by Carey Green | Oct 6, 2022 | Kingdom, Law
Kingdom: Possessing the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 5:3, 10) When considering a “Kingdom” of heaven, it’s natural at some point along the way to wonder how one is able to enter this Kingdom, how a person becomes a citizen of it. Though the verses before us today don’t...
by Carey Green | Jul 22, 2022 | Kingdom
Kingdom: An ever-growing reign (Matthew 4:17) The idea of God being the divine Ruler and King over Israel is almost as long as the nation’s history. Before the nation had any earthly king, God was its King. 1 Samuel chapter 8 recounts the sad situation when Israel...
by Carey Green | Jun 13, 2022 | Kingdom, Scripture, Theology/Apologetics
Kingdom: The Prophesied King Arrives (Matthew 4:12-17) (The 3rd post in a series. Search the archives for “Kingdom) Matthew 4:12-17 introduces us to Jesus’ first mention of the Kingdom of Heaven. Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he...
by Carey Green | Jun 2, 2022 | Kingdom, Scripture, Theology/Apologetics
Kingdom: The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand (Matthew 3:2) (see the preceding article on the Kingdom of Heaven here) The first overt reference to the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew’s gospel comes from the lips of John, the Baptizer. In those days John the Baptist...
by Carey Green | May 24, 2022 | Kingdom, Scripture, Theology/Apologetics
Kingdom: A long-anticipated reality (Matthew 2:2, 6) Beginning our investigation of the Gospel of Matthew, with eyes wide open for any reference to the “kingdom” of God… we first become aware of the notion of a kingdom through a passage we hear every...
by Carey Green | May 19, 2022 | Kingdom, Scripture, Theology/Apologetics
KINGDOM: The problem of the Kingdom of Heaven (1st in a series) What do YOU think of when you hear the word “Kingdom?” A castle? A crown? A powerful ruler? A domain or geographic location? Me too. I always have thought of those things when I hear the word....
