What does the Bible say about kingdom of heaven?
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The Bible teaches that the kingdom of heaven is God’s saving reign, inaugurated in Christ, received by faith, and destined to fill the renewed creation. Jesus calls people to repent and believe because the kingdom has drawn near (Mark 1:15), and He teaches that it belongs to the poor in spirit and those persecuted for righteousness (Matthew 5:3, 10). It is not entered by empty profession but by doing the Father’s will (Matthew 7:21). Though Christ’s kingdom is not of this world’s political order (John 18:36), it is present among His people in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Luke 17:20-21; Romans 14:17). Believers therefore seek it first, pray for its coming, and await its final glory in the new creation (Matthew 6:33, 10; Revelation 21:1-27).
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- Matthew 6:33 4 votes
But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Matthew 7:21 3 votes
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:3 3 votes
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Luke 17:20-21 3 votes
[20] Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation; [21] neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
- Romans 14:17 2 votes
for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Matthew 5:10 2 votes
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Mark 1:15 2 votes
and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Gospel."
- Matthew 6:10 2 votes
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
- John 18:36 2 votes
Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."
- Revelation 21:1-27 2 votes
[1] I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. [2] I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. [3] I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. [4] He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away." [5] He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true." [6] He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. [7] He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son. [8] But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." [9] One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride." [10] He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, [11] having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal; [12] having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. [13] On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. [14] The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. [15] He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. [16] The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. [17] Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. [18] The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass. [19] The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; [20] the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst. [21] The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. [22] I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. [23] The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. [24] The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. [25] Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there), [26] and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter. [27] There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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