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in prison, Jesus carne into Galilee,
preaching tbe GOSPEL OF THE KING–
DOM OF GoD. and saying, The time
is fulfilled, and the kingdom of
God is at hand: repent ye, and
believe the gospel" (Mark 1:14-
15).
lt
is necessary to
believe that
GOSPEL to be saved! And how can
you
believe
it, unless you know
what it is? And for 1,900 years, the
world did not know. That gospel
was suppressed and replaced by
man's gospel about Christ.
Jesus went everywhere preach–
ing the GOOD NEWS of the KING–
DOM OF GoD. He taught in parabies
about tbe KINGDOM OF ÜOD. .He
sent out seventy men preaching,
and commanded them to preach
THE KINGDOM OF ÜOD (Luke 10:9) .
He sent the apostles, on whom the
Church of God was founded , to
preach only THE KINGDOM OF ÜOD
(Luke 9:1-2). After the resurrec–
tion, before ascending to heaven,
Jesus taught his disciples about the
kingdom of God (Acts 1:3).
Isn't it amazing that the world
has LOST the knowledge of what it
is?
The apostle Paul preached THE
KINGDOM OF ÜOD (Acts 19:8;
20:25; 28 :23 , 31 ) . And God
Almighty, through Paul, pro–
nounced
a double curse
on man or
angel that would DARE preach any
other gospel! (Gal. 1:8-9).
Why, then, do so
many
DARE to
preach so many
other
gospels? The
good news of THE KINGDOM OF
GOD is something you must
under–
stand,
and BELIEVE, in order to be
saved! Jesus Christ said so! You
had better be finding out
what it
is!
That gospel- the kingdom of
God- is the subject of this chap–
ter.
It
follows the chapter on the
mystery of the Church, because
the kingdom of God follows the
Church. The purpose of the
Church, remember, is to prepare
..caBed-out ones" to teach and to
rule in the kingdom of God.
Daniel Knewl
Haven't you heard men speak of
the kingdom of God something like
this: "By Christians everywhere
working together to bring about
world peace, tolerance and broth–
erly !ove, the kingdom of God may
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at last be established in the hearts
of men."
Because they
rejected
Christ's
gospel 1,900 years ago, the world
had to supplant something else in
its place. They had to invent a
counterfeit!
So we have heard the
kingdom of God spoken of as
merely a pretty platitude- a nice
sentiment in human hearts- re–
ducing it to an ethereal, unreal
NOTHING! Others have misrepre–
sented that the "CHURCH" is the
kingdom. Others confuse it with
the millennium. Still others have,
earlier in our century, claimed the
British Empire is the kingdom of
God. But no one makes that claim
any longer. How DECEIVED CAN
THIS WORLD GET?
The prophet Daniel, who lived
600 years before Christ, knew that
the kingdom of God was a real
kingdom-a
government
ruling
over literal PEOPLE on the earth.
Jesus Christ brought additional
knowledge about it that the
prophet Daniel might not have
known. Still, Daniel knew there
was going to be a real, literal king–
dom of God on the earth.
Daniel was one of four extraordi–
nary, intelligent and brilliant Jew–
ish lads in the Judean captivity.
These four men were stationed in
the palace of King Nebuchadnez–
zar of the Chaldean Empire, in
training for special responsibilities
in the Babylonian government.
Daniel was a prophet who had been
given special understanding in vi–
sions and dreams (Dan. 1: 17) .
Nebuchadnezzar was the first
real world ruler. He had conquered
a vast empire, including the nation
Judah. This king had a dream so
impressive it troubled him- moved
him to tremendoús concern. He de–
manded that his magicians, as–
trologers and sorcerers tell him
both
what
he had dreamed, and
what it meant. They could not .
They were baffled. Then Daniel
was brought before the king.
Daniel disclaimed any more hu–
man ability to interpret dreams
than the Chaldean magicians,
..BUT," he said, ..there is a GoD in
heaven that revealeth secrets, and
maketh known to the king Neb–
uchadnezzar what shall be in the
latter days" (Dan. 2:28).
First, God's purpose was to re-
veal to this world-ruling human
king that there is a GoD in
heaven- that ÜOD IS SUPREME
RULER over all nations, govern–
ments and kings- that God RULES
THE UNIVERSE!
lt
was God who
placed the cherub Lucifer on the
throne of the earth and Lucifer,
who has become Satan the Devil,
remains on earth's throne only be–
cause God allows it, and only until
God sends Jesus Christ to sit on
that throne when he removes Sa–
tan. This Chaldean king knew only
about the many pagan demon gods.
He knew nothing of the true
living
ALMIGHTY God. Like people and
rulers, even today, he did not know
that GoD is the living, REAL. active,
RULING and GOVERNING PERSON–
AGE who actually and literally
gov–
erns
not only what is on earth, but
the UNIVERSE ENTIRELY!
The whole purpose of this
DREAM was to
revea/
GoD'S GOV–
ERNMENT- the fact that God
RULES-the truth of THE KINGDOM
OF Goo-the very thing that is the
one and
on/y
true GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST! And, secondly, to reveal–
preserved in writing for us TO–
DAv-what is to happen
"in the
latter days"
- actually within the
next two decades- THIS LAST HALF
OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY!
For US, Todayl
This is no dry, dull, dead writing
for a people of 2,500 years ago.
This is LIVING, TREMENDOUS,
8/G
NEWS
for
OUR DAY!
It is
ad–
vance news
for us,
NOW.
News
before
it
happens--of
the most
colossal event of all earth's history
certain to occur
in your lifetime–
during the very next few years!
This is THE TRUE GOSPEL!
lt
is
the very gospel Christ preached! lt
is intended for you and me TODAv!
lt
is vital that you UNDERSTAND!
Read, in your own Bible, Daniel
2, verses 28 through 35. In his
dream, this king had seen a vast
statue-larger than any image or
statue ever built by man-so
tremendous it was terrifying, even
in a dream. Its head was of fine
gold, its breast and arms of silver,
the belly and thighs of brass, legs
of solid iron
1
feet a mixture of iron
and clay.
There was a time element. Neb–
uchadnezzar had viewed it
until
a
TN PLAIN TRUTH