The Kingdom of God

“For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

(Luke 7:28)

The Kingdom of GodPromised

2 Samuel 7:12-13; Psalm 132:11

2 Samuel 7:12-13“When your days are fulfilled

and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.”

God’s words through Nathan to King David

Psalm 132:11The LORD has sworn in truth

to David; He will not turn from it: “I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.”

The Kingdom of GodPromised

2 Samuel 7:12-13; Psalm 132:11

ProphesiedDaniel 2:44; Isaiah 2:2-4

Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings

the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

Daniel’s interpretation ofKing Nebuchadnezzar’s dream

Isaiah 2:2-3Now it shall come to pass in the

latter days That the mountain of the LORD'S house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

The Kingdom of GodPromised

2 Samuel 7:12-13; Psalm 132:11

ProphesiedDaniel 2:44; Isaiah 2:2-4

PreachedMark 1:14-15; 9:1; Luke 24:45-

48

Mark 1:14-15; 9:1(1:14-15), 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.”

(9:1), And He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power.”

Luke 24:45-48And He opened their under-

standing, that they might compre- hend the Scriptures. 46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And you are witnesses of these things.”

The Kingdom of GodPromised

2 Samuel 7:12-13; Psalm 132:11

ProphesiedDaniel 2:44; Isaiah 2:2-4

PreachedMark 1:14-15; 9:1; Luke 24:45-48

ParticipationColossians 1:13-14; Revelation

1:9

Colossians 1:13-14He has delivered us from the

power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Revelation 1:9I, John, both your brother and

companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

ConclusionTo be in the “kingdom of God”

one must obey the gospel of the King. You have the opportunity to be “greater” than John the Baptist.

Will you become a citizen of God’s kingdom?