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The Kingdom of God (and its related form the Kingdom of Heaven in the Gospel of Matthew) is one of the key elements of the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament. [1] [2] Drawing on Old Testament teachings, the Christian characterization of the relationship between God and humanity inherently involves the notion of the Kingship of God.
Zoroastrianism, a possible influence on Abrahamic traditions, [8] includes the concept of a "kingdom of God" or of a divine kingship: . In the Gāthās Zoroaster's thoughts about khšathra as a thing turn mostly to the 'dominion' or 'kingdom' of God, which was conceived, it seems, both as heaven itself, thought of as lying just above the visible sky, and as the kingdom of God to come on earth ...
[1] [2] Depending on which gospel one reads, Peter either says: 'You are the Messiah' or 'the Christ' (Mark 8:29); or 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God', [1] (Matthew 16:16), or 'God's Messiah' or 'The Christ of God' (Luke 9:20). [3] The proclamation of Jesus as Christ is fundamental to Christology; the Confession of Peter and ...
announce to the world that God has spoken and provides a warning to all nations Proclamation of the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve October 21, 1865 "ye Latter-day Saints, and all ye inhabitants of the earth who wish to be Saints, to whom this writing shall come" [4]
The second reading of the Accession Proclamation was met with applause and cheers of “God save the King” outside the Royal Exchange. Ceremonial robes were seen on some of those in attendance ...
The proclamation is described in the three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew 16:13–20, Mark 8:27–30 and Luke 9:18–20. ... It teaches that in the Kingdom of God, it is ...
Weiss made the first exegesis of the Gospels from a perspective of consistent eschatology.According to Weiss, the "Kingdom of God" was Jesus' understanding of an imminent end to history, and all continuous ethical teachings were additions made by the early Church to make Jesus' teaching relevant when the end of the world did not come about immediately.
The Edict of Cyrus usually refers to the biblical account of a proclamation by Cyrus the Great, the founding king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, in 539 BC.It was issued after the Persians conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire upon the fall of Babylon, and is described in the Tanakh, which claims that it authorized and encouraged the return to Zion and the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem ...