To truly understand Jesus, we must understand the main purpose of his life: The Kingdom of Heaven. Surprisingly, the main aspects of ministry Jesus is in serious misunderstanding.
Jesus fully exploited in the matrix of the Hebrew language and the people of his time. He dressed, ate, drank, loved, and lived as a Jew.
The Hebrew way of speaking of God was a profound respect for the name given by God on Mount Moses. Sinai. Jews were held in the name of the high esteem that they have refused to say who developed "rodeos" substitute words that every Jew knew that the saint's name.
One of these purposes about how to say the name was to use the word heaven. We see and example of this in the parable of the prodigal son who, to confess his sin, the prodigal son tells his Father I have sinned against you and heaven. "
For many years, even some of the brightest scholars have confused the Book on this point, believing the word sky used as such to refer to a place where God dwelt.
Instead, we must realize that is just another way that the name of God.
If you use a concordance to find the expression "the kingdom of heaven" (or kingdom of God) through the Hebrew Scriptures there are a number surprising result: zero.
It is important to note that Jesus was not until the end. We know that the "United States of Heaven" is a highly developed at this moment in the life of Jesus. Israel learned the term often used to describe the decision, savings, actions, releasing God's salvation.
By example, teachers of Israel, the first instance of the Kingdom of God in the Hebrew Scriptures in the book of Exodus, the Song of Moses, when Israel celebrates events decisive in history: the rescue of the hard bondage in Egypt.
The song begins:
"Then Moses and the Israelites sang this sing to the Lord saying, "sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and rider has been thrown into the sea Lord is my strength and song, and became my Hello This is my God, praise you … "(Vv. 1-2)
The Lord had "become his salvation in this demolition Final Act of the military rescue of the Pharaoh in the Red Sea. At the end of the song …
"You Bring them and plant them in their own mountain, Instead, Lord, you done to your house, the sanctuary, Lord, that your hands have established. The Lord reigns forever and ever. "(Verses 17-18)
The verb "rule" that uses the verb form of the name used for "king.
Concise then the "kingdom of heaven" God was breaking into the world with an act of redemption savings.
Jesus took the phrase well known and has approved by proclaiming that the "kingdom of heaven is closely "at the opening of his public life and ministry." Under the hand "has been was just a way of saying, here.
The kingdom of heaven is now.
Why did Jesus make the request that the kingdom of heaven has come?
The answer is that the King Messiah was arrived in the person of himself. Since the king was here, the kingdom is here.
But Jesus not only announces the coming of the kingdom …
Explaining the Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus also used this term to describe those who have committed a portion of its movement. At the opening this passage we call "The Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven ".
In other words, to be part of the kingdom of God in need of some humility ( "poor in spirit").
Jesus was the use of the word several times in this database instance to describe his teaching a way of life for people in their movement:
"But look first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added "(Matthew 6:33)
The Kingdom of God (heaven) was vital in establishing priorities. Jesus would use "the kingdom of God" in his teaching on prayer (Matthew 6:10), (persecution Matthew 5:10) and obedience to the Word of God (Matthew 5:19).
Illustrating the Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus used another device that is culturally unique in Jewish literature and the Bible: Parables.
To explain the nature of their movement, compared with the
a mustard seed (Matthew 13:31)
yeast (Matthew 13:33)
planting seeds (Matthew 13:24)
a treasure hidden in a field (Matthew 13:44)
a fishing net (Matthew 13:47)
and many more …
Demonstrate UK —
Communication of the most spectacular of the United States comes through acts of Jesus of healing, relief from demonic oppression, etc. For example, to kill a demon, Jesus said:
"But if by the finger of God cast out demons, the kingdom of God has come upon you. "(Luke 11:20)
By saving this man from the horrors of demonic oppression, Jesus said that the Kingdom was broken in this man at this time. Jesus would do in many other acts of redemption and healing to demonstrate that the Kingdom had come to earth.
Of course, through his death on the cross and resurrection of victory, it will be a last resort for healing, redemption and restoration for those wishing to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
This raises a new set of questions for those who want to follow Jesus. Have we lost the true message of Jesus? If the basic pattern of Jesus' ministry was the kingdom of heaven, why we talk so little?
To read more on the subject of the kingdom of Heaven and consider the implications of this definition, visit http://www.bible-guide-online.com/kingdom-of-heaven-part2.html
Bruce Colbert is the primary author at http://www.bible-guide-online.com and a pastor and teacher at Community Bible Church in Ohio
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