Mark 1:14-15 reports the essence of the Gospel of God. It includes three pillars. The first pillar defined the time human history marches to God's jubilee has begun. God has set me free from the imprisonment of sin. Those who believe in Jesus are free from the penalty, punishment, and the ever-present need to sin. The second pillar is the announcement that the Kingdom of God has come within man's reach. What is the kingdom of God? This is the question we will answer in this session. What is the Kingdom of God – Part 2.
Disciples Disciple (Reproduce)
"Understanding the Gospel from God the Father"
Mark 1:14-15 [7.2.23]
What Time is It? – The Year of God's Jubilee
Luke 3:3
Luke 24:44-49
What is the Kingdom of God?
Kingdom (Greek: βασιλεία): Realm or Reign?
Kingly Rule – reign, rule, sovereignty, kingly power
Sovereign Administration – join the Biden Administration.
Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Luke 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
Βιάζεται:
The verb βιάζεται can be understood as a middle or a passive. The active βιάζω is ‘to constrain, force’; the middle is ‘to overpower by force, press hard; to act with violence’; the passive is ‘to be hard-pressed, overpowered.’
I. Marshall, New International Greek Testament Commentary (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1978), 629.
Βιάζεται: Everyone is hard-pressed to enter into it. [Everyone is strongly encouraged to seek participation in it.]