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What Does the Bible Say?
What is the Kingdom of God?
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE that it represents the reign of God in a person’s heart; others think that it is the product of human efforts to bring world peace and brotherhood. What do you think?
“The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. . . . It will crush and put an end to all these [human] kingdoms.” (Daniel 2:44) God’s Kingdom is a real government.
WHAT ELSE WE LEARN FROM THE BIBLE
The Kingdom of God rules from heaven.
—Matthew 10:7; Luke 10:9. God uses the Kingdom to accomplish his will in heaven and on earth.
—Matthew 6:10.
When will God’s Kingdom come?
No one knows
Soon
Never
“This good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14) Once the good news has been fully preached, the Kingdom will come to bring the present wicked system to an end.
WHAT ELSE WE LEARN FROM THE BIBLE
No one on earth knows exactly when God’s Kingdom will come.
—Matthew 24:36. Bible prophecy shows that the Kingdom will come soon.
—Matthew 24:3, 7, 12.
