Sunday School: Kingdom of God

What is the Kingdom of God?

The Lexham Bible Dictionary Kingdom of God KINGDOM OF GOD (also “kingdom of the Lord,” “kingdom of heaven”). Refers primarily to God’s kingly power exercised over creation and people.

• the everlasting duration of the kingdom;

• its present and tangible aspects in the lives of the ancient Israelites;

• the belief in a future appearance of a superior and more comprehensive kingdom of God.

How does the Theme Develop over the Bible

Genesis 1 and 2

Dominion of God shared with his Human Creation:

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

Different King of King (1 Sam 8, Dan 7, Mark 10, John 19)

The reality of the kingdom

In the City

The broken-down city. (Gen 11, Rev 18)

Restored City. (Rev 21, Is 61)

For the poor (Is 61, Mark 10, Jer 22:3)

For Creation (Minor Prophets vs. Ez Temple)

5. Our live in the Kingdom. (Matthew 22)