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Apostolic Proclamation and the Kingdom

writer said that all things have been put under subjection to Him (2:8),
and that the saints will someday receive “a kingdom that cannot be
shaken” (12:28).

James said that we are heirs of the kingdom (2:5). Peter wrote that
Christ is at the right hand of God where “angels, authorities and powers”
have been made subject to Him (1 Peter 3:22). He also wrote of “the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:11).

Finally, Jude wrote of God’s kingly authority: “To the only God our Savior
be glory, majesty, power and authority…now and forevermore!” (v. 25).

The Kingdom in the Book of Revelation
The book of Revelation also has much to say about the kingdom of
God. Several times in the book, Jesus is pictured sitting on a royal throne
(1:4: 5:13; 12:5; 14:3). God is also seen sitting on a throne in heaven
(7:9–11). In Revelation, Jesus holds the “key of David” (3:7) and is called
the “ruler over the kings of the earth” (1:5). Further, John says that Jesus
has made His followers “a kingdom and priests” and “they will reign on
the earth” (1:6; 5:10).

When the seventh angel of Revelation sounds his trumpet, a loud voice
in heaven cries out, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever” (11:15).
John further wrote that Christ will someday “rule all the nations with an
iron scepter” (12:5).

After the red dragon is defeated in heaven, another loud voice cries
out, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom
of our God” (12:10). At one point in the
narrative the victorious saints sing the
song of Moses and the Lamb, calling
Jesus the “King of the saints” and saying The saints will live
that “all nations will come and worship and reign with
before [Him]” (15:4). Twice Jesus is
called “King of kings and Lord of lords” Christ 1,000 years
(17:14; 19:16). Finally, the saints will live in His kingdom.
and reign with Christ 1,000 years in His
kingdom (20:4, 6).

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