73.
What is the Kingdom of God?
Answer:
It is a kingdom that God will set up on earth which
will overthrow and take possession of all others.
Proof:
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. (Dan. 2:44).
And
I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I
will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the
heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and
those that ride in them; and the horses and their
riders shall come down, every one by the sword
of his brother. (Hag. 2:22).
I
saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like
the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,
and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought
him near before him. And there was given him dominion,
and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations,
and languages, should serve him: his dominion
is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass
away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed. (Dan. 7:13-14).
And
the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in
that day shall there be one LORD, and his name
one. (Zech. 14:9).
And
the seventh angel sounded; and there were great
voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this
world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and
ever. (Rev. 11:15).

74.
Who will be King in the Kingdom of God?
Answer: Jesus Christ.
Proof:
Whom
Jason hath received: and these all do contrary
to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is
another king, one Jesus. (Acts 17:7).
Because
he hath appointed a day, in the which he will
judge the world in righteousness by that man whom
he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance
unto all men, in that he hath raised him from
the dead. (Acts 17:31).
And
I will make her that halted a remnant, and her
that was cast far off a strong nation: and the
LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from
henceforth, even for ever. (Micah 4:7).
And
the seventh angel sounded; and there were great
voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this
world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and
ever. (Rev. 11:15).
Yet
have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
(Psa. 2:6).

75.
Will Christ reign alone in the Kingdom of God,
or will others reign with him?
Answer: Others will reign
with him.
Proof:
If
we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we
deny him, he also will deny us: (2 Tim. 2:12).
And
hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and
we shall reign on the earth. (Rev. 5:10).
Behold,
a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes
shall rule in judgment. (Isa. 32:1).
Then
shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
(Matt. 25:34).

76.
Who are they that will reign with Christ in the
Kingdom of God?
Answer: The saints.
Proof:
Until
the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given
to the saints of the most High; and the time came
that the saints possessed the kingdom. (Dan. 7:22).
But
the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom,
and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever
and ever. (Dan. 7:18).
Do
ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?
and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye
unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (1 Cor.
6:2).
To
execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments
upon the people; To bind their kings with chains,
and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute
upon them the judgment written: this honour have
all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. (Psa. 149:7-9).

77.
Who are the saints?
Answer:
Those who believe and obey the Gospel.
Proof:
To
all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to
be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 1:7).
Unto
the church of God which is at Corinth, to them
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to
be saints, with all that in every place call upon
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs
and ours: (1 Cor.1:2).
Whereunto
he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining
of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess.
2:14).
Paul,
an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the
faithful in Christ Jesus: (Eph. 1:1).
In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in
whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise, (Eph. 1:13).

78.
Did God ever have a kingdom on earth before?
Answer:
Yes; the Kingdom of Israel was the Kingdom of
God.
Proof:
For
the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor
among the nations. (Psa. 22:28).
When
Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from
a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary,
and Israel his dominion. (Psa. 114:1-2).
And
now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD
in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a
great multitude, and there are with you golden
calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. (2 Chron.
13:8).
Then
Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king
instead of David his father, and prospered; and
all Israel obeyed him. (1 Chron. 29:23).

79.
Will the Kingdom of God, in which Christ and the
Saints will reign, have any relation to the Divine
Kingdom of Israel that existed in the past?
Answer:
The Kingdom of God, in which Christ and the Saints
will reign, will be the Kingdom of Israel restored.
Proof:
When
they therefore were come together, they asked
of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israel? (Acts 1:6).
And
I will restore thy judges as at the first, and
thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward
thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness,
the faithful city. (Isa. 1:26).
In
that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David
that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof;
and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build
it as in the days of old: (Amos 9:11).
And
Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That
ye which have followed me, in the regeneration
when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of
his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matt. 19:28).

80.
Will the restored Kingdom of Israel occupy the
same land that it was established in before?
Answer:
Yes: it will be re-established in the very land
where David reigned and where Christ was crucified.
Proof:
And
the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it
lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
(Ezek. 36:34).
Thou
shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall
thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou
shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah:
for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land
shall be married. (Isa. 62:4).
Whereas
thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no
man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal
excellency, a joy of many generations. (Isa. 60:15).
And
they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise
up the former desolations, and they shall repair
the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
(Isa. 61:4).
And
I will pour upon the house of David, and upon
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace
and of supplications: and they shall look upon
me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn
for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and
shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is
in bitterness for his firstborn. (Zech. 12:10).
But
in the last days it shall come to pass, that the
mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established
in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted
above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
(Micah 4:1).

81.
Will the Kingdom be composed of the same nation
that it formerly consisted of, namely, the Jews
who are not scattered?
Answer:
Yes. The Jews, the descendants of Abraham now
dispersed in all the countries of the world, will
be gathered to their own land, and made there
a great and righteous nation.
Proof:
And
he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and
shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather
together the dispersed of Judah from the four
corners of the earth. (Isa. 11:12).
Hear
the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare
it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered
Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd
doth his flock. (Jer. 31:10).
Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my
people from the east country, and from the west
country; (Zech 8:7).
And
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
I will take the children of Israel from among
the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather
them on every side, and bring them into their
own land: And I will make them one nation in the
land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king
shall be king to them all: and they shall be no
more two nations, neither shall they be divided
into two kingdoms any more at all: (Ezek. 37:21-22).
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