Coming of the Kingdom of God

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The kingdom of God comes into being wherever the kingly authority of God is acknowledged. Although God is always sovereign, Scripture looks to a future “realm” or “reign” of salvation. This has come in Christ and yet will come in its fulness only when Jesus Christ returns.

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God is sovereign over Israel and over the whole earth

Psalm 47:7–8 EB:IETMT
For God is the King of all the earth: sing praises with understanding. God reigns over the heathen: God sits upon the throne of his holiness.
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The coming reign of God

Its expectation

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Its assocication with the coming of the Messiah

; “Son of Man” was Jesus Christ’s usual way of referring to himself.
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The kingdom of God was central in the preaching of Jesus Christ and the apostles

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The kingdom of God has come in Christ: it is present

Following the Jewish convention of avoiding the use of the divine name, Matthew usually speaks of “the kingdom of heaven”.
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The kingdom of God will come in its fulness only when Jesus Christ returns: it is future

Luke 22:18 EB:IETMT
For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
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