The Kingdom Has Already Come vs. The Kingdom Is Still Coming

 

The Kingdom Has Already Come vs. The Kingdom Is Still Coming

Mark 4:26-29 …The kingdom of God is like this: a man sows seed on the ground, …and the seed sprouts and grows… The earth produces grain naturally: first the seedlings, then the ears of grain, and then the ears of grain bear full, ripe kernels. When the grain is ripe, he immediately takes a sickle to harvest it, for the time of harvest has come. 

Item	The Kingdom Has Already Come	The Kingdom Is Still Coming	Intrinsic Relationship (Integrated View)
Meaning	Through His incarnation, death, resurrection, and becoming the life-giving Spirit, Christ has brought the kingdom of God to mankind and has sown Himself as the divine life into His believers.	The divine life of Christ continues to grow, spread, and mature within the believers until the kingdom is fully manifested.	The kingdom has already begun, yet it is still advancing; it begins with the sowing of life and is consummated in the maturity of life.
Reason	God's eternal economy is to dispense Himself as life into man.	God's desire is that the life He has dispensed would grow to maturity and exercise His complete reign.	Dispensing is the beginning; maturity is the goal.
Illustration	The sowing of the seed (Matt. 13:3–8); the seed has already been planted into the soil.	Growth, the ear, the full grain, and the harvest (Mark 4:26–29).	The entire life-process of one seed is the process of the coming of the kingdom.
Explanation	When the Lord Jesus came, the kingdom arrived (Matt. 12:28; Luke 17:21). When a person is regenerated, the kingdom enters into him.	The divine life continually spreads within the believers until their whole being is possessed by God, ultimately reaching its full manifestation in the millennial kingdom and the New Jerusalem.	The kingdom is not an outward political realm but the inward development of the divine life.
Result	People are regenerated, enter the kingdom, and receive God's life.	Believers mature in life, are transformed, built together, glorified, and become the manifestation of the kingdom.	Regeneration brings us into the kingdom; maturity makes us the expression of the kingdom.
Purpose	To bring God into man.	To bring man fully under God's divine reign.	God enters man so that man may enter God's administration.
Means	Through Christ's incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and His becoming the Spirit to enter believers through faith.	Through the Spirit's continual growth, the work of the cross, transformation, renewal, and the church life.	The same Christ first becomes our life and then our King.
Relationship	The kingdom has already come as the beginning of life.	The kingdom is still coming as the maturity of life.	The Already issues in the Not Yet. Today we live in both aspects simultaneously.
Biblical Examples	The Lord declared, "The kingdom of God has come upon you" (Matt. 12:28). Zaccheus, Nicodemus, and the disciples received Christ, and the kingdom entered into them.	Paul's maturity in life (Phil. 3:12–15; 2 Tim. 4:7–8); the believers growing together in the church life; the final harvest (Rev. 14:15).	Every believer experiences the kingdom from regeneration to maturity.
Practical Application	Daily receive Christ as life by calling on His name and enjoying His supply.	Daily allow Christ to spread into the mind, emotion, and will until He occupies the entire heart.	We do not merely wait for the kingdom to come—we allow the kingdom to spread within us today.
Ministry Burden	Help believers realize that the kingdom is not an outward system but the inward divine life.	Help believers pursue maturity so that God's authority may be fully established within them.	The message of the kingdom is fundamentally the message of life.
Speaking for the Lord	Proclaim that Christ has entered into us and that the kingdom has already come.	Testify that Christ is daily growing, reigning, and maturing within us until the kingdom is fully manifested.	Lead the saints to see that the kingdom is Christ's life from sowing to harvest.
Conclusion	The kingdom began when Christ entered into us.	The kingdom continues as Christ spreads and matures within us.	The kingdom is Christ Himself entering man as life, growing within man, maturing in man, reigning over man, and ultimately being manifested for eternity.
Overview of Related Scriptures	Matthew 6:10           "Your kingdom come." Matthew 12:28         The kingdom of God has already come upon you. Luke 17:20–21           The kingdom of God is in your midst (or within you). John 3:3, 5     Regeneration is required to see and enter the kingdom. Mark 4:26–29            The kingdom grows like a seed until harvest. Matthew 13:3–9, 18–23 The parable of the sower. 1 Corinthians 3:6–9 God causes the growth.  Romans 14:17           The kingdom is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Colossians 1:13         Transferred into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Ephesians 3:17          Christ makes His home in our hearts. Revelation 11:15      The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. Revelation 14:15      The harvest of the earth is fully ripe. Revelation 21:2, 10 The New Jerusalem is the ultimate manifestation of God's eternal kingdom.

 

Spiritual Sequence

Step	The Development of the Kingdom
1	God became flesh and brought the kingdom to the earth.
2	Christ was sown into humanity as the seed of life.
3	Through regeneration, the kingdom has already come into the believer.
4	The divine life grows continually.
5	God's reign is established through the inward growth of life.
6	Believers mature in life and are built up as the Body of Christ.
7	The kingdom is fully manifested in the Millennial Kingdom.
8	It reaches its eternal consummation in the New Jerusalem.

 

Spiritual Formula

God became man

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Christ is sown into man as the divine life

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The Kingdom Has Already Come (Regeneration)

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Growth of the Divine Life

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Expansion of the Divine Life

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The Establishment of God's Reign

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Maturity of Life

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The Kingdom Is Still Coming

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The Millennial Kingdom

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The New Jerusalem (The Eternal Kingdom)

 

The Central Spiritual Vision

The kingdom of God is neither merely an outward realm nor simply a future government. Rather, it is Christ Himself entering into man as the divine life, growing, spreading, maturing, and reigning within man until God gains His full expression in the Millennial Kingdom and ultimately in the New Jerusalem.

Therefore:

• The Kingdom Has Already Come — because Christ has entered into the believers as life.
• The Kingdom Is Still Coming — because Christ continues to grow, spread, and reign within the believers.
• The Kingdom Will Fully Come — when the mature life of Christ is manifested in the Millennial Kingdom and reaches its eternal consummation in the New Jerusalem.

One-Statement Prophesying Summary

The kingdom has already come because Christ has entered into us as life; the kingdom is still coming because Christ is continually growing, spreading, and reigning within us; and the kingdom will fully come when His mature life is manifested in the Millennial Kingdom and consummated eternally in the New Jerusalem.

 

*Please refer to the 2026 Memorial Day Special Conference theme: The Urgent Need for a New Revival, Part Four: Living the Life of a God-Man by Living in the Kingdom of God as a Holy Kind.

「國度已經來臨」vs「國度正在來臨」

 

「國度已經來臨」vs「國度正在來臨」

太12:28    我若靠著神的靈趕鬼，這就是神的國臨到你們了。

太17:21     人也不得說，看哪，在這裡，或說，在那裡；因為看哪，神的國就在你們中間。

可四26~29　……神的國是這樣，如同人把種子撒在地上，……這種子就發芽漸長……。地生五穀，是出於自然的：先發苗，後長穗，再後穗上結成飽滿的子粒。穀既熟了，他立刻用鐮刀去割，因為收割的時候到了。

太6:10       願你的國來臨，願你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。 

項目	國度已經來臨 （Already Come）	國度正在來臨 （Still Coming）	內在關係 （整合）
意義	基督藉著成為肉體、死而復活、成為賜生命的靈，已將神的國帶到人中間，並撒在人裡面作生命。	基督這生命在信徒裡面不斷生長、擴展、成熟，直到國度完全顯明。	國度既是已經開始，也是持續完成；開始於生命的撒種，完成於生命的成熟。
原由	神的經綸乃是將自己作生命分賜到人裡面。	神的心意乃是使所分賜的生命長大成熟，完全掌權。	分賜是起點； 成熟是終點。
比喩	撒種（太十三3-8）； 生命已經撒進土裡。	生長、結穗、成熟、收割 （可四26-29）。	一粒種子完成整個生命歷程，就是國度來臨的歷程。
說明	當主耶穌來到地上，國度已臨到（太十二28；路十七21）。當人重生時，國度便進入人裡面。	神的生命天天在信徒裡面擴展，直到全人被神佔有，並最終完成於千年國與新耶路撒冷。	國度不是外面的政治制度，而是裡面的生命發展。
效果	人得重生，進入神國，得著神的生命。	人生命成熟，被變化、建造、得榮，成為國度成熟的子民。	重生使人進國度；成熟使人成為國度彰顯。
目的	將神 帶進人裡面。	將人 完全帶進神的管治裡。	神進入人， 人進入神的行政。
憑藉	基督成為肉體、釘十字架、復活成為那靈，並藉信心進入人裡面。	那靈天天藉生命生長、十字架對付、更新變化、召會生活而擴展。	同一位基督先作生命，再作王權。
相互關係	國度已經來，是生命開始。	國度正在來，是生命成熟。	「已然（Already）」產生「未然（Not Yet）」。今天活在兩面的實際中。
實例	主耶穌宣告：「神的國臨到你們了。」（太十二28） 撒該、尼哥底母、門徒因信接受主，國度進入他們裡面。	保羅生命逐漸成熟（腓三12-15；提後四7-8）；眾聖徒在召會中長大建造；最終收割（啟十四15）。	每位信徒都經歷 從重生到成熟的國度歷程。
今日應用	天天接受基督作生命，呼求主名，享受生命供應。	天天讓基督擴展到思想、情感、意志，使祂在全人居首位。	不是等候國度來，而是讓國度今天在裡面擴展。
職事的負擔	幫助信徒認識： 國度不是外面的制度， 而是裡面的生命。	幫助信徒讓生命成熟，使神的權柄完全建立在裡面。	國度的信息 乃是生命的信息。
申言指引	宣告： 基督已經進入我們裡面， 神的國已臨到我們。	見證： 讓基督天天在我們裡面長大、掌權、成熟，直到國度完全顯現。	帶領聖徒看見： 國度就是基督生命從撒種到成熟的整個過程。
結論	國度已經開始於 基督進入我們。	國度仍然前進於 基督在我們裡面的 擴展與成熟。	國度乃是基督作生命進入人、長大於人、成熟於人、掌權於人，直到完全彰顯於永世。
相關經文 總覽	太6:10     願你的國來臨。 太12:28 神的國已經臨到你們。 路17:20-21 神的國就在你們中間（或裡面）。 約3:3、5 重生才能見神的國、進神的國。 可4:26-29 國度如種子生長直到收割。 太13:3-9、18-23      撒種的比喻。 羅14:17    神的國是公義、和平、並聖靈中的喜樂。 西1:13      遷入愛子的國裡。 林前3:6-9     神使生命生長。 弗3:17      基督安家在我們心裡。啟11:15  世上的國成了我主和祂基督的國。 啟14:15    莊稼成熟，可以收割。啟21:2、10 新耶路撒冷是神國終極的顯出。

 

屬靈次序（Spiritual Sequence）

次序	國度的發展
①	神成為肉體，把國度帶到地上。
②	基督作生命的種子撒在人裡面。
③	人重生，國度已經臨到。
④	神聖生命天天生長、擴展。
⑤	神藉生命在裡面掌權。
⑥	信徒生命成熟、建造基督身體。
⑦	國度完全實現於千年國。
⑧	終極完成於新耶路撒冷。

 

屬靈公式（Spiritual Formula）

神成為人

→ 基督作生命撒在人裡面

→ 國度已經來臨（重生）

→ 生命生長

→ 神聖生命擴展

→ 神的掌權建立

→ 生命成熟

→ 國度正在完全來臨

→ 千年國

→ 新耶路撒冷（永遠國度）

屬靈核心異象

神的國不是外面的疆界，也不是未來才有的政權；神的國乃是基督自己作生命進到人裡面，在人裡面不斷生長、擴展、成熟，直到神藉生命完全掌權，並最終彰顯於千年國與新耶路撒冷。

因此：

• 國度已經來臨──因基督已進入信徒裡面作生命。
• 國度正在來臨──因基督仍在信徒裡面不斷擴展、成熟並掌權。
• 國度完全來臨──當基督成熟的生命完全彰顯於國度時代，並終極完成於新耶路撒冷。

一句申言總結

國度已經來臨，是基督作生命進入我們；國度正在來臨，是基督在我們裡面不斷生長、擴展並掌權；國度完全來臨，乃是基督成熟的生命彰顯於千年國，並終極完成於新耶路撒冷。

 

*請參照  2026年   國殤節特會  主題：極其需要新的復興  第四篇   借著活在神的國作為神聖種類的範圍裡，過神人的生活