The Kingdom of God
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What is the Kingdom of God?
What is the Kingdom of God?
Kingdom of God - refers to God’s rule over all creation.
Kingdom of God - refers to God’s rule over all creation.
The Kingdom of God’s manifestations on earth. in Eden. in the flood. in the tower of Babel. In the nation of Isreal. In the Messiah. in the Church. in the second coming of Messiah.
The Kingdom of God’s manifestations on earth. in Eden. in the flood. in the tower of Babel. In the nation of Isreal. In the Messiah. in the Church. in the second coming of Messiah.
Kingdom of God/heaven is 136 times in the the Bible.
Kingdom of God/heaven is 136 times in the the Bible.
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Why is the Kingdom of God at hand?
Why is the Kingdom of God at hand?
9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,
10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
11 In him you also were circumcised—not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.
12 Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
13 And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
14 He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
15 Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Jesus the Messiah is the embodiment of the kingdom of God.
Jesus the Messiah is the embodiment of the kingdom of God.
Jesus brings us into the Kingdom of God
Jesus brings us into the Kingdom of God
How does it apply to us? We are to seek it. We are to proclaim it. We are to represent it.
How does it apply to us? We are to seek it. We are to proclaim it. We are to represent it.
We are to seek it.
We are to seek it.
29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.
30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
How do we seek it?
How do we seek it?
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
We are to proclaim it.
We are to proclaim it.
1 And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
We are to represent it.
We are to represent it.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
The Kingdom of God is God’s rule of all creation. We are to seek, proclaim and represent it with God on earth. That is our purpose.
The Kingdom of God is God’s rule of all creation. We are to seek, proclaim and represent it with God on earth. That is our purpose.