Now and not yet!

In Matthew, Mark and Luke, we see Jesus preaching and teaching the principles of the kingdom. From the time Jesus began His ministry (but before the cross), the Law was superceded by the Kingdom. The period of the Law was over and the period of the Kingdom was being ushered in. The vital thing to understand is that the age of grace had not yet arrived by then, because the kingdom was not yet rejected.  Only the cross could usher in the age of grace. The Jews were being offered the kingdom (whereas we are brought into it.) They had to take it by force (whereas we are safely inside it.)  The Jews rejected it the same way they rejected the Law. Now, in this time period called the age of grace, the church is being led into the spiritual realities of the Kingdom while the physical fullness is yet to come. It will return when the King returns. We are living in a time called 'NOW AND NOT YET'. Grace enables us to appropriate kingdom truths but we have to clearly see that even though the Kingdom is within us, we cannot enforce authority by ourselves. Everything has to be Spirit-led. This is where we have lot of confusion in the church today. Jesus Christ did not say in Matthew 28 - All authority is given to you. He said - All authority is given to Me, therefore go. We do not go and build our own kingdoms. We will miserably fail. He still holds the reins. We have to be led by the Spirit. We are building His kingdom.