#62 - The Kingdom of Heaven - Matthew Study Week 1 - a podcast by Fig Tree Ministries

This video is the first of a ten-week Bible study series on the Gospel of Matthew.

We discuss the phrase "the kingdom of Heaven." What would that mean to those hearers of first-century Israel?

Over the many years, this phrase has taken on western connotations of a local (Kingdom as a noun) in the future that we call heaven. But for the Jews of the first century, the Kingdom of Heaven meant the present reality of God's "reign" (as a verb). The present action of God’s rule here on earth as Jesus teaches us to pray: “your kingdom come, your will be done, on EARTH as it is in Heaven.”

Join us as we explore this crucial topic.

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Resources:
David Stern, Jewish New Testament Commentary - https://smile.amazon.com/Jewish-New-Testament-Commentary-Companion/dp/9653590081/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=david+stern&qid=1632506075&sr=8-4

George Ladd, The Presence of the Future - https://smile.amazon.com/Presence-Future-Eschatology-Biblical-Realism/dp/0802815316/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BAGJUD91M5E&dchild=1&keywords=the+presence+of+the+future+george+ladd&qid=1632506142&sprefix=the+presence+of+the+fut%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-2

David Bivin, Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus - https://smile.amazon.com/Understanding-Difficult-Words-Jesus-Perspective-ebook/dp/B0028N61V4/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2ZMRHH2LOWHGO&dchild=1&keywords=david+bivin&qid=1632506205&sprefix=david+bivin%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-4

Herbert Basser, The Mind Behind the Gospels - https://smile.amazon.com/Mind-Behind-Gospels-Commentary-Intellectual/dp/1934843342/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=herbert+basser&qid=1632506322&sr=8-1

Rabbi Barney Kasdan, Matthew Presents Yeshua, King Messiah https://smile.amazon.com/Matthew-Presents-Yeshua-King-Messiah/dp/1936716267/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=barney+kasdan&qid=1632506705&sr=8-3

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