Is it the Kingdom of Heaven or the Kingdom of YHWH? – Below are how substitutions and connections can be made to see what the kingdom really is… much of which is taken from the following: http://www.yahweh.com/PWMags/PW11-04/theName2.html. Read more…
KJV John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Part of the question will be: “Then when does it start?”
Is there a distinction between the expressions “kingdom of heaven” and “kingdom of God.” The simple fact is that Matthew, writing to a predominately Jewish audience, preferred the phrase “kingdom of heaven,” while Luke and Mark, who wrote to a predominately Gentile audience, preferred the phrase “kingdom of God.”
KJV 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:
KJV Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Read more…