I’ve blogged before about the fact that Jesus emphasized preaching about His coming kingdom. Gospel of the Kingdom – Jim’s Eschatological Info. I also blogged about the phrase “The kingdom of God is within you”. The Kingdom of God is Within You? – Jim’s Eschatological Info. Some also quote another statement from Jesus interpreting it to mean that His kingdom is not on this earth: “My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36). But His use of the word “world” is “kosmos” or the arrangement of the world’s systems. He clearly doesn’t mean that His kingdom won’t be on this planet but that it will not partake in the corrupt systems of the God of this world, Satan. This use of kosmos is demonstrated in 1 John 2:15. “Do not love the world (kosmos) or the things in the world (kosmos). If anyone loves the world (kosmos), the love of the Father is not in him.”
Jesus’s kingdom as clearly defined in both the old and new testaments will be here on this earth, in a refreshed and restored environment. (Acts 3:21). Jesus will be ruling and reigning from Jerusalem, the capital of the world in a kingdom truly from heaven. And we, His faithful followers, will be reigning with Him.
Are you ready for His soon coming earthly reign?
Maranatha, Jim