Matthew 4:17
Where is the Kingdom?
(1) It is Here and Now
v17b, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”(see also Matthew 3:2)
Genesis 1:26, “Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
(2) It is in Christ
v17b, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
(3) It is in Community
See Matthew 4:18f.
Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”
Hebrews 10:25, “Let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.”
Final thought:
Jesus was inviting people into the Kingdom.
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