Colossians 1:12,13

"Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet (or prepared us) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who (speaking of God the Father) hath (past tense) delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son;"


I don't believe that I have ever heard a sermon on being translated into the Kingdom. Now I've heard a lot of sermons about the Kingdom that is within you. But this is a literal Kingdom - Spiritual as well as physical, one day in the future. When John the Baptist, back there in the account of the Four Gospels said, "Repent and be baptized for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand," what was he referring to? The King was in their midst, and where The King is the Kingdom was sure to come. But Israel rejected The King and the Kingdom, and they crucified Him. He was called back up into glory, and He's seated there at the Father's right hand. But nothing with regard to Kingship and the Kingdom has changed. He's still The King of Kings and Lord of Lords. So the Kingdom is still centered in the Person of Christ. And at Salvation, along with all these other things that God has done on our behalf, He has translated us from spiritual darkness into the Kingdom of His dear Son, which is in heaven. But, that same Kingdom one day is yet going to come and be established on the earth. And you and I as believers will be there with it. We will be ruling and reigning with Christ over that Kingdom of which we are now members by virtue of our salvation experience. Looking at verse 13 again: