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The Church as the Kingdom of the Son of God’s Love         71


         Needing to Understand the Intrinsic Significance of the Church as the
                        Kingdom of the Son of God’s Love

          The Son of God Being the Embodiment and Expression of the Divine
              Life; Hence, the Kingdom of the Son Being a Realm of Life

            We need to understand the intrinsic significance of the church as the
        kingdom of the Son of God’s love. The Son of God is the embodiment and
        expression of the divine life; hence, the kingdom of the Son is a realm of life.
        The kingdom is a realm of life. It is not a realm of death of but a realm of life.
        The Kingdom into Which We Have Been Transferred Being the Kingdom of
           the Son of God’s Love; This Realm of Life Being in Love, Not in Fear
            The kingdom into which we have been transferred is the kingdom of the
        Son of God’s love; this realm of life is in love, not in fear. We can understand
        it in this way. If our church life is full of fear, we are not in the realm of life.
        Because if we are in the realm of life, we are in love and not in fear.
            The Kingdom in Which We Find Ourselves Today Being a Realm
                           Full of Life, Light, and Love
            The kingdom in which we find ourselves today is a realm full of life,
        light, and love. I also feel that if we find ourselves departing from such a
        realm, may the Lord enable us to make a big turn back to this realm, the realm
        of life, light, and love.

               The Son of the Father Being the Expression of the Father
                              as the Source of Life

            The Son of the Father’s Love Being the Object of the Father’s Love to
        Be the Embodiment of Life to Us in the Divine Love with the Authority in
        Resurrection
            The Son, as the Embodiment of the Divine Life, Being the Object of the
        Father’s Love

            The Son of the Father is the expression of the Father as the source of
        life. The Son of the Father’s love is the object of the Father’s love to be the
        embodiment of life to us in the divine love with the authority in resurrection.
        The Son, as the embodiment of the divine life, is the object of the Father’s
        love. The divine life embodied in the Son is given to us in the divine love.
        The object of the divine love becomes to us the embodiment of life in the
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