The Kingdom of God 1 is the inheritance to which men are called by the gospel, and the thing presented as the object of hope. A proposition which destroys the popular gospel of "kingdoms beyond the skies."

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. (1 Thessalonians 2:12).

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32).

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? (James 2:5).

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: (Matthew 25:34).

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:11).

They shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. (Luke 13:29).

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5).

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. (1 Corinthians 15:50).

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? (1 Corinthians 6:9).

1 The Kingdom of God is sometimes called "the kingdom of heaven" because it will witness heaven's rule extended over the earth, on the same principle as the kingdom of England extended over its colonies. Thus in the context with a promise that their's shall be "the kingdom of heaven," the meek are instructed that "they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:3, 5). Christ's approved followers will "reign on the earth" (Revelation 5:9-10) with the Lord "for a thousand years" (Revelation 20:4), subduing every enemy, until, finally, death itself shall be eradicated "that God may be all in all" (1 Corinthians 15:25-28). Meanwhile, Christ is at present in heaven; and because the kingdom of the future is hidden there with him as the divine purpose, to labour to enter that kingdom is styled "laying up treasure in heaven." The inheritance promised to the righteous thus is described as being "reserved in heaven" (1 Peter 1:4), awaiting that time when "the Lord shall be revealed from heaven" (2 Thessalonians 1:7). He, himself, taught his disciples that they would be "recompensed at the resurrection of the just" (Luke 14:14), and called upon them to pray: "Thy kingdom come that Thy will may be done in earth as it is in heaven." - Editor.