By the Scripture’s Own Writers
Kingdom of God
Definition
The Kingdom of God is a Sovereign-empowered theocratic government under an administration of divinely appointed Kings. Jehovah Himself is the great Everlasting King. (1 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 15:3; Jeremiah 10:10) He has taken into association as co-regent His Son Christ Jesus. God has purposed the Kingdom as the capital or ruling part of His universal organization. It is comprised of the King Christ Jesus and 144,000 associate kings taken from among men. It is entirely heavenly, having no earthly part. All becoming members must be resurrected and given spirit bodies. At times the term “kingdom” is applied to the one (in the Scriptures, Christ) who has the rank, quality, attributes and authority of a king. The term also is used to refer to the realm over which the Kingdom government exercises control. This Kingdom began operation in full power with the enthronement of Christ in the heavens, A.D. 1914.
The Kingdom Is the Greatest Truth Taught in the Bible
Jesus opened His preaching campaign with the announcement of the Kingdom and spoke of the Kingdom over 110 times, in the four Gospels.
Ephesians 1:8-10 “He made known to us the sacred secret of his will. It is according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself for an administration at the full limit of the appointed times, namely, to gather all things together again in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth.”
Philippians 2:9-11 “For this very reason also God exalted Him to a superior position and kindly gave Him the Name that is above every other name, so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground, and every tongue should openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.”
1 Corinthians 15:24, 25 “Next, the accomplished end, when He hands over the Kingdom to His God and Father, when He has destroyed all government and all authority and power. For He must rule as king until God has put all enemies under His feet.”
Isaiah 9:6, 7 “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, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.”
Hebrews 12:25-28 “See that you do not refuse Him that speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him that gave divine warning upon earth, much more shall we not if we turn away from Him who speaks from the heavens. At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, saying: ‘Yet once more I will set not only the earth but also the heaven in commotion.’ Now the expression ‘Yet once more’ signifies the removal of the things being shaken as things that have been made, in order that the things not being shaken may remain. Wherefore, seeing that we are to receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us continue to have undeserved kindness, through which we may acceptably render God sacred service with godly fear and awe.”
Romans 8:19 “For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revealing of the sons of God.”
Matthew 24:14 “And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for the purpose of a witness to all the nations, and then the accomplished end will come.”
Matthew 6:10, 33 ” ‘Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will come to pass, as in heaven, also upon earth.’… Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you.”
Foretold, Foreordained Before Foundation of New World
Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
Ephesians 1:4 “Just as He chose us in union with Him before the world’s foundation, that we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love.”
Luke 22:29 “And I make a covenant with you, just as My Father has made a covenant with Me, for a kingdom.”
Romans 9:23, 24 “In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, namely, us, whom He called not only from among Jews, but also from among nations.”
Foundation of New World Laid at Christ’s Death, Resurrection and Ascension
Revelation 13:8 “The Lamb who was slaughtered from the world’s foundation.”
1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no man can lay any other foundation than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
Hebrews 9:26 “Otherwise, He would have to suffer often from the world’s foundation. But now He has manifested Himself once for all time at the consummation of the systems of things to put sin away through the sacrifice of Himself.”
Foreshadowed in David and His Son Solomon
2 Samuel 7:12-16 “I will set up your seed after you, that shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. … but My loving-kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established for ever.”
1 Chronicles 17:11-14 “I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. … but I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.”
1 Chronicles 22:10 “He shall build a house for My Name; and he shall be My son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.”
Jesus the Natural Heir (Through His Mother), and Legal Heir (Through His Foster Father)
Matthew 1:2-16 “Abraham … Judah . .. David . .. Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, who is called ‘Christ’.”
Luke 3:23-34 “Jesus Himself, when He commenced His work, was about thirty years old, being the son, as the opinion was, of Joseph, the son of Heli,… the son of David,. .. the son of Judah,.. . the son of Abraham.”
Comprised of Christ and 144,000 Associate Kings in Heaven—the “Seed” Organization
Genesis 22:17, 18 “In blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”
Galatians 3:29 “Moreover, if you belong to Christ, you are really Abraham’s seed, heirs with reference to a promise.”
Revelation 14:1-3 “And I saw, and look! the Lamb standing upon the mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand having His Name and the Name of His Father written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound out of heaven…. And they are singing as if a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the persons of advanced age; and no one was able to master that song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who have been purchased from the earth.”
Revelation 7:4-9 “And I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: … After these things I saw, and, look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number.”
Luke 12:32 “Have no fear, little flock, because your Father has approved of giving you the Kingdom.”
Isaiah 66:1 “Thus says Jehovah, Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool.”
Those Associate Kings Are the Footstep Followers of Christ, Taken from Among Men
Revelation 5:9, 10 “And they sing a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered and with your blood you bought persons for God out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and you made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will rule as kings over the earth.’ “
Revelation 14:4, 5 “These are the ones that did not defile themselves with women; in fact, they are virgins. These are the ones that keep following the Lamb no matter where He goes. These were purchased from among mankind as a firstfruits to God and to the Lamb, and no falsehood was found in their mouths; they are without blemish.”
1 Peter 1:4 “To an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance. It is reserved in the heavens for you.”
1 Peter 2:4, 5 “Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected, it is true, by men, but chosen, precious, with God, you yourselves also as living stones are being built up a spiritual house for the purpose of a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
James 2:5 “Listen, my beloved brothers. God chose the ones who are poor respecting the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which He promised to those who love Him, did He not?”
2 Timothy 2:12 “If we go on enduring, we shall also rule together as kings; if we deny, He also will deny us.”
Revelation 20:4, 6 “And I saw thrones, and there were those who sat down on them, and power of judging was given them. Yes, I saw the souls of those executed with the ax for the witness they bore to Jesus and for speaking about God, and those who had worshiped neither the wild beast nor its image and who had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand. And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for a thousand years. Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will. .. rule as kings with Him for the thousand years.”
Is a Theocratic Government
Isaiah 33:22 “For Jehovah is our Judge, Jehovah is our Lawgiver, Jehovah is our King; He will save us.”
Daniel 2:44 “And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.”
Kingdom Is the Capital or Ruling Organization Over God’s Entire Universe
Hebrews 1:6 “But when He again brings His Firstborn into the inhabited earth, He says: ‘And let all God’s angels worship Him.’ “
Hebrews 12:22-24 “But you have approached a mount Zion and a city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and myriads of angels, in general assembly, and the congregation of the firstborn who have been enrolled in the heavens, and God the Judge of all, and the spiritual lives of righteous ones who have been made perfect, and Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and the blood of sprinkling which speaks in a better way than Abel’s blood.”
Philippians 2:9, 10 “For this very reason also God exalted Him to a superior position and kindly gave Him the Name that is above every other name, so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground.”
Ephesians 1:19-23 “It is according to the operation of the mightiness of His strength, with which He has operated in the case of the Christ when He raised Him up from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above every government and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this system of things, but also in that to come. He also subjected all things under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the congregation, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills up all things in all.”
Colossians 2:10 “And so you are possessed of a fullness by means of Him, who is the head of all government and authority.”
1 Corinthians 6:2, 3 “Or do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unfit to try very trivial matters? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? Why, then, not things of this life?”
1 Peter 3:22 “He is at God’s right hand, for He went His way to heaven, and angels and authorities and powers were made subject to Him.”
Will Destroy satan and His Organization, Delivering Righteous Mankind
Revelation 19:19-20:3, 11 “And I saw the wild beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage the war with the One seated on the horse and with His army. And the wild beast was caught, and along with it the false prophet that performed in front of it the signs with which he misled those who received the mark of the wild beast and those who render worship to its image. While still alive, they both were hurled into the fiery lake that burns with sulphur. But the rest were killed off with the long sword of the One seated on the horse and which proceeded out of His mouth. And all the birds were filled from the fleshy parts of them. And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him.. .. And I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. From before Him the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.”
Will Vindicate and Eternally Establish Jehovah God’s Universal Sovereign Supremacy
Philippians 2:10, 11 “So that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground, and every tongue should openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.”
1 Chronicles 29:11 “Yours, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and You are exalted as head above all.”
1 Corinthians 15:24-28 “Next, the accomplished end, when He hands over the Kingdom to His God and Father, when He has destroyed all government and all authority and power. For He must rule as king until God has put all enemies under His feet. As the last enemy, death is to be destroyed. For God ‘subjected all things under His feet’. But when He says that ‘all things have been subjected’, it is evident that it is with the exception of the One who subjected all things to Him. But when all things will have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also subject Himself to the One who subjected all things to Him, that God may be all things to everyone.”
Matthew 6:9, 10 “You must pray, then, this way: ‘Our Father in the heavens, let Your Name be sanctified. Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will come to pass, as in heaven, also upon earth.’ “
Kingdom a Real Authority, Having a Territory and Subjects, Not Merely a Spiritual State of Morality, “in One’s Heart”
Isaiah 60:12 “For that nation and kingdom that will not serve You shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.”
Psalm 72:8 “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea.”
Psalm 2:8, 9 “Ask of Me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
1 Corinthians 15:50 “However, this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s Kingdom, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.”
Matthew 21:43, 44 “This is why I say to you, The Kingdom of God will be taken from you and be given to a nation producing its fruits. Also, the person falling upon this stone will be shattered. As for anyone upon whom it falls, it will pulverize him.”
Revelation 5:10 “And You made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will rule as kings over the earth.”
Faithful Men of Old and “Great Crowd” Will Be Earthly Subjects Under the Kingdom
Matthew 11:11 “Truly I say to you people, Among those born of women there has not been raised up a greater than John the Baptist; but a person that is a lesser one in the Kingdom of the heavens is greater than he is.”
Psalm 45:16 “Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you shall make princes in all the earth.”
Revelation 7:9, 10 “After these things I saw, and, look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and there were palm branches in their hands. And they keep on crying with a loud voice, saying: ‘Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.’ “
Realm of the Kingdom, with Its Blessings, Is What All Other Sheep Enter
John 10:16 “And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to My voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.”
Matthew 6:10 “Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will come to pass, as in heaven, also upon earth.”
Matthew 25:34 “Then the king will say to those on His right: ‘Come, you who have My Father’s blessing, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world’s foundation.’ “
Luke 23:42, 43 “And he went on to say: ‘Jesus, remember me when you get into Your kingdom.’ And He said to him: ‘Truly I tell you today, You will be with Me in Paradise.’ “
1 Kings 4:20, 21 “Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.”
Isaiah 11:6-9 “And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.”
Isaiah 35:1, 5, 6 “The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.”
Isaiah 65:17, 19-24 “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying. There shall be no more thence an infant of days. .. . And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of My people, and My chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
Psalm 115:16 “The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; but the earth He has given to the children of men.”
Revelation 21:3, 4 “With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: ‘Look! the tent of God is with humankind, and He will reside with them, and they will be His peoples. And God Himself will be with them. And He will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any more. The former things have passed away.’ “
Luke 2:14 “Glory in the heights above to God, and upon earth peace among men of good-will.”
Will Administer Blessings of Life to All Obedient Mankind. Jesus and 144,000 as Priests Have “Gift of Life”
John 5:26 “For just as the Father has in Himself the gift of life, so He has granted to the Son to have also in Himself the gift of life.”
John 6:53 “Accordingly Jesus said to them: ‘Most truly I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.’ “
Peaceful Rule of Kingdom, Uplifting Man to Perfection Lasts 1,000 Years
Revelation 20:2, 3, 6 “And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, that he might not mislead the nations any more until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while. Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with Him for the thousand years.”
1 Corinthians 15:24-26 “Next, the accomplished end, when He hands over the Kingdom to His God and Father, when He has destroyed all government and all authority and power. For He must rule as king until God has put all enemies under His feet. As the last enemy, death is to be destroyed.”
The Kingdom Is Not Static, but Brings Unheard-of Increases of Blessings to All Eternity
Isaiah 9:7 “Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 “Eye has not seen and ear has not heard, neither have there been conceived in the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Kings 10:7 “Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.”
Psalm 145:16 “You open Your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.”
Isaiah 25:6 “And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.”
Proverbs 29:2 “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.”
Kingdom Preached as Present in the Person of Jesus Christ the King-Designate While He Was on Earth
Matthew 3:1, 2 “In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying: ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.'”
Matthew 4:17 “From that time on Jesus commenced preaching and saying: ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.'”
Luke 17:21 “Look! the Kingdom of God is in your midst.”
Matthew 10:7 “As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.’ “
Luke 10:8-11 “Also, wherever you enter into a city and they receive you, eat the things set before you, and cure the sick ones in it, and go on telling them: ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you…. keep this in mind, that the Kingdom of God has come near.’ “
Message of Kingdom as Present Not Preached from Jesus’ Death Until A.D. 1914
Acts 3:19-21 “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get your sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from Jehovah and that He may send forth the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven, indeed, must contain within itself until the times of restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets of old time.”
Revelation 12:10 “And I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our God!’ “
Matthew 24:3-14 “While He was sitting upon the mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately, saying: ‘Tell us, When will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your presence and of the consummation of the system of things?’ And in answer Jesus said to them: ‘… And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for the purpose of a witness to all the nations, and then the accomplished end will come.’ “
Christ King of Christian Congregation Since First Presence
Acts 15:14-18 “Symeon has related thoroughly how God for the first time turned His attention to the nations to take out of them a people for His Name. And with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written, ‘After these things I shall return and rebuild the royal palace of David that has fallen down, and I shall rebuild its ruins and erect it again, in order that those who remain of the men may earnestly seek Jehovah, together with people of all the nations, people who are called by My Name, says Jehovah, who is doing these things which He has known from of old.’ “
Colossians 1:13 “He delivered us from the authority of the darkness and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”
1 Peter 2:17 “Honor men of all kinds, have love for the whole association of brothers, be in fear of God, have honor for the king.”
Kingdom in Sovereign Power Not Established at Pentecost, A.D. 33
Acts 2:19, 20 “And I will produce wonders in heaven above and signs on earth below, blood and fire and smoke mist; the sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and illustrious day of Jehovah arrives.”
1 Corinthians 4:8 “You men already have your fill, do you? You are rich already, are you? You have begun ruling as kings without us, have you? And I wish indeed that you had begun ruling as kings, that we also might rule with you as kings.”
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 “However, brothers, respecting the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we request of you not to be quickly shaken from your reason nor to be excited either through an inspired expression or through a verbal message or through a letter as though from us, to the effect that the day of Jehovah is here. Let no one seduce you in any manner, because it will not come unless the falling away comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction.”
Christ Waited to Receive the Kingdom
Hebrews 10:12, 13 “But this man offered one sacrifice for sins perpetually and sat down at the right hand of God, from then on awaiting until His enemies should be made a stool for His feet.”
Psalm 110:1 “Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Luke 19:11, 12 “While they were listening to these things, He spoke in addition an illustration, because He was near Jerusalem and they were imagining that the Kingdom of God was going to display itself instantly. Therefore He said: ‘A certain man of noble birth traveled to a distant land to secure kingly power for Himself and to return.'”
Became King of World at Time of His Second Presence, A.D. 1914
2 Timothy 4:1 “I earnestly beg you before God and Christ Jesus, who is destined to judge the living and the dead, and by His manifestation and His kingdom.”
Revelation 11:15 “And the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And loud voices occurred in heaven saying: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will rule as king for ever and ever.’ “
Revelation 12:5 “And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is destined to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was caught away to God and to His throne.”
Daniel 2:44 “And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.”
Daniel 7:14 “And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”
Now Established in Full Power, but Permits Enemies to Exist for a While During Day of Judgment of Nations
Psalm 110:2 “Jehovah will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies.”
Revelation 12:10, 12 “And I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our God! On this account be glad, you heavens and you who reside in them! Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.’ “
The Good News Now to Be Preached Is That of Jehovah’s Established Kingdom
Matthew 24:14 “And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for the purpose of a witness to all the nations, and then the accomplished end will come.”
Revelation 14:6, 7 “I saw another angel flying in midheaven, and he had everlasting good news to declare as glad tidings to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, saying in a loud voice: ‘Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of the judgment by Him has arrived.’ “
Kingdom Soon to “Come” in Destructive Fury Against Satan’s Organization at Armageddon
Matthew 6:10 “Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will come to pass, as in heaven, also upon earth.”
Daniel 2:34, 35 “You saw till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them in pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Battle of Armageddon to Be Fought over the Kingdom Issue
Revelation 16:14-16 “They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and perform signs, and they go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty. … And they gathered them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon.”
Matthew 24:9 “Then people will deliver you up to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations on account of My name.”
Psalm 83:17, 18 “Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; yea, let them be confounded and perish; that they may know that You alone, whose Name is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.”
All Selected for Kingdom Must Die in Order to Enter It
1 Corinthians 15:36-38, 50-53 “You unreasonable person! What you sow is not made alive unless first it dies; and as for what you sow, you sow, not the body that will develop, but a bare grain, it may be, of wheat or any one of the rest; but God gives it a body just as it has pleased Him, and to each of the seeds its own body. However, this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s Kingdom, neither does corruption inherit incorruption. Look! I tell you a sacred secret: We shall not all fall asleep in death, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, during the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised up incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this which is corruptible must put on incorruption, and this which is mortal must put on immortality.”
Kingdom Heirs Enter into Joint Participation in Kingdom When Resurrected to Heaven
1 Corinthians 15:40-44, 48, 49 “And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and that of the earthly bodies is a different kind. The glory of the sun is one kind, and the glory of the moon is another, and the glory of the stars is another; in fact, star differs from star in glory…. As the one made of dust is, so those made of dust are also; and as the heavenly one is, so those who are heavenly are also. And just as we have borne the image of the one made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly one.”
Revelation 20:6 “Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with Him for the thousand years.”
Colossians 1:5 “Because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens. This hope you heard of before by the telling of the truth of that good news.”
Philippians 3:20 “As for us, our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which place also we are eagerly waiting for a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Integrity of Those Entering the Kingdom Must Be Tested to the Limit
Revelation 2:10 “Prove yourself faithful even with the danger of death, and I will give you the crown of life.”
Matthew 24:13 “But he that has endured to the finish is the one that will be saved.”
2 Timothy 2:12 “If we go on enduring, we shall also rule together as kings; if we deny Him, He also will deny us.”
Christendom Is Not God’s Kingdom Through Christ
Jeremiah 25:29 “Look, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by My Name.”
Psalm 2:2-6 “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah, and against His anointed, saying, Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sits in the heavens will laugh: the Lord will have them in derision. Then He will speak unto them in His wrath, and terrify them in His sore displeasure: yet I have set My king upon My holy hill of Zion.”
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone saying to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of My Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to Me in that day: ‘Master, Master, did we not prophesy in Your name, and expel demons in Your name, and perform many powerful works in Your name?’ And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you at all. Get away from Me, you workers of lawlessness.”
Luke 6:46 “Why, then, do you call Me ‘Master! Master!’ but do not do the things I say?”
Luke 19:12-27 “Therefore He said: ‘A certain man of noble birth traveled to a distant land to secure kingly power for himself and to return. . . . But his citizens hated him and sent out a body of ambassadors after him, to say: “We do not want this man to become king over us.” Eventually when he arrived home after having secured the kingly power, he commanded to be called to him these slaves to whom he had given the silver money, in order to ascertain what they had gained by business activity. . . . “Moreover, these enemies of mine that did not want me to become king over them bring here and slaughter them before me.
Christ Has No Vicegerent on Earth, Nor Divinely Appointed Kings
John 18:36 “Jesus answered: ‘My kingdom is no part of this world. If My kingdom were part of this world, My servants would have fought that I should not be delivered up to the Jews. But, as it is, My kingdom is not from this source.’ “
1 Corinthians 4:8 “You men already have your fill, do you? You are rich already, are you? You have begun ruling as kings without us, have you? And I wish indeed that you had begun ruling as kings, that we also might rule with you as kings.”
Ezekiel 21:26, 27 “Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.”
Psalm 2:2, 9 “The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah, and against his anointed. . . . You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
Psalm 110:5 “The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of His wrath.”
Revelation 12:5 “And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is destined to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was caught away to God and to His throne.”
Psalm 24:3, 4 “Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in His holy place? He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.”
Isaiah 34:2 “For Jehovah has indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: He has utterly destroyed them, He has delivered them to the slaughter.”
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