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The covenant with David
When David wanted to build a house for God, God answered that He would build David a house: a descendant whose throne would be established forever, whom God would treat as a son. The promise outlasted David's failures and the fall of his kingdom.
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The annunciation to Mary
God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth to tell Mary, a virgin betrothed to Joseph, that she would conceive by the Holy Spirit and bear a son named Jesus, who would receive the throne of David and reign forever. Mary answered as the Lord's servant.
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The ministry of John the Baptist
John came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, calling Israel to repent because the kingdom of heaven was near, and baptizing in the Jordan those who confessed their sins. He dressed like Elijah, warned the religious leaders, pointed to one greater than himself, and was later imprisoned by Herod Antipas for rebuking him.
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Jesus announces the Kingdom
After John's arrest, Jesus returned to Galilee and began proclaiming that the time was fulfilled and the Kingdom of God had come near, calling people to repent and believe the good news. Luke records Him reading Isaiah in Nazareth and declaring it fulfilled.
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The calling of the first disciples
Beside the Sea of Galilee Jesus called two pairs of fishermen, Simon and Andrew, then James and John, to follow Him and become fishers of men, and they left their nets and their father's boat at once. John's Gospel records that Andrew and Simon had first met Jesus near the Jordan after John the Baptist pointed Him out.
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Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night
Nicodemus, a Pharisee and member of the council, came to Jesus at night. Jesus told him that no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again, of water and the Spirit, compared His coming lifting up to Moses's bronze serpent, and spoke of God's love in giving His only Son so that whoever believes may have eternal life.
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The Sermon on the Mount
On a mountainside in Galilee Jesus taught His disciples and the crowds: the Beatitudes, the call to be salt and light, a righteousness that goes deeper than the law's letter, the Lord's Prayer, trust in the Father, and the two ways ending in the wise and foolish builders. The crowds were astonished at His authority.
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The parables of the Kingdom
Teaching from a boat beside the Sea of Galilee, Jesus described the Kingdom in parables: seed on four kinds of soil, weeds among wheat, a mustard seed, leaven, hidden treasure, a pearl, and a net. He explained to His disciples that the parables both reveal and conceal, citing Isaiah's word about a people who hear without understanding.
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The triumphal entry
Approaching Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples for a colt and rode into the city while crowds spread cloaks and branches on the road and shouted words from Psalm 118, hailing Him as the Son of David who comes in the name of the Lord. Matthew and John say this fulfilled Zechariah's picture of a humble king on a donkey.
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The controversies in the temple
Teaching in the temple courts, Jesus was challenged in turn by the chief priests and elders, the Pharisees with the Herodians, the Sadducees, and an expert in the law. He answered with the parable of the tenants, the coin bearing Caesar's image, the God of the living, and the two great commandments, then asked how David could call his own son Lord.
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The promise of His return
As Jesus was taken up, two messengers promised that He would come back in the same way. Paul wrote that the Lord will descend, the dead in Christ will rise, and believers will be with Him forever. John saw a new heaven and a new earth where God dwells with His people and wipes away every tear, and the book closes with the prayer that the Lord Jesus come.
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Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth is the center of the Christian faith and of FaithGraph. The Gospels present Him as the promised Messiah of Israel, the eternal Word made flesh, who taught, healed, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily on the third day, and commissioned His followers to carry the good news to all nations.
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Connections around The Kingdom of God
The covenant with David develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe promise concerns a kingdom and throne that God will establish forever.
The annunciation to Mary develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe child's kingdom will never end.
Evidence:The ministry of John the Baptist develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJohn announces that the kingdom of heaven has come near.
Evidence:Jesus announces the Kingdom develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe event is the first public proclamation of the Kingdom in the Gospel narratives.
Evidence:The calling of the first disciples develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe call to follow comes immediately after the announcement that the kingdom is near.
Evidence:Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus tells Nicodemus that no one sees or enters the kingdom of God without new birth.
The Sermon on the Mount develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe Beatitudes open with the kingdom, and the sermon commands seeking it first.
The parables of the Kingdom develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceEach parable is introduced as a picture of what the kingdom is like.
The triumphal entry develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe crowds bless the coming kingdom of their father David as Jesus enters.
Evidence:The controversies in the temple develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe debates turn on the kingdom: the tenants lose the vineyard, Caesar's coin is distinguished from what is God's, and the scribe is told he is not far from the kingdom.
Evidence:The promise of His return develops the theme The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe disciples ask about the kingdom and are pointed to the Spirit and to His return; Revelation closes with God's dwelling among His people.
Evidence:Jesus teaches The Kingdom of God
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMark summarizes the whole of Jesus's preaching as the announcement of the Kingdom of God.
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