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THE KINGDOM
The Kingdom of God includes both His
general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who
willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of
salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus
Christ. Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and
God’s will be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the
return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age. Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 9:6-7; Jeremiah
23:5-6; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:8-10, 23; Matthew 12:25-28; Matthew 13:1-52;
Matthew 25:31-46; Matthew 26:29; Mark 1:14-15, Mark 9:1; Luke 4:43; Luke 8:1;
Luke 9:2; Luke 12:31-32; Luke 17:20-21; Luke 23:42; John 3:3; John 18:36; Acts
1:6-7; Acts 17:22-31; Romans 5:17; Romans 8:19; 1 Cor. 15:24-28; Col. 1:13;
Hebrews 11:10, 16; Hebrews 12:28; 1 Peter 2:4-10; 1 Peter 4:13; Rev. 1:6, 9;
Rev. 5:10; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 21-22 |