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Webster 1828 Dictionary

KING'DOM, n. [king and dom, jurisdiction.]

1. The territory or country subject to a king; an undivided territory under the dominion of a king or monarch.

2. The inhabitants or population subject to a king…

3. In natural history, a division; as the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.

4. A region; a tract; the place where anything prevails and holds sway; as the watery kingdom.

5. In Scripture, the government or universal dominion of God.

6. The power of supreme administration. 1 Sam 18.

7. A princely nation or state. Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests. Exo 19.

8. Heaven. Mat 26.

9. State of glory in heaven. Mat 5.

10. The reign of the Messiah. Mat 3.

11. Government; rule; supreme administration.

Grasp this: The above definitions of a kingdom will help us* understand the Kingdom of God.

Therefore the kingdom of God is about:

• God as King
• His jurisdiction
• the undivided territory under the dominion of the King
• the Heavens now - and the earth soon
• the subjects or The inhabitants or population subject to a king
• now the spiritual created beings (arch-angels, angels, seraphim in the heavens)
• the place where He prevails and holds sway
• soon to come all of humanity
• the government or universal dominion of God (His domain is all His Creation)

• the power of supreme administration (over which He holds complete authority)

Where is the Kingdom of God now?

• In Heaven (in Matthew called ‘The Kingdom of Heaven’)

His Kingdom to come on earth will be:

• The reign of the Messiah - on earth
• His Government - on earth
• His rule dominion, authority - on earth
• His supreme administration on earth with His saints

Therefore we pray (as told us by the Son of God):

Matt 6:9 NKJV "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.

13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. # ([Companion Bible notes] For… All the critical texts wrongly omit this doxology; for, out of about 500 codices which contain the prayer, only eight omit it. It is found also in the Syriac, Ethiopic, Armenian, Gothic, Sclavonic, and Georgian Versions.)

Exod 20:2 " I am the LORD (See below**) your God… 3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…"

Gen 1:28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it (subdue bring into subjection); have dominion (reign / rule) over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"

Gen 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.

John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

God’s creation was lied to, deceived, hi-jacked, stolen, by this enemy of God. The earthly creation needed to be redeemed, to be reconciled to its original state (as "in the beginning"). Remember as we wait for the full redemption the Creator Commands us… Exodus 20:3 " You shall have no other gods before Me. Do not listen to the enemy of our soul that reigns over this earth for now.

So God sent prophets to proclaim a redemption that would rectify man’s wretched condition and restore their potential to once again to have reigning ability as children of His Kingdom Family. Many prophets spoke of this coming restoration, this forgiveness, about the coming of God’s Kingdom and His rule on earth.

Matt 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.'

John 1:15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' " 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

John 1:23 He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD," ' as the prophet Isaiah said."

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the Prophets: … 4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins… 14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

Make no mistake the message is clear - If you desire to be in The Kingdom of God, to be part of His reigning family it begins with … the remission of sins… it is all about … the gospel (good news) of the kingdom of God… Repent, and believe in the gospel

Luke 2:11 "For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

John 4:42 Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."

Acts 5:31 "Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 13:23 "From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior -- Jesus --

Rev 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

**H3068 (Strong’s) - Transliteration: Y@hovah - Phonetic: yeh-ho-vaw'

- Definition: Jehovah = "the existing one"

- (the) self-Existent or eternal; Jehovah Jewish national name of God: - Jehovah the Lord. (in English we use the ‘J’ for the Hebrew ‘Y’)

Proverbs 16:15 In the light of the king's face is life…

Proverbs 25:6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king…

Proverbs 25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Ps 106:21 They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things …

Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.