Claim. Citizens of God’s Kingdom are recognizable by the continual radiation of love and life-force — they burn brightly twenty-four hours a day rather than serving the kingdom only intermittently.
Elaboration. SMM gives a phenomenological criterion of citizenship: “Those who constantly radiate bright light and burning heat twenty-four hours a day are the citizens of God’s Kingdom. It is similar to the phenomena of bugs congregating around a source of light on a dark night. Hence, those who can permanently maintain God’s life force, the power of love, burning brightly, are without doubt citizens of the heavenly nation” (CSG 15.4 §3, 86-302, 1976.4.11). The recognition path is recursive: “You become true families only through being recognized by your nation and its citizens… Without obtaining recognition at this place your paths would be blocked. You must realize that with recognition you can enter heaven as its citizens for the first time in history” (134-218, 1985.7.20). And the cross-cultural test: “There is no way to go to heaven without loving your enemy’s children more than your own” (273-289, 1995.10.29). Citizenship is therefore measured externally by other citizens, not asserted internally.
See also. csg-becoming-a-citizen-requires-self-denial-for-the-larger-whole