“ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” – Genesis 1:28
Genesis 1:28 expresses a practical directive for creation to fulfill Christ’s Kingdom agenda of connecting heaven and earth. This divine directive in Eden, which I call the Genesis 128 Agenda, speaks of Christ’s original intent to expand value creation in the physical realm under His heavenly governance, increasing in scales from Adam and Eve to large networks of people – or kingdoms.
Even though today’s kingdoms reject Christ’s governance, His original intent has not changed. When Christ returns, He will take over the world’s kingdoms (Revelation 11:15), which includes the value creation engines of their market places. Isaiah 9:7 says that Christ’s zeal will drive the eternal expansion of His governance, established on David’s earthly throne. In other words, the Genesis 128 Agenda will continue into eternity in the connection of heaven and earth.
As Christians laboring in the “Babylon market place”, we still have a responsibility in the Genesis 128 Agenda. We have the responsibility to develop our market place capabilities and build the assets so that God’s people can prepare to “come out of Babylon” in its collapse (Revelation 18). Therefore, building the value creation engines of a Kingdom economy is a basic assignment of every market place Christian, especially business leaders and entrepreneurs.
In this call, we cannot neglect excellence in market place value creation by thinking that they are earthly and therefore, not important to Christ. To the contrary, we must see our market place roles as opportunities to prepare for Christ’s Millennial Kingdom and our roles as its rulers. Christ’s Genesis 128 Agenda will persist into the “new heaven and new earth” and our market place assignments today will prepare us for that greater eternal role.
Please intercede with us that the Holy Spirit will speak through us with authority as we bring this message to the “10,000”
Next week, we will address the question: if Christ returns after my lifetime, how will what I labor for in the market place count towards His Kingdom?
Click here for last week’s sharing on “God’s Kingdom Agenda – Connecting Heaven and Earth”.
I would also recommend a listen to this message from a few weeks ago entitled “Testing and Preparation – Keys to Realizing God’s Power”.
