and the Jews had been longing for it for centuries. Believing Jews had longed for ages for the peace, security, prosperity, righteousness that God had promised them. The Kingdon Of Heaven Presented And Temporarily Withdrawn The gospel of the Kingdom that preached was of the coming Kingdom and is not the same as the Gospel of the Church Age which presents salvation based on the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ to all men, Jews and Gentiles alike. Jesus was presenting the promised Kingdom to Israel when He would sit on the throne of David and rule the world from Jerusalem. Isaiah prophesied of this saying, unto us a child is born, unto us a son is “For given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7) Israel’s entrance into the Kingdom be clearly based on their accepting Him as their Messiah, and their spiritual rebirth as Jesus made clear in John 3:3. He told Nicodemus . . Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot “. see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) The Christians of this age who believe and accept Christ as their Savior are spiritually reborn, have their sins forgiven, and receive eternal life. However, their place in God’s plan is not to inherit the Kingdom se.” Their place in the Kingdom is to be “per Christ’s bride and body, and as a part of the Kingdom, ruling with Him. (Dan. 7:22; ; ; , ). Comparing The Good News To Israel And To Christians In This Age Jesus and John the Baptist preached the Good News of the offer of the Kingdom. John’s Gospel was . . Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew “. 3:2) Jesus also preached the same message, that time Jesus began to preach, “From and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17) Jesus was
and the Jews had been longing for it for centuries. Believing Jews had longed for ages for the peace, security, prosperity, righteousness that God had promised them. The Kingdon Of Heaven Presented And Temporarily Withdrawn The gospel of the Kingdom that preached was of the coming Kingdom and is not the same as the Gospel of the Church Age which presents salvation based on the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ to all men, Jews and Gentiles alike. Jesus was presenting the promised Kingdom to Israel when He would sit on the throne of David and rule the world from Jerusalem. Isaiah prophesied of this saying, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” (Isaiah 9:6-7) Israel’s entrance into the Kingdom be clearly based on their accepting Him as their Messiah, and their spiritual rebirth as Jesus made clear in John 3:3. He told Nicodemus “. . . Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) The Christians of this age who believe and accept Christ as their Savior are spiritually reborn, have their sins forgiven, and receive eternal life. However, their place in God’s plan is not to inherit the Kingdom “per se.” Their place in the Kingdom is to be Christ’s bride and body, and as a part of the Kingdom, ruling with Him. (Dan. 7:22; ; ; , ). Comparing The Good News To Israel And To Christians In This Age Jesus and John the Baptist preached the Good News of the offer of the Kingdom. John’s Gospel was “. . . Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 3:2) Jesus also preached the same message, “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17) Jesus was
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