What hope do we have in the Kingdom? (Teaching 9 of 39) - The KOG Entrepreneur Show - Episode 30

In this episode (filmed during the Covid-19 Epidemic) what was expected from the arrival of Jesus as King. Using John the baptists words, "Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand" as a backdrop, Steven looks at the prophesies of Isaiah of what the expected Messiah's reign is to entail. Some of the different variables of interpretation are discussed, but the hope of Kingdom dominion with Jesus as King is what ultimately results in the end.

9. Defining the Hope (Matt. 3:1-2). The New Testament records 137 references to “the kingdom,” and over one hundred of these are during Jesus’ ministry, as His entire teaching and approach as Messiah—the Savior-King—center on this theme. To what does “the kingdom” refer? It refers to God’s sovereign rule in the universe—He is the King of the heavens. (See Gen. 1:1.) But more specifically, here it refers to the entry of God’s long-anticipated Anointed One—the prophesied Messiah, the promised Son of David who would not be the Savior, Deliverer, and King of only Israel, but of all mankind. “The Gentiles” (or all nations)—all flesh—were promised recipients of this hope (Is. 9:6-7; 11:10; 40:5). Declaring the kingdom “at hand,” that is, “drawing near,” John was announcing that the rule of God’s King was about to overthrow the power and rule of all evil—both human and hellish. The “kingdom” was near because the King was here. And His presence, introducing the power of “the kingdom of God,” meant a new world of potential hope to mankind. Man would no more need be held hostage to either the rule of death over mankind, resultant from human sin and sinning, or to the deadening rule of oppressive human systems, political or otherwise. Further, the kingdom of darkness would be confronted and the death, deprivation, disease, and destruction levied by satanic power would begin to be overthrown. As God’s King, Jesus offers the blessing of God’s rule, now available to bring life to every human experience, as well as deliverance from the dominance of either flesh or the Devil.

Hayford, Jack W. ; Thomas Nelson Publishers: Hayford's Bible Handbook. Nashville : Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995

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