Jeremiah 31:33 <\/strong>(RSV)\u00a0<\/strong>But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.<\/p>\nJeremiah 32:40\u00a0<\/strong>I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAlso, being inhabited by God\u2019s \u201cspirit\u201d in the Old Testament was a precursor to Pentecost and all Christians being indwelt by the Holy Spirit (essentially, being in the kingdom of God; regenerated, justified, sanctified, etc.):<\/p>\n
Numbers 11:29<\/strong>\u00a0But Moses said to him, \u201cAre you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD\u2019s people were prophets, that the LORD would put\u00a0<\/b>his spirit\u00a0upon them!\u201d<\/p>\nPsalm 51:11\u00a0<\/strong>Cast me not away from thy presence,\u00a0and take not thy\u00a0<\/b>holy Spirit\u00a0from me.<\/p>\nIsaiah 42:1\u00a0<\/strong>Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights;\u00a0I have put\u00a0<\/b>my Spirit\u00a0upon him,\u00a0he will bring forth justice to the nations.<\/p>\nIsaiah 44:3<\/strong>\u00a0I will pour\u00a0<\/b>my Spirit\u00a0upon your descendants,\u00a0and my blessing on your offspring.<\/p>\nIsaiah 59:21<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAnd as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD:\u00a0<\/b>my spirit\u00a0which is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, . . .\u201d (cf. 63:11)<\/p>\nEzekiel 36:27\u00a0<\/strong>And I will put\u00a0<\/b>my spirit\u00a0within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. (cf. 37:14; 39:29)<\/p>\nJoel 2:28<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAnd it shall come to pass afterward,\u00a0that I will pour out\u00a0<\/b>my spirit\u00a0on all flesh; . . .\u201d (cf. 2:29; Hag 2:5)<\/p>\nZechariah 7:12<\/strong> . . .\u00a0the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by\u00a0<\/b>his Spirit\u00a0through the former prophets. . . . (cf. 4:6)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nHere are some of Jesus\u2019 many uses of these phrases in a strictly spiritual sense:<\/p>\n
Matthew 5:3\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of heaven.\u201d (cf. Lk 6:20)<\/p>\nMatthew 11:12<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cFrom the days of John the Baptist until now the\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of heaven\u00a0has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.\u201d<\/p>\nMatthew 12:28<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBut if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of God\u00a0has come upon you.\u201d<\/p>\nMatthew 19:12<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cFor there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the\u00a0kingdom of heaven. . . .\u201d<\/p>\nMatthew 19:24<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of God.\u201d [this is the famous \u201crich young ruler\u201d incident. Jesus appears to define the term as \u201ceternal life\u201d (19:16, 29), or spiritual \u201clife\u201d (19:17), or \u201ctreasure in heaven\u201d (19:21), or being \u201csaved\u201d (19:25) ]<\/p>\nMark 12:34<\/strong>\u00a0And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, \u201cYou are not far from the\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of God.\u201d . . .<\/p>\nLuke 7:28 \u201c<\/strong>I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of God\u00a0is greater than he.\u201d<\/p>\nLuke 10:9<\/strong> \u201cheal the sick in it and say to them, `The\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of God\u00a0has come near to you.'\u201d<\/p>\nLuke 11:20 \u201c<\/strong>But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the\u00a0<\/b>kingdom of God\u00a0has come upon you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n***<\/p>\n
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As with many words and phrases in the Bible, kingdom of God has more than one meaning. It\u2019s obvious in many passages that \u201ckingdom of God\u201d (and the equivalent \u201ckingdom of heaven\u201d: used only by Matthew) in the New Testament refer to a spiritual reality, as opposed to the physical and \u201cinstitutional\u201d messianic kingdom to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":37272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[448,50],"tags":[9276,9279,9282],"class_list":["post-37266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jews-judaism-old-testament","category-salvation-justification","tag-kingdom-of-god","tag-kingdom-of-heaven","tag-messianic-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"\n
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