Getting Started

Upon Jesus’ second coming, there will be a bodily resurrection for everyone, to either eternal salvation or condemnation. The time between Jesus’ resurrection and our resurrection is a lengthy ministry season of love, grace, and mercy as news of the gospel goes forth, inviting sinners to repent of sin and enjoy the present and future salvation of Jesus Christ. We long for the day when God’s Kingdom will be established upon this earth by His son Jesus Christ as he ushers in the fullness of the Kingdom of God.

Something to consider: God reigns forever with us on earth.

What is the kingdom

God reigns

Daniel 7:27
2 Peter 3:13
Isaiah 66:22-23
Psalms 37:9

Future eternal home of the redeemed

Mathew 4:23
Luke 4:43
Acts 1:3
Acts 19:6-8
Acts 28:23
Mark 1:14
Luke 8:1
Acts 8:12
Acts 20:25
Acts 28:31

The future

Daniel 2:44
Matthew 6:33
Acts 1:6
Luke 23:51
Daniel 7:27
Luke 19:11
Luke 21:31
Revelation 11:15

To be established on the earth

Psalms 72:8
Isaiah 26:9
Isaiah 45:9
Daniel 7:27
Zechariah 9:10
Zechariah 8:22
Acts 17:26
Revelation 22:2
Isaiah 2:2-4
Isaiah 42:4
Jeremiah 33:15
Habakkuk 2:14
Zechariah 14:17
Matthew 24:30
Revelation 11:15
Revelation 21:24

The earth will be established forever

1 Chronicles 16:30
Psalms 119:90
Ecclesiastes 1:4
Psalms 104:5
Psalms 148:6
Isaiah 45:18

The earth shall be redeemed from the curse of sin, restored, & glorified

Numbers 14:21
Hebrews 1:12
Isaiah 66:22
Revelation 21:1, 4, 5
Habakkuk 2:14
Acts 3:19, 21
Revelation 22:3
Psalms 102:25-26
Isaiah 65:17
2 Peter 3:13 Isaiah 11:9
Matthew 6:10
Romans 8:22-23

The everlasting inheritence of the saints

Matthew 5:5
Psalms 115:16
Psalms 11:31
Psalms 37:9, 11, 18, 22, 29, 34
Psalms 25:13
Psalms 10:30
Isaiah 45:18

Questions about God's kingdom

Now that we've looked at a number of verses, we encourage you to explore these questions with your group or in a journal.

• What is the kingdom of God? 
  

• How will we participate in this kingdom? 
  

• What is the Kingdom of God like? 
  

• How will Christians be judged at the end of their life? What awaits unbelievers? 
  

What does it mean?

Knowledge is good, but knowing how to act on that knowledge is better. Explore some of these questions about how our knowledge affects our lives.

• What most excites you about the Kingdom of God? 
  

• How do you live for the Kingdom of God?
  

• What are some of the blessings associated with the future Kingdom on earth?
  

• Are you ready for the Kingdom of God to come fully on this earth?