Prepared Before You Arrived

Scripture gives us two statements that, when synthesized, fundamentally change how a believer understands authority, freedom, and responsibility in the earth. I’m referring to Revelation 13:8, which says that Jesus is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, and to Matthew 25:34, which says that the Kingdom was prepared from the foundation of the world. Interestingly, these verses are rarely taught together, yet when they are read side by side, they reveal a layered truth about God’s design that predates human participation altogether.

From my understanding, the Lamb slain and the Kingdom prepared function as legal reinforcements rather than emotional assurances. They tell us that redemption and dominion were established before humanity arrived, which means that God accounted for freedom and governance in advance. To put it another way, He was never responding to failure, sin, or even rebellion, but the Kingdom was part of His original architecture. To be clear, this matters because it reframes authority as something inherited, and freedom as something secured.

Furthermore, when Scripture says that something was prepared from the foundation of the world, it signals intention, readiness, and allocation. God prepared the Kingdom before people were born because He always intended people to live within it. He prepared redemption before sin appeared because sin was never meant to be the axis upon which humanity’s story turned. Together, these preparations communicate that the believer enters the earth already covered by provision and already assigned to jurisdiction.

The problem is that much of modern Christianity treats authority as conditional rather than foundational, leading believers to approach life as if we are waiting for permission rather than walking in inheritance. Indeed, many churches emphasize dependence on God (which is essential) without explaining partnership with Him, which results in believers who believe and pray but never step into governance through authority. Friend, if I’ve said it once, I’ll repeat it: the Kingdom is NOT a future destination; rather, it is a present framework.

Going back to modern Christianity. The religious misunderstanding of the Kingdom and the believer’s authority, in turn, produces passivity where participation was intended. When we are taught that everything must be asked for rather than enforced, we become skilled at endurance but unfamiliar with administration. Then, when authority is framed as dangerous or prideful rather than lawful and delegated, we retreat from responsibility and assume that restraint is humility. Over time, this creates a gap between what Scripture says is available and how we actually live.

The devil is a liar.

Fascinatingly, the double preparation of the Lamb and the Kingdom tells a different story. The Lamb slain secures legal freedom, meaning that nothing has the right to bind the believer in perpetuity. The Kingdom prepared establishes legal jurisdiction, meaning that God always meant for believers to exercise authority within our sphere of influence. Essentially, one secures release and protects freedom while the other assigns responsibility and empowers function.

I think Jesus’ ministry makes sense only in light of this framework because He preached the Kingdom, with governance as the point. In several scriptures, we witness Him restore identity, model dominion, and point people back to what was already prepared for them because authority requires recognition and clarity. The solution, then, is not waiting for God to act, but learning how to walk in what God has already established. 

To be clear, Kingdom authority does not bypass God’s will but operates within it. Exercising authority, then, does not replace dependence but clearly expresses alignment. And for the sake of this challenge, speaking with intention is not self-reliance but participation in a system that was designed before the earth took shape.

This is why learning about the Kingdom is essential and why practices like the Let There Be Challenge matter. I’ve always said that the challenge does not create authority but seeks to train believers to recognize and steward it. We must learn to live and operate within the freedom that has already been secured. So through intentional speech, disciplined declaration, and sustained alignment, we begin to occupy what was prepared before they ever arrived.

God prepared the Lamb so freedom would never be up for debate.

God prepared the Kingdom so authority would never be accidental.

When believers understand this, we stop relating to God as if everything is undecided and begin walking as people who were always meant to govern, speak, and build in partnership with Heaven. 

What was prepared before the foundation of the world is operational, accessible, and waiting to be exercised.