There is only one Kingdom of Heaven.
If you believe there is only ONE "
Kingdom of Heaven" then
you are contradicting the Lord Jesus Christ (not me)
Are you aware that Jesus specifically
NAMED
four separate and distinct "
Kingdoms of Heaven"
on earth?
In Mat 22:2 Jesus specifically
NAMED the Jewish
"
Kingdom of Heaven".
In Mat 13 (in 8 verses) Jesus specifically
NAMES
the Christian "
Kingdom of Heaven".
In Mat 25:1 Jesus specifically
NAMES the
Great Tribulation "
Kingdom of Heaven"
Now, I realize this is NEW INFORMATION to most
but please TEST this by seeing who the CONTEXT
of each of these passages represents...
WHO is the subject of the passage?
In Matthew 22:2 it is the Jewish Kingdom
In Matthew 13 it is the Christian Kingdom
In Matthew 25:1-13 it's the Great Tribulation Kingdom
And, of course, Jesus specifically
NAMES the
Eternal "
Kingdom of Heaven" in Matthew chapters
5 and 7 and 8 and 19.
While the previous "
Kingdoms of Heaven" were
(1) temporal
(2) contained BOTH saved and unsaved
The (5th) Eternal "
Kingdom of Heaven" is not temporal
and contains saints from EACH of the previous Kingdoms.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are included [Mat 8:11] when
they were NOT included in the Christian Kingdom or the
Great Tribulation Kingdom.
For those who have not studied this issue carefully
there is a tendency to think there is no difference
between the "
Kingdoms of Heaven" and the
one (1) "
Kingdom of God".
The difference is explained below.
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The phrase "
Kingdom of Heaven" is used thirty-three (33)
times in the Bible and
every time the phrase represents
the many unsaved "
tares" and/or the few saved "
wheat",
associated with preaching the "
Word of the Kingdom"
(the Gospel) during one of the FOUR KINGDOMS on earth...
or it represents ONLY the saved "
wheat" harvested into
the (5th) Eternal "
Kingdom of Heaven".
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The four "
Kingdoms of Heaven" are physical and temporal
Kingdoms... and there's a "
harvest" of Saints at the end of
each, with the "
Final Harvest" including only the "
Wise Virgins"
living during the (4th) Great Tribulation "
Kingdom of Heaven"
[Mat 25:1]
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The phrase "
Kingdom of God" is used seventy (70) times
in the Bible and
every time it represents the Holy Spirit of God
and/or the souls (but not the bodies) of the saved "
wheat"
who have been regenerated by His "
indwelling" Holy Spirit.
To be clear, the "Kingdom of God" is a SUBSET of
the "Kingdom of Heaven" since it only includes the saved
"wheat", not the unsaved "tares".
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Therefore, the Bible can use the phrases interchangeably
when it focuses only on the "wheat" within the Kingdom.
When focused only on the "wheat", the Bible can use
"Kingdom of Heaven" OR "Kingdom of God". And that
is why we have several parallel passages in the Bible
that can (and do) interchange these two phrases.
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