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What is the Kingdom of God?

LavenderC
LavenderC




What is the Kingdom of God?


In Matthew’s Gospel Jesus talks about the Kingdom of God, but what does he mean?


The Kingdom of God could be described as follows:



  • a society where God rules

  • a place where death is overcome

  • a place where diseases are cured

  • a place where evil spirits are overcome

  • a place where people find a home and shelter in difficult times


Its characteristics and values could be as follows:



  • faith

  • simplicity of a child / purity

  • belongs to those who suffer

  • love God and love your neighbour

  • honesty / truth

  • humility

  • joy in others’ achievements

  • wealth and ambition must be sacrificed


The parables tell us that:



  • The Kingdom of God is a mystery (grows secretly).

  • It is present in the lives of those who believe.

  • People respond differently to the message of the Kingdom of God.

  • It begins with Jesus’ words and teachings.

  • The Kingdom of God starts small with the individual and increases to include the whole of society.

  • The Kingdom of God is a future reward.


Matthew’s message about the Kingdom of God was to be of comfort to the early Christians. He tells them not to give up, their faithfulness will be rewarded.

 



Beryl367
Beryl367
Interesting. Whenever I hear the phrase The Kingdom of God the first place I think about is heaven. But I remember hearing recently that Jesus brought the Kingdom to earth when he came the first time and it will come into it's fullness when he comes again.
LavenderC
LavenderC
I looked up "The Kingdom of God is among you" and found this article?

"Why did Jesus say the Kingdom of God was in their midst?" by John Calahan

The author says:

"Jesus’ point was that they were experiencing some of the blessing of the future kingdom because Christ, the king of the kingdom, was in their midst. While the kingdom was not present in its fullest sense, they were seeing the future king and experiencing some of the blessings of the future millennial kingdom. If the kingdom can be compared to the bud of a flower, then they had been given the opportunity to see the bud starting to open. They only saw a hint of the glory that would come when the kingdom was actually established. They were seeing a few of the blessings that would come when the kingdom finally arrived."

"The kingdom was among them in the sense that Jesus, the King of the kingdom was living among them on the earth!"

https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/why-did-jesus-say-the-kingdom-of-godkingdom-of-heaven-was-in-their-midst/
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