The Kingdom vs The World - How they see things

 

The church within the context of the kingdom of God is an inverse parallel of the secular world, if we imagine the world as a pyramid standing upright and the church/ kingdom of God as an upside down pyramid we can reference an accurate idea of this parallel.

The way of the world then is to climb to the top of the pyramid while the way of the kingdom is to climb to the bottom. This mode of operation confuses the world which lives from the natural senses; spiritual things must be spiritually discerned.

When the world sees kingdom people climbing to the bottom of the upside down pyramid; their eyes say “Look they are going down in life”, and when their eyes see anyone who names the name of Christ climbing to the top of the upside down pyramid which is our figure of the kingdom in this exhortation; their eyes say “Look that one is wise, she is successful in ministry and life”.

James 1:9

-          Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted.

What the eyes do not see but the spirit of truth reveals is that the person lowest on an upside down pyramid is the person highest; from kingdom perspective for they are closest to the top which is the bottom of the pyramid from a carnal perspective. The flesh cannot perceive this reality and neither does it discern that the one who aims for the top of the upside down pyramid which is our figure of the kingdom in this exhortation, is climbing further and further away from the light which is Christ and more into the darkness of the “spiritual abyss”.

Proverb 16:18

-          Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall

Matthew 23:12

-          And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humbleth himself shall be exalted

 

“Whosoever craves the top shall surely find the bottom”

                                    __S.rowe

           

Pyramid analogy

 

 So you see the bottom or the place of humility in the kingdom is actually the top or tip of the pyramid but in the eyes of the world it is the bottom and that is why the mystery of the kingdom can only be revealed by the spirit of truth the Holy Ghost.

In the kingdom he or she whom is at the bottom is he or she whom is best positioned for exaltation by the most High. The world is not so and rightly so for we; the kingdom people are they which are of truth and life. Glory be to God, and our Father of lights.

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