The Coming of the Kingdom
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In this study you will see the continuity of the Old and New Testaments.
Questions: What is the Kingdom of God? When did it come?
- Old Testament Predictions of the Kingdom (the height of Israel's glory was under the kingship of David, approximately 1000 B.C.)
- Isaiah 2:1-4 (750 B.C.)
- Last days
- Mountains (Symbolizes kingdoms): Mountain of the Lord, chief of the mountains
- All nations
- Jerusalem
- Daniel 2:31-45 (550 B.C.)
- Set up this passage by explaining that earlier in Daniel 2 King Nebuchadnezzer threatens death to all his astrologers and dream interpreters if they do not first tell him his dream, then interpret it.
- Daniel interprets King Nebuchadnezzar's dream
- Empires
- Babylonian: gold
- Medo-Persian: silver
- Alexander the Great: bronze
- Roman: iron (iron and clay)
- Rock — cut out not by human hands (therefore God)
- Rock becomes huge mountain — filled the whole earth
- Kingdom that will never be destroyed (v. 44)
- New Testament Predictions of the Kingdom
- John the Baptist (25 A.D.)
- Kingdom is near (Matthew 3:1-6)
- Jesus (30 A.D.)
- Kingdom is near (Matthew 4:17)
- Kingdom will come in the lifetime of some of the disciples (Mark 9:1)
- Kingdom will come with power (Mark 9:1)
- Kingdom entered by new birth — by water and the Spirit (John 3:1-7)
- Kingdom is within you (Luke 17:20-21)
- Peter has the keys (Matthew 16:13-19). Church and the Kingdom are the same and will be built on the truth that Jesus is the Christ (1 Corinthians 3:11).
- Joseph of Arimathea was still waiting for the Kingdom when Jesus died. (Luke 23:50-52)
- Repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached first in Jerusalem to all nations (Luke 24:44-49).
- Fulfillment of the Old and New Testament Predictions, Acts 1-2 (33 A.D.)
- Last days (Acts 2:17)
- Isaiah 2:2
- All nations (Acts 2:5)
- Isaiah 2:2
- Luke 24:47
- Jerusalem (Acts 2:5)
- Isaiah 2:3
- Luke 24:44-49
- Eternal kingdom (Acts 2:37-42)
- Daniel 2:31-45
- Date of coming approximately 33 A.D. (Acts 1-2)
- Old Testament prophecy
- John the Baptist — "is near" (Matthew 3:1-2)
- Jesus — "is near" (Matthew 4:17)
- Lifetime (Acts 2:14)
- Mark 9:1
- "Some" — Judas died (Acts 1:18-19)
- Power (Acts 1:8, Acts 2:1-4)
- Mark 9:1
- New birth (Acts 2:38)
- Water and Spirit (John 3:1-7)
- Kingdom within (Acts 2:37)
- Luke 17:20-21
- Peter with the keys (Acts 2:14, Acts 2:38)
- Matthew 16:19
- Repentance and forgiveness of sin (Acts 2:38)
- Luke 24:44-49
- Conclusion
- The church is the Kingdom of God on earth, established in approximately 33 A.D.
- Acts 2:42: As citizens of the Kingdom and members of the body (the church), we must be devoted to:
- Doctrine
- Fellowship
- Breaking Bread
- Prayer
- Matthew 6:33: We must seek His Kingdom first. Ask them to commit themselves to at least Sunday services and Midweek services.