在旧约时代，神好像把祂的王权保留在天上；然而到了新约时代，祂要把天上那个王权通行到地上来。祂要到地上来掌权，祂要把祂在天上的王权通行到一班人身上。这一班人原来有罪（罗三23），他们的天性原来是败坏不堪的（耶十七9），并且是死在过犯并罪之中（弗二1）。罪和死在这一班人身上作王掌权（罗五14，六12，），叫他们不能接受神的王权。然而神却是要把祂在天上的王权，通行到地上，通行到人身上。神要这样作，就必须先为人解决罪的问题，也为人解决死的问题。
主耶稣在十字架上担当世人的罪（彼前二24），受死流出祂的血，洁净了世人的罪，就把他们的罪解决了（约一29，来九22）。第三日，祂又从死里复活，把祂复活的生命释放出来（约十二24），叫这些罪得洁净的人，里面死了的灵被点活（约三6，弗二5-6），并且得着一个重生的生命（约十10下）；这样，就把他们死的问题解决了（参林前十五55）。所以，主耶稣在十字架上受死解决了我们的罪，复活解决了我们的死（罗四24-25）。
现在我们都是得着洁净的人，也是灵里活过来而得着重生的人。我们既然活过来，又是得洁净的人，神就能在我们身上得着一个地位、一条道路，把祂天上的王权带到地上。换句话说，神就能把祂天上的王权，就是天上的国度，通行到我们身上。
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The Process of God’s Gaining a Kingdom on Earth – John 3:3, 5
In the Old Testament age, God seemed to reserve his kingship in heaven. However, in the New Testament age, he desired to bring that kingship from heaven to the earth. He wanted to come to earth to rule, and to extend his kingship from heaven to a group of people. This group of people were sinful (Rom. 3:23), their nature was deceitful above all things (Jer. 17:9), and were dead in their trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1). Sin and death reigned over these people, preventing them from receiving the kingship of God (Romans 5:14, 6:12). Yet God desired to extend his heavenly kingship to the earth and to all mankind. In order for God to do this, he must first solve the problem of sin and death for man.
The Lord Jesus bore the sins of the world on the cross (1 Peter 2:24), died and shed his blood, cleansing the sins of the world and solving the problem of their sins (John 1:29, Heb. 9:22). On the third day, he resurrected from the dead and released his resurrection life (John 12:24), so that the spirits of those who being cleansed from sins could be revived (John 3:6; Eph. 2:5-6 ), and received a regenerated life (John 10:10b); in this way, their problem of death was solved (see 1 Corinthians 15:55). Therefore, the death of the Lord Jesus on the cross solved the problem of our sins, and his resurrection solved the problem of our death (Rom. 4:24-25).
Now we are those who have been purified, made alive in our spirit and have been regenerated. Since we were cleansed and made alive, God is able to gain a position and has a way in us to bring his heavenly kingship to the earth. In other words, God can extend his heavenly kingship, that is, the heavenly kingdom, to us.