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The Founding Father Of Our Nation
by Wayne Blank
What About God's Nation?
Nature, native and nation all originated from natal, a Latin word (although Germanic in origin, many English words originated from Latin words, while the Holy Bible itself was written in Hebrew and Greek) which means birth. From native comes nativity, meaning one's birth, and by extension, one's place of birth. The citizens of God's Kingdom will all be born there, regardless of where they were born, the first time, as physical humans - see "Born Again" - When?
The example of Abraham and Sarah in their journey to a new country, a physical promised land (in modern-day geographical terms, they left their birthplace in Iraq and moved to Israel) is a prophetic analogy of the journey of God's people to a spiritual promised land, the Kingdom of God:
"By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went."
As plainly stated in the verses above, although Abraham well understood that he was sent to found a physical nation in his own time, he also understood to look ahead and to "desire a better country, that is, an heavenly" of which God will be the founding Father and that citizens of that nation, as made possible by Jesus Christ, will be "patriots" to God because salvation is about the Kingdom of God, God The Father, in which Jesus Christ will be the King of kings (Revelation 19:16 KJV) but God will be The King Of The King Of Kings.
Fact Finder: As stated in the verses above, Abraham knew that his citizenship in God's Kingdom would be future, just as it is for everyone else, before or since. When does God's Kingdom begin?