According to discussion about human and God, the relationship between human and God can be revealed as time moving. God created the universe as His kingdom which is known in bible as Kingdom of God. In there, Adam lived with Eve and also their descendants in the world, such as Abraham, Moses, David, and so on till Jesus came to the world.
Jesus is David’s descendant. He is also Word and God who turned Himself as human to begin His mission for human to build His kingdom. In His life, there is a system which is built by Him called the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus has modeled Himself perfectly as the part of Kingdom of Heaven. By knowing the life of Jesus, who came to the world from heaven and went back to heaven, everyone can understand about heaven and Jesus in the human form can go to heaven.
In this idea, God built Kingdom of God and Jesus built Kingdom of Heaven in the Kingdom of God. The purpose of Jesus built the Kingdom of Heaven was according to His mission to save human and the entire world. The picture describes the Kingdom of Heaven is a part of Kingdom of God and there is a barrier between Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven.
In this case, the rule in Kingdom of God has difference with Kingdom of Heaven. In the Kingdom of God, human live according to their past human life which is human is created by God and have sinned. Human who live in Kingdom of Heaven are new human creation. Their sins have been redeemed and their lives have been saved but of course they must live according to the God’s rules.
Jesus is a model and He is the One who built the Kingdom of Heaven. If you know that to go to the Kingdom of Heaven, everyone must follow Jesus, then where are you now?
In the picture, it can be seen that the arrow A and B are the logics of the chosen people who become traitor such as Judas Iscariot. He was chosen by Jesus to be His disciple. There was an opportunity for Him to enter the Kingdom of Heaven from Kingdom of God (arrow A). But in his life, he betrayed Jesus and logically he left Kingdom of Heaven and went back to Kingdom of God (arrow B). Of course the meaning of Kingdom of Heaven here is according to bible (not from other beliefs).
Everyone who admits believes in Jesus, Lord and Holly Spirit but always does evil things actually lives in the Kingdom of God, not in the Kingdom of Heaven. In this case, the rule of Kingdom of Heaven is lives in faith, hope and love, which is also lives according God’s will. In the picture, the rule can be seen as the barrier between the Kingdom of God and Kingdom of Heaven.
Kingdom of God will be a place for punishment for sinners in the future time. The second coming of Jesus is for judging sinners who live in the Kingdom of God. It is false that God has no power within His creatures even if they do evil things, corruption, murder, atheism, etc. The Kingdom of God is place which is provided by God for human to do their will. Everyone who lives in the Kingdom of God is given choices or human’s will. One of the choices is keep living in Kingdom of God with eternal punishment or enter the Kingdom of Heaven and get the eternal salvation. So where are we now? Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven?
Note :
When you see the picture: 'Kingdom of God' is written as 'Kerajaan Allah' and 'Kingdom of Heaven' is written as 'Kerajaan Sorga'
English translation from link below by Erik Sunarya.
http://filsafat.kompasiana.com/2012/02/27/
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