In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness
of Judaea, And saying, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand - Matthew 3:1-2.
Yahusha (Jesus) came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom of Yahuah, And saying, The time is fulfilled [time of waiting is over],
and the kingdom of Yahuah is near: repent, and believe the gospel - Mark 1:14-15.
These twelve Yahusha sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go
not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter
not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go,
preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is near - Matthew 10:5-7.
The kingdom of heaven will begin on earth in the Messianic Age as
the prophet foretold: Isaiah
11:1-4, And a Rod shall come forth from the stump of Jesse
(Yishai), and a Sprout from his roots shall bear fruit. The Spirit of Yahuah
shall rest upon Him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of
counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahuah, and shall
make Him breathe in the fear of Yahuah. And He shall not judge by the sight of
His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears. But with righteousness He
shall judge the poor, and shall decide with straightness for the meek ones of
the earth, and shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and slay the
wrong with the breath of His lips.
Isaiah
11:6-8,
And a wolf shall dwell with
the lamb, and a leopard lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the
young lion and the fatling together, and a little child leads them. And cow and
bear shall feed, their young ones lie down together, and a lion eat straw like
an ox. And the nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, and the weaned
child shall put his hand in the adder’s den.
Isaiah
11:10-12, And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse
(Yishai), standing as a banner to the people. Unto Him the gentiles shall seek,
and His rest shall be esteem. And it shall be in that day that Yahuah sets His
hand again a second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from
Assyria (Ashshur) and from Mitsrayim (Egypt), from Pathros and from Ethiopia (Kush),
from Elam (Eylam) and from Shinar, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.
And He shall raise a banner for the nations, and gather the outcasts of Israel,
and assemble the dispersed of Yahudah (Judah) from the four corners of the
earth.
Isaiah 11:14 But they shall fly down
upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; together they plunder the
people of the east, their hand stretching forth on Edom and Moab, and the
children of Ammon shall be subject to them.
The arrival of Messiah the first time, demonstrating his Father's
righteousness and power, was an important phase in the kingdom process. Israel
was waiting for their Messiah and needed to be told he was in their midst (John
did that), to repent and believe. Ultimately the Messiah will return the earth
to its original Garden of Eden state, ruling, reigning and bringing peace. (Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven - Matthew 6:10).
How should One live? … seek first the kingdom of Elohim, and His
righteousness; - Matthew
6:33.
And Yahusha Messiah answered him, “The first of all the commands
is, ‘Hear, O Israel, Yahuah our Elohim, Yahuah is one - Mark 12:29.
“Teacher, which is the great command in the Torah [law]?” And
Messiah said to him, “ ‘You shall love Yahuah your Elohim with all your heart,
and with all your being, and with all your mind.’ “This is the first and great
command. “And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbour as
yourself.’ “On these two commands hang all the Torah [law] and the Prophets - Matthew 22:36-40.
Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love
of Yahuah is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him - I John 2:3-5.
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