WHY THE BLESSED HOPE IS BLESSED - PART SIX

Pastor Art Watkins of Coden Bible Church (Coden, Alabama)

January 22, 2016

One of the main reasons the blessed hope of Christ coming is so blessed is because when he comes again he will usher in the glorious kingdom of God. 2 Timothy 4:1 says: I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. In Matthew 16:28 Jesus said: Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. The Kingdom of God is a literal, physical, visible earthly kingdom. The Kingdom of God is one of the greatest promises in the Bible for it meets every need of man. The Kingdom of God will solve every problem men have politically, environmentally, spiritually, religiously, physically, morally, and economically. You name the problem the Kingdom of God will solve it.

Read the following promises of the coming Kingdom of God.

In the Kingdom of God the bodies of the saints will be changed and made like unto Christ’s glorified body.
Isa. 25:8, Isa. 26:19, Hosea 13:14, 1 Cor. 15:49-56

In the Kingdom of God, God's throne will be on the earth.
Ps. 132:11, Jer. 23:5, Isa. 42:4, Rev. 21:3

The government of His Kingdom will be a theocracy. God himself will reign in the person of Christ.
Isa. 9:6-7

In the Kingdom of God his government will be pure and free from corruption.
Isa. 11:4, 61:11, Jer. 23:5

In the Kingdom of God, war and crime will cease.
Isa. 2:4, Isa. 9:6-7, Micah 4:3

In God's Kingdom the Devil will be vanquished from heaven and earth.
Rev. 20:1-5, Rev. 20:10

In the Kingdom of God the creation and environment will be regenerated.
Isa. 35:1-7, 51:3, Matt. 19:28

In the Kingdom of God the earth will become like the Garden of Eden.
Isa. 51:3

In the Kingdom of God all physical infirmities and sickness will be healed.
Isa. 35:3-6, Psa. 103:3, Jer. 30:17, Rev. 22:1-2

In the Kingdom of God the animal creation will be tamed.
Isa. 11:6-9

In the Kingdom of God prayer will be answered without delay.
Isa. 65:24, John 16:23

In the Kingdom of God great rapidity of growth will be seen in nature.
Amos 9:13, Lev. 26:4-5

In the Kingdom of God hunger and starvation will disappear.
Amos 9:13, Isa. 49:10

In the Kingdom of God the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord.
Isa. 11:9

In the Kingdom of God the Law of God and the Word of God will go forth from Jerusalem into all the world.
Isa. 2:1-7

In the Kingdom of God he will destroy all his enemies.
Psa. 2:8-9, 1 Cor. 15:24-27

In the Kingdom of God the heavenly city New Jerusalem will be established upon the earth.
Rev. 20-21

In the Kingdom of God all idols, false teachers, false religion, cults will be purged.
Rev. 22:15

In the Kingdom of God sin, sorrow, suffering, sickness and death will be finally abolished.
Rev. 21:4

The coming of Christ is truly a blessed hope for when he comes again his kingdom will come. This is why men like Paul preached the good news of the coming kingdom of God throughout his ministry. (See Acts 14:22, Acts 19:8, Acts 20:25, Acts 28:23, Acts 28:31) He also wrote about it throughout his epistles.

He preached the Kingdom of God when he preached the gospel of grace because the Kingdom of God is the inheritance believers are given when they believe the gospel of grace. He said in Acts 20:24-25: But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.