What is this that I have heard people say about the “Kingdom of God?”
In the book of Daniel, king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was given a vision or dream in which he saw the following (excerpted):
Daniel 2
34 Thou sawest till
that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon
his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
The kingdom of God is designed and destined to replace the governments and conditions of this world with something better, something approved and established by God. Those that inherit the kingdom of God will enjoy the condition of life without suffering or pain, while those that willingly turn away from the grace of Christ must inherit something lesser and undesirable.
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