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    2 Peter 1

    2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
    3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
    4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

    Yes, I want what is mentioned in verse 4. So how do I parttake in that ?

    5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
    6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
    7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

    So that's part of taking part in the divine nature and escaping the corruption of this world.

    8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
    10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
    11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

    So if I do these things then "an entrance will be supplied to me abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ".

    When is that ?

    Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

    Luke 17:21 nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."

    Luke 11:20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

    So the kingdom of God is now, since I'm born again. And doing the things mentioned in 2 Peter 1 will mean that an entrance into that kingdom will be supplied to me abundantly.

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    2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,
    3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,
    4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

    Yes, I want what is mentioned in verse 4. So how do I parttake in that ?

    5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
    6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
    7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

    So that's part of taking part in the divine nature and escaping the corruption of this world.

    8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
    10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
    11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

    So if I do these things then "an entrance will be supplied to me abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ".

    When is that ?

    Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

    Luke 17:21 nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”

    Luke 11:20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

    So the kingdom of God is now, since I'm born again. And doing the things mentioned in 2 Peter 1 will mean that an entrance into that kingdom will be supplied to me abundantly.

    Here is the when.


    “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matthew 25:31-34





    Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:




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    That's when they inherit it fully and also when the inheritance cannot be withdrawn again. In the meantime we have access to the things of the kingdom of God due to our righteous standing by faith. Beginning with the new birth and the receiving of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Those continue into eternity.

    Receiving those things are a matter of "pressing into the kingdom of God" and of bringing the kingdom of God "inside of us". The effects of Jesus' ministry was an effect of the kingdom of God already "coming upon them". See the three verses I quoted in the OP.

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    Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

    That's not going on in afterlife. These people were still alive and around in this world and they were gaining entry into the kingdom of God. Not just in terms of a promise of a future entry, they were obtaining its treasures. Some had their sins forgiven, some were healed by faith. For instance.

    Mat 13:33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”

    In afterlife, the kingdom of God will be all there is and there will be no need of having it develop through people's lives.

    Rom 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

    Those things are now, not merely in afterlife. We have righteousness by faith, we have peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

    1 Cor 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.

    In the previous verse he wants to see the power in the Corinthians when he visits them so he's talking about power in the here and now, as an expression of the kingdom of God in the here and now.

    Col 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,

    Notice the past tense, we have already been conveyed into the kingdom of God.

    Heb 11:28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

    We have received it, we are receiving it and we will later receive it fully. It's an ongoing process.

    2 Peter 1:11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

    And as the verse from 2 Peter 1 says, there are ways of gaining broader access to its riches.

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