What does Colossians 1:13 say God has done for believers?

Colossians 1:13 says God has delivered believers from the power of darkness and translated them into the kingdom of His dear Son. This means believers have a heavenly base of operations, with the head of the body in heaven, and they are citizens there.

Les explains that in Colossians 1:12-13, Paul gives thanks to the Father who has prepared believers to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. God has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. Les points out that this kingdom is in heaven, so believers now have a heavenly base of operations; the head of the body is in heaven, and we are citizens there. This contrasts with the earthly Jerusalem where temple sacrifices continue, but now our setting is spiritual in the heavenlies and free.

Colossians 1:13

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

What does Colossians 1:13 say about how believers enter the Kingdom?

Colossians 1:13 states that God has delivered believers from the power of darkness and has already translated them into the Kingdom. Paul says the Father has prepared them to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, so they are already members of the Kingdom, which presently is in glory in Christ.