the Kingdom is a pearl of great price.

The good news is the Kingdom of God is coming to the earth. It began with the birth of Jesus Christ and continued to develop through the spread of the Christian Church. Those who will install it with the return of the Lord Jesus are being formed today into an obedient, holy army of saints.

In our time, as the wheat and the tares grow to maturity side by side, it is time to forsake all which hinders our pursuit of the Kingdom of God . We must become willing to buy the truth and sell it not.

Developed from Fifty-two Kingdom Topics , this syllabus of instruction focuses our attention on that one pearl of great price, the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Edward J. Reiter
Escondido , California
January 2000

Table of Contents

PrefacePreface

Introduction

Born of God

The Bride of the Lamb

Brothers of Christ

Christ, Head and Body

The Coming of the Lord

The Continuity of the Testaments

The Day of Atonement

The Day of the Lord

The Disciple

Eagles' Wings

The End-time

Eternal Life

Faith

The Feast of Tabernacles

The Feasts of the Lord

The First Resurrection

The First fruits of the Bride

The Four Aspects of the Divine Decree

The Four Great Types

The Goal of Salvation

Grace and Faith Versus the Law of Moses, not Versus Righteous Behavior

The Great Tribulation

Image and Union

Israel

The Judges of Men and Angels

The Judgment Seat of Christ

The Kingdom of God

The Love of Money

The Manifestation of the Sons of God

The Nations of the Saved

The New Covenant

The Over comer

Responding to the Vision of God

The Rest of God

Restoration

The Resurrection

The Royal Priesthood

The Second Death

Shattering the Power of the Saints

Suffering and Glory

Survival and Security, Worship, and Achievement

The Temple of God

The Thousand-year Kingdom Age

The Three Stages of Redemption

The Throne of God

The Two Beginnings

Two Kinds of Righteousness

The Two Witnesses

The Wall

War

The Witness of God

Working Out Our Salvation

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. (Matthew 4:23)

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee , proclaiming the good news of God" The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" (Mark 1:14,15)

Both John the Baptist and the Lord Jesus Christ preached the gospel of the Kingdom. In our time this good news has often been interpreted in ways which miss the heart of what God the Father intended. The fact that God plans to establish a Kingdom on earth in which He will overthrow evil and restore justice through His Son Jesus Christ and His Church has many times been overlooked.

This workbook represents a syllabus of the teaching of Robert B. Thompson on the Christian salvation centered around fifty-two topics. It has been designed as a core curriculum for learning and teaching the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Each particular concept is presented in a format which :

condenses each concept into a summary statement several paragraphs in length.

provides a few primary Scripture verses which support each concept.

lists essential points of emphasis which serve as an outline for instructing others in the concept.

recommends other works written by Robert B. Thompson which expand more fully the concept under discussion.

suggests follow-up activities to encourage further self-study.

May God grant you wisdom and knowledge in your pursuit of understanding more fully the pearl of great price , the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Topic #1 A Workbook for Fifty-two Kingdom Topics

The main usage of the term "born again" was by the Lord Jesus when He said that being born again was required if we are to see and enter the Kingdom of God . Being born again has to do with the Kingdom, not with being saved from Hell or from Divine wrath.

To be born again is not merely to have a change of mind! To be born again is to have the Divine Seed of God planted in our personality. The Seed comes from God. It is not human. It is Divine. It is supernatural. It is new Divine Life.

Christianity has suffered much because it is not made clear to people that being born again is to have God's Nature conceived in us. The believers attempt to save their original adamic nature. They are under the impression that God is going to save what they are and bring it to Heaven. The truth is, God will never accept our adamic personality. God's salvation kills the adamic nature on the cross and then brings forth a new nature, a new creation, a true brother of Jesus Christ.

That which is born of God is of God in the truest sense of the Word. Properly nourished it will develop into a genuine brother of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is to this family relationship with our Father, with God, through the Lord Jesus Christ, that we have been called.

Primary Scriptures

Children born not of natural descent,  nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. (John 1:13)

In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." (John 3:3)

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. (Galatians 6:15)

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. (I Peter 1:23)

Essential Points of Emphasis

It is the Kingdom that is born in us when Christ is born in us.

Being born again has to do with the Life of God being conceived in us.

Our Christian life consists largely of crucifying the adamic nature and growing in the Divine Nature.

It is only to the extent that Christ has been formed in us that God can dwell in us; for He dwells in Christ in us.

First Christ is formed in us. This is the new creation. Then the Father and the Son come to dwell in the new creation that has been formed in us.

Suggested References

Change; The True Nature of the New Covenant; You Must Be Born Again!

Follow up Activities

Answer Review Questions for this topic.

List additional Scriptures which support this concept.

Summarize this topic in your own words in one paragraph.

Read further on this concept in Fifty-two Kingdom Topics .

Topic #2 A Workbook for Fifty-two Kingdom Topics

No aspect of the Kingdom of God is more important than the marriage of the Lamb. The Word of God, the Messiah, the Anointed Lord, has never before had a complement, a helper suited to Him.

The story of Adam and Eve really is an allegory. It is telling us that God has determined His Son shall no longer be alone but will have someone with whom He can communicate and who will reveal His Glory in the creation of God.

"He called their name Adam." So it is true that marriage to the Lamb is such total union with the Lamb that their name is the Lamb, so to speak. They who live by the body and blood of the Lamb are totally, eternally one in Christ in God.

There are no "queens" of the Kingdom of God . This is because a queen is not the same person of the king and can, in fact, be hostile toward him. She is a separate person with a will of her own.

The various Christian organizations often view themselves as "queens," but they are queens of Babylon , not of the Kingdom of God . We are not separate from Christ, if we are the Wife of the Lamb. We forever are an integral part of the Lamb.

Primary Scriptures

That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:21)

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25 )

After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— (Ephesians 5:29 )

Essential Points of Emphasis

We often refer to the "Bride of Christ." But the Scripture refers to the "Bride of the Lamb." This is because we eat the Lamb.

The important aspect of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt was not that of the escape of human beings from physical slavery. The Centerpiece of the exodus is the Passover Lamb. The Jews left the slavery of Egypt and put on the chains of slavery to demons. But whoever eats the Passover Lamb and lives by Him is forever free from slavery.

Correct doctrine will never raise anyone to meet Christ in the air. It is His body and blood in us that will raise us.

Suggested References

The Marriage of the Lamb; The Tender Agony; A Wife but Not a Queen

Follow up Activities

Answer Review Questions for this topic.

List additional Scriptures which support this concept.

Summarize this topic in your own words in one paragraph.

Read further on this concept in Fifty-two Kingdom Topics .