Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went
about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel
of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of
disease among the people.
Matthew 9:35
And Jesus went
about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people.
Matthew 24:14
And this
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Mark 1:14
Now after that
John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of
the kingdom of God,
Mark 1:15
And saying, The
time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent you, and
believe the gospel.
Let us put the
phrase, “kingdom of God,” into context. What did that mean to people in the
first century? In modern language we might say, the “nation” of God. Is there a
nation that is “of God”? Is there a nation that God has chosen?
When salvation
came to Israel
Both Houses of
Israel received salvation from Egypt. This was both physical salvation from
slavery and spiritual salvation.