tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284281134224171268.post1140882072737558454..comments2023-02-17T06:00:55.470-08:00Comments on Kingdom Communities: The Promise Propagated...Jon Jeffrey Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494099258060212996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284281134224171268.post-24680283060957236102010-01-13T01:59:56.668-08:002010-01-13T01:59:56.668-08:00Thanks for laying this out, Jeff. This is truly a...Thanks for laying this out, Jeff. This is truly awesome stuff. Great promises given to great men of God (ok, not perfect, but great) - all the way back to the promise to Noah that 'never again will I destroy all living creatures'. Gen 8:21.<br />In the midst of these monentous times, some of the greatest promises ever made - God reminds us that His Kingdom is a matter of daily concern. In Gen 8:22 He reminds us that life events happen regularly daily and seasonally. They must be tended to. In Gen 15, right in the middle of truly Kingdom promise, the Bible records Abraham giving the sacrifice as God had asked. He cuts the heier up and lays it on the alter. Then the Bible tells us, "Then the birds of prey came down...but Abraham drove them away.' 15:11.<br />The recipient of this great, awesome, Kingdom-sized promise had to do the grunt work - scare the birds away. It is natural that if you cut up an animal and lay it out in the sun the birds of prey come. We have to deal with the natural occurrences in life, even though we, as members of the Kingdom, enjoy the priveleges of the Kingdom.<br />Dallas Willard defines God's Kingdom as "where what God wants done is done." We still have to do the grunt work, daily tasks or doing what God wants done.Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02021071688375819323noreply@blogger.com