Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Theme · theological

Kingdom of God

God rules as king over creation from the beginning, but after the fall, his kingdom must be reasserted. Israel's request for a human king is a qualified rejection of God's direct rule. The prophets look for a day when God's reign will be universally acknowledged. Jesus announces that the kingdom has drawn near, describes it in parables — mustard seeds, hidden treasure, a great banquet — and demonstrates it by healing the sick and casting out demons. The kingdom is already present in Christ's victory yet awaits its full consummation when he returns.

Passages expressing this theme

  • 1Chr 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exa
  • 1Cor 4:20 — For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
  • 1Cor 15:24 — Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
  • Acts 1:3 — To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
  • Acts 28:31 — Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
  • Col 1:13 — Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • Dan 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all
  • Dan 4:3 — How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
  • Dan 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingd
  • Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
  • Exod 19:6 — And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
  • Isa 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even
  • Isa 52:7 — How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God rei
  • Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 4:17 — From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 5:3 — Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 6:10 — Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
  • Matt 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Matt 12:28 — But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
  • Matt 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
  • Matt 13:33 — Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  • Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
  • Matt 16:19 — And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
  • Matt 18:3 — And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 19:14 — But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.