WHAT IS THE KINDOM OF HEAVEN/GOD? If you use a concordance to - TopicsExpress

WHAT IS THE KINDOM OF HEAVEN/GOD? If you use a concordance to find the phrase the kingdom of heaven (or kingdom of God) anywhere in the Hebrew Scriptures, we find a suprising number of results: zero. Importantly, Jesus did not make this term up. We do know that the kingdom of Heaven was a highly developed term at this time in Jesus life. Israels sages used the term often to describe the ruling, saving, liberating, redemptive acts of God. For example, according to Israels teachers, the first instance of the kingdom of God in the Hebrew scriptures was in the book of Exodus, in the Song of Moses where Israel is celebrating on of the definitive events of their history: the rescue from the harsh bondage of Egypt. The Song opens: Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously;the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.The LORD is my strength and my song,and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him... (vss. 1-2) The LORD had become their salvation in that final rescuing act of demolishing Pharoahs army in the Red Sea. At the end of the song... You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain,the place, O LORD, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.The LORD will reign forever and ever.”(vss. 17-18) The verb to reign used here the verb form of the noun used for king. Concisely then, the kingdom of heaven was God breaking into the world with a redemptive, saving act. Jesus took this well known term and made it His own, proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven is at hand at the initiation of His public life and ministry. At hand was just a way of saying, its here. The Kingdom of Heaven is Now. Why did Jesus make the claim that the kingdom of heaven had arrived? The primary answer is that the King-Messiah had arrived in the person of Himself. Since the King was here, the kingdom was here. But Jesus didnt just proclaim the kingdoms arrival..

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