While entrance into the Kingdom is totally personal through being born again, it is corporate in its expressions of divine life. Though each of us is responsible in seeing that our lives are lived as individual expressions of this Kingdom, its full purposes cannot be carried out on earth without vital relationships between Kingdom citizens. There are descriptions that characterize the Kingdom of God in words like “we”, “us” and “one another”. It is neither accidental nor coincidental that with all the mentions of “saints” in the Bible, 24 in the Old Testament and 45 in the New Testament, there is not one usage of the word in the singular. Let me repeat: The entrance into the Kingdom is personal; the experience and expressions of the Kingdom are corporate. No one of us in as island, there are no lone rangers, we are in this together. And this togetherness forms a great corporate expression of the eternal government of God.
As vital as the Kingdom is to be perceived as personal, for its fullest expression, it must be perceived, in addition, as corporate. As indispensable as it is for us to be connected to our Ruler by our union with Him, such a wonderful truth is fully declared and demonstrated mainly in the power and nature of our corporate relationships with one another. This truth must trump and transcend all differences, in culture, race, gender or social standing. Until this happens, the world of kingdoms will not behold the Kingdom!
Think about it!
Jack Taylor