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know. We are obligated to test the truth, especially within our religion—it’s a great place to begin! It does not matter what your religious preference is, but you will have to step up into a fuller spiritual reality to be certain the truths knows otherwise the darkness within may seem to be light. If this is the cause the question then is, “How deep is the darkness?” Keep in mind that satisfaction with darkness causes one to retain the darkness; one will be convinced the darkness is truth, and fearful to step into the light or to test that supposed truth. God did not want mankind to have a worldly king, but respond to one anointed as a worldly king. He wants mankind to respond to a worldly king who is anointed by Jesus to lead and rule over Satan and those evil spirits. So, it is said, “You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; in your hands he has placed mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold. After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others” (Daniel 2:37-40). God’s kingdom is nothing less than a holy temple, or a human body in which the mystical Holy Spirit [God’s Spirit] dwells. This kingdom is not a house made by human hands, but a dwelling place within the heart where the temple of God exists. It is a place where spiritual reality causes one to rise above what is worldly; where faith is comprehension, rather than a mind that merely believes a theory. Therefore, in this spiritual place what you perceive is Divine truth of reality. The ancient testaments of every religion should direct one deeper into the truth. If you remain fixed, insistent upon your theory, you will remain bound in it as though it is the whole truth. In this temple—God’s kingdom—evil must be driven out, because such is intended to be a pure temple or spiritual house. It must be pure, pristine, with a desire to always be so. While each person begins imperfect, perfection must be sought constantly. We are called to be His spiritual body, always striving to achieve a greater or higher degree of perfection. So, as a mystical and physical body, the church is also a kingdom, because the Spirit of God dwells within. Every heart must be converted in love; each person is a spiritual presence; Church [a spiritual body], is a gathering of souls; hearts are as pure as the driven snow, or as white as any purified garment may be. It is this church or spiritual body on

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