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THE REVEALED KINGDOM
A JOURNEY IN DISCOVERING
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Dear Reader
May you encounter God in His Kingdom in greater clarity, wisdom and manifestation than ever before as you journey with Him in your life! I pray that the light of His Kingdom shines on your path and that you will be aware of His Presence daily as you discover the goodness of God for your life!
Kingdom blessings!
The Revealed Kingdom
Dr Mark Loretz (PhD)
First Edition: August 2020
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This book is intended for educational services and compiled with practical workshops and questionnaires that will challenge your convictions and actions.
Even though I've been actively pastoring churches and been a life and business coach for many years, I suggest that you also seek other professional help concerning health, financial advice, spiritual guidance and practical life guidelines.
The testimonies and teachings in this book are based on my life experiences and revelations that I received from the Holy Spirit over the years. I suggest that you continue to seek clarity and revelation from the Holy Spirit yourself as you read through these chapters and educate yourself on the information contained herein, and elsewhere.
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About the Author
Penned from the author's heart: Mark Loretz
The year 2024 marks the beginning of 39 years in full-time church and marketplace ministry for me.
Ever since I’ve been in ministry since 1985, I served in the church and business arenas in various functions. In 2011 Casting Nets was birthed after God downloaded the blueprint, which eventually only took shape and manifested in 2018 when I registered a company as a Kingdom business. During this time various programs were developed and books written for church and marketplace ministry.
In the beginning of 2023 God changed structures and a new wineskin emerged, in the form of Casting Kingdom Marketplace Ministry as a full-time ministry.
My Vision is to establish Kingdom Businesses connected to Kingdom Networks in the Marketplace, with Five-fold Ministry Leaders (God’s Sons & Daughters) embracing their Heavenly Calling & Mandate, stepping into their Authority to Advance God’s Kingdom in the earth.
My Mission is to raise Kingdom Entrepreneurs and Five-fold Ministry Leaders, activating, equipping and elevating them to build Businesses, Ministries, Churches and Movements according to the Kingdom Foundation Blueprint, through various Kingdom Programs & Services, Books & Resources and Kingdom Associations that will Impact the Earth.
I have a passion for seeing Kingdom Businesses established and thereby fulfilling their calling according to purpose, mandate, function, blueprint and assignments.
I mentor Kingdom leaders and help them to align with God’s Kingdom, thereby positioning them for breakthroughs into new beginnings and building businesses with a solid foundation according to God’s way of operation.
My anointing and mandate manifest to generate, activate and elevate those businesses to serve the purposes of God in the earth. I have completed my PhD in Ministry, as well as a Doctorate in Leadership from Divinity Institute.
To date, I've written two books, “The Revealed Kingdom” and “God’s Kingdom Stewards”, which equip and empower Kingdom entrepreneurs and leaders for their journey in God’s Kingdom.
I serve the Kings of the Kingdom of God through various services from my Apostolic/Prophetic anointing utilizing mentorships, online programs, onsite programs and seminars, one-to-one consultations and various coaching and mentoring initiatives.
I'm alive to pursue and follow the purposes of God in obedience to His voice and calling, co-labouring and partnering with God in the advancement of His Kingdom on the earth for as long as He permits and according to His sovereign will.
Endorsements
Mark and I have been married now for 26 years. In all these years I’ve known him to strive to be a true Kingdom steward. A student at heart, wanting to learn from the Holy Spirit but a powerful teacher when he speaks. This book is evidence of that.
Irene Loretz
(Spouse, Best Friend, Soul-mate, Kingdom Business Entrepreneur, Divine Nails)
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For as long as I can remember, my dad started teaching me about the Kingdom of God. Not only did he teach me about God’s Word but anyone eager to listen. I am forever thankful for being taught about God and His ways which I can apply in my life.
Juan-Marc Loretz
(Son, Best Friend, Upcoming Prophet in the Marketplace, CyberTech-Studios)
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Dr Mark Loretz has been a close friend and ministry colleague for over twenty years. I consider him to be a truly gifted and anointed Kingdom teacher and prophetic voice of our time. He has a passion for extending God’s Kingdom in every sphere of society and helping people and organisations to achieve their full potential in Christ. He is truly a man of God who is wholeheartedly committed to love and obey God, and to fulfil all that God has called him for. In this great new book, he brilliantly and practically reveals and unlocks so many precious gems of revelation regarding the Kingdom of God that I can highly recommend it to every believer in the body of Christ. This book is surely destined to become a foundational resource for many believers and organisations. It has been a joyful and enlightening experience to read and study this material. You’ve got to get your hands on one!
Dr Kobus Theron
(Apostle, Author, Apostolic Visionary GK1 Church)
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It is inspiring to experience Mark’s love for God and his passion for God’s kingdom. In this book, his journey is delicately intertwined with the biblical truths. His use of many modern-day parables brings fresh understanding. I was greatly touched by the metaphor of treading in the soil of heaven and leaving some of it behind wherever you step it out. I have three sisters and I fondly remember the moment when my dad gave each one of us a copy of Miles Munroe’s book: ‘Rediscovering the Kingdom’, sharing with us the impact the book had on his spiritual journey. Now that I read Mark’s book: ‘The Revealed Kingdom’ I also plan to gather loved ones to share a copy with them, knowing that I’m putting a great summary of Kingdom understanding in their hands. Enjoy your Kingdom treasure hunting with Mark!
Amanda Swanepoel
(Co-CEO BrightStar LifeStyle, Author, Marketplace Apostle)
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In his book, The Revealed Kingdom, Dr Mark reveals, unveils and explains the powerful treasures of God’s Kingdom manifested and possessed on earth. This book will give you the keys to the Kingdom and help you take the kingdoms of this world for Christ according to Revelation 11:15.
Dr Belinda Spannenberg
(Prophet, Founder of Prophetic Edge International, Author)
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I am excited about this beautifully written Kingdom guidebook, as it gives us various keys and strategies to live a Kingdom life. It also challenges us to become Kingdom establishers and to build the Kingdom of Jesus where we live and work. I enjoyed the parts referring to Kingdom mindsets and attitudes that teach the believer a different worldview, to attract a life of miracles as well as being instrumental in letting His Kingdom come on earth as in Heaven. What Dr Mark Loretz describes, is how to practically align ourselves with the Kingdom of God to live the life of overflow as Jesus intended.
Dr Hanli Marais
(PhD, Marketplace Prophet, Author of “The Supernatural in the Workplace”, Life Coach)
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This book carries such a timely word! Dr Mark has a Spirit-filled and passionate way of equipping you with tools for being a Kingdom establisher right where you are. Through The Revealed Kingdom he not only shows us that God’s Kingdom is not just a future domain, but we are also given fresh revelation and insight into manifesting a Kingdom lifestyle here on earth. Now! The Kingdom of God is accessible to all believers, but there has to be a hunger to discover more. This book entices you to think bigger, go deeper and walk bolder with God. You will live to be a Kingdom seeker! Not only will it change the way you live, but also the way you perceive the scripture “The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Erin Nel
(Author, Prophetic Intercessor)
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I have found sowing seed, thinking it was good ground and hoping for a return is not what the Kingdom is, but pressing in, waiting, listening and growing in my relationship with the Holy Spirit and being obedient to His prompting has revealed the reality of The Kingdom, which is within me. Within these pages, Mark has managed to coerce the reader to delve deeper into their relationship with the Father to find the lustrous pearl, and compel you, the purchaser to sell everything to possess it. The writings expose the gap between the child-like faith illustration Jesus used of the Kingdom of heaven belonging to children, to the reality in adulthood of what it entails and the availability as Jesus taught in His Prayer. The challenge has been to understand again that it is in seeking first His Kingdom and His Righteousness, which reveals the ultimate Pearl of Great Worth – Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.
Craig Maash
(Prophet, Author, HisFriends Ministries)
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Dr Mark Loretz is a true ambassador of The Kingdom and a powerful relevant ‘’voice’’ that God is using to reveal the Kingdom of God, for this day and age. I have known Mark for many years and he does not only ‘’voice’’ the message of The Kingdom, but he also exhibits it in his daily life, ministry and wherever he is invited to speak or minister. I highly recommend this powerful book and advise everyone who has a desire to learn more about The Kingdom of God, to read it, study it and apply it!
Dr David Scullard
(Pastor GK1 Church Durbanville, Life & Business Coach, Counsellor)
Acknowlegements
First and foremost I want to acknowledge and thank my Father God, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit for drawing me into Your Kingdom at a young age. This book is dedicated to Your Honour in every way. I look forward to encountering You more deeply and intimately as I venture further in my journey of discovery in Your Kingdom. I love You, God!
My wife Irene and only son Juan-Marc, thank you for being by my side all the way, motivating and supporting me when things got tough. Your presence in my life made it all the more worthwhile. Thank you for all the encouragement, wise words and just general belief in my projects in my pursuit to find and do the will of God for my life and destiny. Thank you for the examples that you’ve been to me, in being sensitive to the Holy Spirit and seeking His ways always. I have and will always love you dearly!
To all my friends and family, you have cheered me on in writing this book as a project for God’s Kingdom to be found by those who seek Him and encounter Him more deeply as they discover the beauty of God in His Kingdom.
All my mentors and friends over the years who believed in me brought the best out of me and challenged me to be stretched beyond my comfort zone and to delve deeper into my God-given potential for God’s Kingdom. Thank you especially Francois for your fatherly input into my life, always encouraging and stirring me to greater heights and for being a major role player in the doctorate I received. Thank you also to Kobus, David, Rishon, Hanli and all the others. I love and appreciate you all!
The PowerTeam students of 2013 and beyond, you have been a huge inspiration in the writing of this book! All the prayers, times of teaching and training together, the prophetic words and just the amazing cheering that I received from you all, I appreciate it! Eventually, the book is here! Thank you Faye, Melissa, Ivan, Marisca, Brian, Heinrich and so many others. You are cherished beyond measure. My greatest satisfaction is to have witnessed how you evolved into sons and daughters of God who journey with Him in His Kingdom daily.
A word of appreciation to my Powerhouse family and Exco team and all the wonderful brothers and sisters in the Lord, too many to thank by name. Many have encouraged me, prayed with me and prophesied about my destiny.
Also a great thank you to Nandi from Matteo&Me Design Studio for the stunning cover page design. You did a great job at short notice.
Finally thank you to Erin for helping me with proofreading and putting in hours and hours in the early mornings. Thank you also for the steady and timely encouragement and the many inspiring comments about the book, your intercession and prophetic release over the book.
Foreword 1 - Dr Francois Engelbrecht
This book that you are holding in your hands now, may be a golden key that can change your life forever!
We all know about the glorious kingdoms that ruled on planet Earth throughout the ages. Just think about the mighty Roman Empire and what it accomplished. Kingdoms like that had boundaries and rules. Citizens of those kingdoms were protected while inside the kingdoms.
But there is also a powerful Kingdom of Heaven created by God where we are the citizens. Although mostly invisible to the human eye, this heavenly kingdom has supernatural powers that affected planet Earth throughout history. This is also the Kingdom that Jesus came to re-establish on earth. Wherever Jesus went and whatever He ministered about, His words always echoed: The Kingdom of Heaven is like…. That is why the ministry of Jesus on earth was so amazing – signs, wonders and miracles that are the signs of the Kingdom, followed Jesus everywhere.
In one of the most powerful prayers that Jesus taught us, He said we must pray: May Your Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven! But do you experience the supernatural power of the Kingdom in everything you do? Many believers are longing for deeper experiences with God and a life demonstrating the power of God’s Kingdom. The missing link is often that people have not yet discovered the Kingdom in all its dimensions.
This book will take you on the journey of discovery. The Greek word “Apocalypse” means to discover or unveil something that was already there – you just could not see it. It is like the most beautiful garden just outside your lounge. You could not see it, because there were curtains that were closed. But the moment you Apocalypse, when you take the curtain away, you can see and enjoy everything in that beautiful garden that is already yours.
If you are seeking more of God and His Kingdom, this book will take you on the journey of discovering an amazing new world that you are already a citizen of! And the more you discover, the more all the supernatural power of the Kingdom of Heaven will start happening in you and through you.
The most fulfilling part of this journey is when the King of this Kingdom, God Himself will start using you to establish His Kingdom on planet earth. One of the meanings of the Greek word “Apostello” (apostle) is not only to be sent out by God but to be an ambassador of God on earth.
Just imagine: You are reading through this book and you are discovering more of the Kingdom and the power of God available in His Kingdom. Gradually you experience deeper encounters with the King. Through these encounters and through studying God’s mandate for His Kingdom in the Bible, you now see signs, wonders and miracles flowing through your life. And then you discover exactly where God wants to send you so that you can bring heaven to earth in that specific area of your calling.
Would that not be a wonderful way to live life every day? Knowing the King and His Kingdom and establishing heaven on earth wherever you go! This is what “The Revealed Kingdom” will help you to experience.
Enjoy your Kingdom journey!
Dr Francois Engelbrecht
(Apostle, CEO & Apostolic Leader of Powerhouse International Ministries, Coaching Winners, Unlocking Digital)
Foreword 2 - Rishon Naphtali
If you’ve ever seen a chest filled with many a treasure, then this is it!
Jesus always spoke in parables when He taught about the Kingdom of God. He said, “Therefore every teacher and interpreter of the Sacred Writings who has been instructed about and trained for the kingdom of heaven and has become a disciple, is like a householder who brings forth out of his storehouse, treasure that is new and (treasure that is) old (the fresh as well as the familiar).”
(Matt.13:52 Amplified).
Dr Mark Loretz has compiled a broad spectrum of golden nuggets all into one book, making it the perfect book to use as a life guide filled with many practical tools, necessary for each believer on his or her journey of life, a journey inevitably filled with many challenges. This book explicitly reveals many truths and empowers the reader and child of God, to address life from a kingdom and heavenly perspective, enabling him or her to live as a victorious kingdom vessel on earth.
This book is a journey – it requires you to read and then to re-read, then to stop and think and then to ultimately apply it to your own life. Practice makes perfect as there are no shortcuts in life.
In my years of close association with Dr Mark Loretz, what has always amazed me is his passion and zest for the Kingdom life. No matter how many hardships come his way, he always gets up with a gleaming smile! His hope in Christ is eternal. A prophetic exhorter of note and an example for many to follow.
As he wrote, “We cannot have the Kingdom of God if our hearts are not in it.” This is the starting point of it all. Delve within your heart and choose to PASSIONATELY seek with all your heart as if searching for a treasure. Once you’ve discovered the true value of it, you’ll never be the same. Start reading this book TODAY!
RISHON NAPHTALI
(Prophet, Teacher, Apostolic-Prophetic Intercessor, Kingdom Heart Networking)
Preface
As long as I can remember, I always had a fascination with the Kingdom of God. From a tender age within the Kingdom of God, I had this hunger and inquisitive desire to know and experience more about this domain that I’ve entered, and what my spirit man was excited about.
A huge inspiration for writing this book came from PowerTeam students whom I taught in 2013 on a Kingdom Series that I developed for a Christian Radio Station. During those classes, we all experienced the flow of the Holy Spirit anointing so strongly, and revelation and understanding of the Kingdom of God came through like a strong current. I remember some of the students saw brief visions and prophesied that there would be books that revealed the Kingdom of God to people, as they experienced how it was opened up for them. They urged and inspired me to write books on what I taught about God’s Kingdom. During those sessions, I was flying high in the spirit, and I loved how I could sense these hungry precious souls just drinking and drawing in the spirit from God’s Kingdom! As Jesus said, if any man is thirsty, let him come to Him and drink, and from his innermost being shall flow (continuously) springs and rivers of living water. He was speaking of the Holy Spirit, Who will flow like a current in those who draw from the Kingdom of God! (See John 7:37-39)
We have entered the Kingdom Age on the earth, and all the more we will see, hear, experience and encounter the Kingdom of God on earth like never before and in ways that we’ve never dreamt of!
May the Kingdom nuggets of this book help you to discover His Kingdom in your life daily, where you step into your purpose on earth as you connect to His domain through the Holy Spirit.
My prayer is that God will use this book to activate, ignite and release upon you a Kingdom lifestyle that outweighs your history in many ways and that your discovery of and journey within the Kingdom of God will become your new story, your testimony, His story for your life on earth!
My dream is to serve humanity with what God has deposited into my life, and in doing so I will bring glory and honour to the God that I serve, the only true God the Father, Jesus Christ His Son and my Saviour and the precious Holy Spirit!
Let your Kingdom Journey begin!
Table of Contents
Copywrite Page
Note to the Reader
Disclaimer and Terms of Use Agreement
About the Author
Endorsements
Acknowledgements
Foreword 1 - Dr Francois Engelbrecht
Foreword 2 - Rishon Naphtali
Preface
Introduction
The Kingdom Discovered (Book 1)
Chapter 1 God’s Kingdom Seekers
Chapter 2 Divine Kingdom Callings
Chapter 3 Conditions for Entry into God’s Kingdom
Chapter 4 Recognising God’s Voice in the Kingdom
Chapter 5 Defining God’s Will in His Kingdom
Chapter 6 The Kingdom Parables of Jesus
Chapter 7 Manifestation of Living Words in Your Life
Chapter 8 Nurturing Kingdom Seeds
Chapter 9 The True Worshipers of God’s Kingdom
Chapter 10 Your Kingdom Identity
Conclusion
Kingdom Commitment
Bibliography and References
The Powerful Kingdom (Book 2)
The Kingdom Establishers (Book 3)
Introduction
Many Christians worldwide do not experience the wonderful reality and massive impact of the Kingdom of God in their daily lives. They might be churchgoers, read their bibles and pray, yet the reality of what the Kingdom of God entails is still something of a fairy tale to them. The Bible teaches and offers new life to those who believe, in living a Kingdom life on earth, a victorious life filled with regular life-changing encounters with God. Some of the many reasons for this inability to live the Kingdom lifestyle is because of a lack of knowledge, understanding, revelation, interpretation and real-life experience within the Kingdom of God. Jesus Christ made a lifestyle-changing statement when He said to His followers that it was His Father’s good pleasure to give them the Kingdom!
What is also alarming is that the impact the Kingdom of God can have on the earth, within every sphere of society, on every mountain of influence, will remain untapped and unsourced if there is not a searching and striving after
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It is inspiring to experience Mark’s love for God and his passion for God’s kingdom. In this book, his journey is delicately intertwined with the biblical truths. His use of many modern-day parables brings fresh understanding. I was greatly touched by the metaphor of treading in the soil of heaven and leaving some of it behind wherever you step it out. I have three sisters and I fondly remember the moment when my dad gave each one of us a copy of Miles Munroe’s book: ‘Rediscovering the Kingdom’, sharing with us the impact the book had on his spiritual journey. Now that I read Mark’s book: ‘The Revealed Kingdom’ I also plan to gather loved ones to share a copy with them, knowing that I’m putting a great summary of Kingdom understanding in their hands. Enjoy your Kingdom treasure hunting with Mark!