Endorsements
The Way of the Kingdom is a book that reaches deep into the heart of Christianity and provides help and a message that we need in troubled times. It is full of wisdom to bring life-saving knowledge as well as points of reflection. Kim Maas can write on such subjects as suffering, peace and redemption because she has lived that message personally. Prepare to be changed, challenged and inspired!
Cindy Jacobs, founder, Generals International
Kim Maas presents a brilliant profile of the times we are living in and how to position ourselves in such an hour. You will discover many revelatory keys in her book, The Way of the Kingdom , that will open the eyes of your understanding to Gods purpose, plan and power for this generation of believers.
Dr. Patricia King, author, minister, television host
There is an unseen enemy and demonic campaign against Gods plan and His people. Kim Maass powerful book, The Way of the Kingdom , decodes the mysteries of Christs Kingdom by unleashing prophetic revelatory insight, imparting biblical truths and activating the rules-of-engagement strategies against the kingdom of darkness for victorious living for every believer.
Dr. Hakeem Collins, prophetic voice; international speaker; author, Prayer Secrets
The Way of the Kingdom offers breakthrough insights into the very essence of Christianitya Christianity from Jesus, the founder, and what He emphasized . This work is not simply a new theology. It joyously commends the mission and message of Jesus Himself to any who would follow Him.
Dr. Jon Mark Ruthven, Ph.D. curriculum creator, Iris University, Pemba, Mozambique
I have never met Kim Maas, but when I read her book The Way of the Kingdom , I knew her heart. Few times have I picked up a book that conveyed a better understanding of the Lords statement that the least in the Kingdom would be greater than John the Baptist. What you hold in your hands will help you make the divine shift and transfer your mind-set to move outwardly into Gods Kingdom plan to align heaven with earth today.
Dr. Chuck D. Pierce, president, Glory of Zion International Ministries; president, Global Spheres
In this inspiring and enlightening book, Kim Maas reminds us that we have entered a new season, and how we respond during this time matters deeply to God. Each chapter contains practical activations and thoughtful questions that will help you discover your role and responsibility during this epoch time in history. I recommend this book to anyone seeking strategies to demolish darkness and advance Gods Kingdom!
Kris Vallotton, senior associate leader, Bethel Church; co-founder, Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry; bestselling author, Spiritual Intelligence
Jesus commands us all to go! With revelations from Scripture, soul-searching questions and activations, The Way of the Kingdom challenges us to goto the grocery store, the library, the workplace and even to Africa. This book will help you respond to Jesus with an enthusiastic yes!
Heidi G. Baker, Ph.D., co-founder and executive chairman of the board, Iris Global
To overcome the darkness from generation to generation, we must understand not only the operations of darkness but also the operations of the Kingdom of God. This book will help you to sharpen your war weapons and rise to new levels of victory through faith.
Dr. Venner J. Alston, founder, Alston International Ministries; author, Next- Level Spiritual Warfare
Title Page
Copyright Page
2021 by Kim Marie Maas
Published by Chosen Books
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ISBN 978-1-4934-3128-1
Chapters 4 and 10 include excerpts adapted from Prophetic Community by Kim Maas, copyright 2019. Used by permission of Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2016
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Dedication
For Ian, Jameson, Camron, Macallan and Seth.
Follow Jesus. Be Brave.
Do damage to the kingdom of darkness.
Remember that you are salt and light,
and you are bringers of the powerful Kingdom of God. Grandma loves you so, so much.
Contents
Cover
Endorsements
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword by Mark J. Chironna
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
1. Are You the One?
2. The Great Temptation
3. Ears to Hear
4. The Least in the Kingdom
5. Conflict Is Unavoidable
6. Kingdom Violence
7. War and Peace
8. Perfect Peace
9. Death Has Lost Its Sting
10. We Are the Violent
Conclusion
Appendix: Violence by Bonnie Beushausen
Notes
About the Author
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Foreword
God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world.
Hebrews 1:12 NASB
T he writer of Hebrews informs us that God has spoken in His Son. You and I perhaps are bilingual. We may speak English and another language. God only speaks one language. He speaks Son. It is the very testimony of Jesus that is the spirit of prophecy. Jesus is the main event. The fullness of times is experienced in Him, in His very being. He is Gods eternal and ultimate Word.
As C. E. W. Green has said, Nothing happens to God. God happens to everything. When the incarnation occurred, time itself underwent change. Marys boy, conceived of the Holy Spirit in her womb, was the divine Person assuming human flesh. Saint Athanasius, in On the Incarnation of the Word , makes it clear: He became what we are that we might become what he is.
This is not an easy pill to swallow for us in our broken and fragmented state. We resist the cross-shaped life, the very life that Christ brings. Yet this is the testimony of Jesus. If it isnt cross-shaped (if it isnt cruciform), it isnt the spirit of prophecy. The Spirit only testifies of Christ in His cross-shaped realities. Jesus calls us all to follow Him, in like manner, on the journey to becoming fully and truly human.