The Kingdom of God in the New Testament explained
When the New Testament came around, it’s fairly logical to think that this kingdom mentioned in the OT was the expectation, right? Let’s look at the New Testament usages of “kingdom” and explore what is said. The Kingdom: NT Usage - 1. Human empires & reign (national) or Satan ’s empire and reign on earth. Matt. 4:8, 12:25-26, Mark 6:23, 11:10, 13:8, Luke 1:33, 4:5, 11:17-18, 21:10, Heb. 11:33; Rev. 11:15, 26:20. a. In Rev. 11:15 when the heavenly voices say “the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ , and he shall reign forever and ever”, that’s saying that the earthly kingdom (i.e. all of the kingdoms of mankind summarized in the phrase “the kingdom of the world”) has become his kingdom. This is a blatant statement that he will have an empire and reign on earth as opposed to in heaven. 2. God’s universal empire and rule. Matt. 6:10, 26:29; Luke 11:2 a. Matt. 6:10 (“your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”) suggests that Christians ...