The Password to the Door to the Kingdom of God

 

The Password to the Door to the Kingdom of God

 

When looking at a house today, there is a front door, and most homes have smart keys that require a password to open. Just as one cannot enter a house without knowing the password, I think that the Kingdom of God also has a password.

It means that the condition for entering the Kingdom of God is not simply living a life of hard work, devotion, and sacrifice, but rather that there is a mutual promise, like a password. This mutual promise is a covenant between God and man, and that is what the password is.

Ephesians 5:31-32 "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, as I speak concerning Christ and the church."

Here, the word "mystery" appears. The Apostle Paul said, "A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great." What does this mean?

Man represents Jesus Christ as the Son of Man, and parents represent God. The reason man leaves his parents is that God came into the world to die on the cross in order to save all people. In other words, the reason for leaving parents is the death on the cross.

Aren't you curious why Jesus had to die on the cross for human salvation to be achieved?

People think that he died on the cross merely to atone for sins, but a greater reason is the fact that human beings originally came from the Kingdom of God. God did not create the world and humans simply to please Him and to make them live well; rather, He confined spiritual beings who had sinned in the Kingdom of God within the material world. He did not merely confine them in the world of darkness, but rather contained the memory of the sin committed in the Kingdom of God within the physical body, known as the body of sin.

Genesis 3:21 states, "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them."

While most theologians say that the garments of skin signify animal sacrifices, they actually represent the body of sin; through this body of sin, we live in the world and produce all kinds of sins. The death on the cross plays a role in escaping from this.

Romans 6:6 "And we know that our old self was crucified with Jesus so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be slaves to sin."

In order for God to restore them to the Kingdom of God, He needed His own method. That is for Himself to become human and die on the cross.

Next, it says, “A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” The fundamental reason a man joins to a wife is generally to produce children. Of course, there are other reasons, but the ultimate reason is precisely the production of offspring.

The production of children is bearing the fruit of resurrection life. The statement that Jesus died on the cross and resurrected to become the firstfruits signifies the very beginning of resurrection life. One must have resurrection life to enter the Kingdom of God. Resurrection life can also be called the righteousness of God. If a believer lacks resurrection life, they cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

Ephesians 2:5-6 "He made us alive together with Christ when we were dead in our trespasses and grace saved us, and raised us up together and seated us together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus."

God gives resurrection life to the saints, returning those who were originally in the Kingdom of God back to the Kingdom of God. The body of sin has now died, united with the death of the cross. Therefore, the saints are completely liberated from sin.

Now, you have probably guessed what the password is, haven't you?

It is the death on the cross and the resurrection. It means that whoever believes that a believer died on the cross united with Jesus Christ, and that they were resurrected united with the resurrected Jesus Christ, is the one who can enter the Kingdom of God.

Those who believe that they will be resurrected after the death of their bodies are those who do not know the password to the Kingdom of God. God gives the password through the Holy Spirit into the hearts of those who believe that the death on the cross and the resurrection are taking place now. Therefore, the saint now only needs to press that password with faith. This is the very faith that leads to justification by faith.

You must not forget that God's righteousness does not enter simply by a believer believing in Jesus; rather, it becomes God's righteousness only when the body of sin dies on the cross and the resurrected life enters.