Those who participate in pioneering the Third and Final Church Reformation will receive all of Heaven’s resources to accomplish God’s purpose. At the same time, all of hell’s forces will seek to stop the Third Reformation reformers, for if they succeed, it ends satan’s freedom and reign on earth. He will be bound and cast into the bottomless pit for a period of time and then in the lake of fire for eternity. There is no greater reward for the saints than being an overcomer who is in the perfect will of God fulfilling His timely purpose.

What do we mean by Kingdom attitude, mentality, and thinking? What is the difference between Kingdom thinking and the prevailing thinking of the Church world today? Most denominational seminaries and Bible colleges teach their students how to be a successful minister and how to build a growing local church. Pastors in training are taught to win people to Jesus Christ and then establish them in their local church. This was good teaching, but we who have pastored have often found that our motivation became more personal. We wanted to get people saved and make them and other Christians faithful members of our local church. But our measure of success was to build a larger and larger church congregation. Most pastoral thinking was along the lines of what can the community and city do for my church, rather than what can my church do for the community. We saw the city more as a resource of people to convert and fill our local churches.

Kingdom mentality is asking, What can I and my local church do for my community and city? How can we be instrumental in bringing the Kingdom of God to our area?

57.49 πενιχρός, ά, όν: pertaining to the lack of the essential means of livelihood

Two Hebrew words are rendered “first fruits.” The first is bikkûrîm, which specifically refers to first-ripe grain and fruit, which was harvested and offered to the Lord according to sacerdotal prescriptions. This term always appears in the masculine plural and it may refer generally to the first produce of the soil (Exod 23:16, 19; 34:26; Num 28:16; Neh 10:35; 13:31) or specifically to wheat (Exod 34:22) or the products of grain (dough, Ezek 44:30, or loaves of bread, Lev 23:17; 23:20), to fruits in general (Num 18:13; Ezek 44:30), to figs (Nah 3:12), or to grapes (Num 13:20); sometimes it simply indicates “early ripe” (Lev 2:14; 2 Kgs 4:42). The second is reʾšı̂t, which is usually translated “first” or “beginning” of a series. In a special sense, it can mean “choicest”; the substantive based on this idea is translated “first fruits,” with specific reference to processed produce rather than produce in the raw state. This term specifically refers to dough (Num 15:20, 21; Ezek 44:30; Neh 10:38 [37]) or grain (Lev 23:10; Deut 18:4; 2 Chr 31:5), to new wine (Deut 18:4; 2 Chr 31:5), to oil (Deut 18:4; 2 Chr 31:5), to honey (2 Chr 31:5), to “all the produce of the land” (2 Chr 31:5), to “the fruit of every tree” (Neh 10:38), and even to wool (Deut 18:4). In addition to its literal meaning, the word is figuratively applied to Israel, the first fruits of Yahweh’s harvest (Jer 2:3). Several times (Exod 23:19; 34:26; Ezek 44:30), the two terms are used together, meaning something like “the first of the first fruits.”

Two Hebrew words are rendered “first fruits.” The first is bikkûrîm, which specifically refers to first-ripe grain and fruit, which was harvested and offered to the Lord

The second is reʾšı̂t, which is usually translated “first” or “beginning” of a series. In a special sense, it can mean “choicest”; the substantive based on this idea is translated “first fruits,” with specific reference to processed produce rather than produce in the raw state.