Kingdom of God 1 - The Meaning of the Kingdom - Steve Gregg

https://thenarrowpath.com | 1. The Meaning of the Kingdom
I. Perceiving the priority of “the kingdom”
A. …in praying (Matt.6:10)
B. …in preaching (Matt.24:14)
C. …in pursuing (Matt. 6:33)
II. The difficulty of defining the Kingdom—
A. Synonymous with “Kingdom of Heaven” (Mk.1:15 w. Matt.4:17 / Matt.19:23-24)
B. Not synonymous with “heaven” (Matt.6:10 / Luke 13:18-21)
C. Not synonymous w/ “the millennium” (Isa.9:6-7 / Dan.2:44; 7:14, 27 / Lk 1:32-33)
D. What is its relationship to Israel? (Acts 1:6/ Rom.9:6)
E. Not some mystical inner reality (Luke 17:20-21 / 16:16 / Matt.5:20; 7:21)
F. A spiritual phenomenon (John 3:3-7 / Romans 14:17)
III. The Kingdom as a “People” (Rev.5:10)
A. Israel from Sinai till Saul (Ex.19:5-6 / Judg.8:22-23 / 1 Sam.8:6-7 / Hos. 13:10-11)
B. Israel under monarchs: the House of David (1 Sam.15:26-28 / 2 Sam.7:12-13)
C. Prophecies of the Kingdom (Dan.2:44 / Hos.13:10 / Zech.14:9 / Isa.2:2-4)
D. The Messiah (Gen.49:10 / Psalm 110:1 / Dan.7:13-14 / Isa.9:6-7)
E. Taken from apostate Israel, given to another (Matt.8:11-12; 21:33-44; 22:1-14)

#kingdomofgod #jesusisking #dispensationalism #covenanttheology #dispensationofgrace #disciple #christiantheology #christiandoctrine #biblestudy #bibleteaching #thenarrowpath #stevegregg