2Sa 7:12-13 “When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. (13) “He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Romans 1:3-4 Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born (made-or caused to be) of the seed of David according to the flesh, (4) and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
Psalm 89:3-4 “I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: (4) ‘Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.’ ” Selah
Mat 3:1-2 In those days JOHN THE BAPTIST came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Luke 8:1 SOON AFTERWARD, [Jesus] went on through towns and villages, preaching and bringing the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God. And the Twelve [apostles] were with Him,
Luke 4:43 But He said to them, I must preach the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God to the other cities [and towns] also, for I was sent for this [purpose].
Mat 4:23 And He went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news (Gospel) of the kingdom and healing every disease and every weakness and infirmity among the people.
WHAT COULD THIS MEAN TO THE PEOPLE OF THAT GENERATION
Mathew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of DAVID, the Son of Abraham.
Mathew 22:42 Saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “THE SON OF DAVID “
Mathew 21:9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of DAVID! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Hosanna in the highest!”
DOMINION, GOVERNMENT AND RULERSHIP
If you were to ask several average professed Christians what the Kingdom of God is, you would receive a variety of answers. There are a great many ideas, opinions, interpretations, conceptions and mix-conceptions among believers as to what constitutes the Kingdom of God.
Vast multitudes of people believe that at any minute Jesus will appear in the sky and whisk away (rapture) those who are saved and take them to heaven to enjoy the Kingdom of God. They teach that the Kingdom of God is heaven and that it has no relationship with the earth. Others teach that the Kingdom of God is purely earthly, and that it will be political and social structure enforced on earth for a thousand years at the return of Jesus Christ with His saints to rule and reign. This conjecture was popularized by Scofield the Theologian in his commentary bible.
Still another teaching is that the Church (organized Christianity) is the Kingdom of God. The covenantal promises God made with Abraham and David have been transferred to and fulfilled spiritually in the Church. The Church is thus the New Israel in the earth. Some among us even today believe that the Kingdom will come as a result of Christians becoming politically active, taking over the existing political institutions, getting elected to office, and ruling the earth through the power of politics. This is exactly what happened when the Roman Emperor Constantine began mixing Christianity with carnal government which gave rise to the Papacy
Luke1:32 “He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest, and the LORD GOD WILL GIVE HIM THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID.
The Bible speaks of a number of kingdoms. The first world empire the Chaldean Empire often called “BABYLON” was a kingdom. God inspired the prophet Daniel to say to its king, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, “…the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory” (Dan. 2:37). Then there was the kingdom of Israel the family descended from Israel, which became one of earth’s nations or government . The kingdom of Israel under David/Solomon was a type of the Kingdom of God.
This was the background upon which John the Baptist and then Jesus came to proclaim the arrival of the KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH, it was indeed the declaration of the presence of the GOVERNMENT, DOMINION, AND THE RULE OF GOD among men and it was to begin in the heart first and from within us revolutionized the earth.
Mathew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of DAVID, the Son of Abraham:
Mathew 22:42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of DAVID “
WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD
It is first of all – internal (Luke 17: 21)
Requires recognition of His rule and demands the establishment of His principles as law in our life Ps. 119: 1 – 4
