[Matthew 3:2 KJV] "And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
[2 Timothy 4:18 KJV] "And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen." ********** There were two kingdoms being offered.
Israel was promised a kingdom on earth, in which they will reign with Christ on earth for a thousand years.
We are offered an inheritance in the heavenly places.
To enter either kingdom a gospel had to believed.
Israel had to believe on the name of Christ. They had to believe he was the Christ, the Son of God ******** [John 20:31 KJV] "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name."
Israel had to believe the gospel of the kingdom. They had to believe the kingdom of heaven was at hand ********** [Mark 1:15 KJV] "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
For us we have to believe Paul's gospel. We have to believe in the shed blood of Christ, in his death for our sins, and that he was raised for our justification ********** [Romans 3:25 KJV] "Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
[Romans 4:25 KJV] "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification."
[2 Timothy 4:18 KJV] "And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen." ********** There were two kingdoms being offered.
Israel was promised a kingdom on earth, in which they will reign with Christ on earth for a thousand years.
We are offered an inheritance in the heavenly places.
To enter either kingdom a gospel had to believed.
Israel had to believe on the name of Christ. They had to believe he was the Christ, the Son of God ******** [John 20:31 KJV] "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name."
Israel had to believe the gospel of the kingdom. They had to believe the kingdom of heaven was at hand ********** [Mark 1:15 KJV] "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
For us we have to believe Paul's gospel. We have to believe in the shed blood of Christ, in his death for our sins, and that he was raised for our justification ********** [Romans 3:25 KJV] "Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
[Romans 4:25 KJV] "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification."
