Mark 1, continued:

  • Mark 1:14-15 – Compare the message of John the Baptist in Matthew 3:2; 4:17; 10:7.

The kingdom promised and prophesied

  • Daniel 2 – Prophesied the rule of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, and then the kingdom of God.
  • Daniel 7 – Four beasts: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. Then the kingdom of God would come and saints would prevail despite persecution.
  • Daniel 7:14 – See Acts 2:14-47; Ephesians 1:18-23.
  • What is the kingdom that is at hand?
    • The word “kingdom” is used in different ways:
      • The universal dominion of God – Psalms 145:13
      • Heaven – II Peter 1:10-11 (see also I Peter 1:3-4)
      • Inhabitants or population subject to a king Individuals who’ve been “translated into the kingdom” by being “born again” (baptized) – Colossians 1:13; John 3:3, 5
    • The kingdom is the saved!
      • Colossians 1:13-14
      • Acts 2:22-36
      • Matthew 7:21
      • John 3:3-5
      • I Peter 3:15
    • The church is the saved!
      • The church is the “called out.”
      • II Thessalonians 2:14
      • Romans 6:3-11
      • I Corinthians 12:13 (Ephesians 5:26)
      • Ephesians 5:23
      • Ephesians 5:24
    • The house of God is the saved!
      • I Timothy 3:15
      • Galatians 3:26-27
      • Ephesians 2:16-22 – church, kingdom, and family
    • Kingdom, church, and house of God – three different terms identifying the same group of people.
  • Acts 2 – Fulfillment of all
    • Daniel 2; Daniel 7; Matthew 16:18; Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27
    • This is what was at hand.
  • Luke 1:32-33
  • The kingdom coming with power!
    • Mark 9:1
    • Acts 1:6-8
    • Acts 2:1-36
    • The kingdom came with power when the Holy Spirit came with power on Pentecost in Acts 2.
  • In the church, in the kingdom.
    • Colossians 1:12-14
    • Revelation 1:4, 9
    • Churches:
      • Baptized into – I Corinthians 12:3
      • Member of body – I Corinthians 12:14-26
      • A house / body of stones – I Peter 2:5-9
    • Kingdom:
      • Baptized into – John 3:3-5
      • Citizen of kingdom – John 3; Ephesians 2; Hebrews 8
      • A kingdom of priests – Exodus 19:6; I Peter 2:6-9; Revelation 5:10
  • Jesus came to preach!
    • Mark 1:38
    • Salvation is at hand!