The Purpose and Power of the Holy Spirit: God's Government on Earth

by Myles Munroe

In the beginning was the King’s Word. His Word was himself and was inseparable from him. His Word was with him from the start. Everything that exists came into being through the King’s Word; no other source of life exists. In his Word was life, and this life manifested the knowledge of the King and his kingdom to the darkened and confused minds of humanity. But although the light of this knowledge shines brightly, those who choose to remain in a darkened state cannot see it. In the beginning, the King created a colony for his kingdom. The colony was raw and undeveloped, and there was no life there. The King’s Governor was poised to bring order and kingdom influence to the colony through the King’s Word…

Communication: Anything the king wanted the colony to know or to receive, he would send through his governor, his avenue of communication. Representation: The governor was the chief representative of the king and his kingdom in the colony. He also represented the colony to the king.

Joel was saying, in effect, “I see a day coming when we aren’t going to have to read or study the law in order to know how to obey the King because his Spirit will come upon young and old, and they will obey the King as naturally as they formerly disobeyed him.” No longer would there be a need for “selective rulership,” with only certain individuals being influenced by the Governor. All of humanity had lost the Spirit, and Joel was saying the Spirit would be poured out on “all people”—male, female, Israelite and non-Israelite, free and slave. Earthly prejudices related to gender, race, or social status would disappear in the face of the Governor’s return. The Holy Spirit is not just meant for people of a certain “religion” or nationality. The whole world lost the presence of the Governor within them, and the King wants everyone in the world to receive him into their lives again through the provision of the Offspring. The Governor is the key to life for all of humanity.

The new birth, or conversion, prepares us for heaven—for reconnection with the heavenly government and restored relationship with the King.

The baptism in the Spirit, on the other hand, prepares us for earth—for our restored dominion assignment to make the earth into a replica of heaven.

As we began to discuss in the previous chapter, there are two kinds of kingdom authority: (1) legal or delegated-authority, and (2) ability-authority. One gives you the right to do something. The other gives you the power and wherewithal to back up the authority by accomplishing the mandate.