The Kingdom of God has always existed, and it has always been complete. Wherefore it is not our intention to map out a progression of development of the Kingdom of God. Rather, we will move through that process of unfolding which gives mankind its very fragmentary glimpse of the Kingdom of God (as much as we can absorb it, at this time). This is, of necessity, a fragmentary view: the entire Kingdom of God has not been made available to our world, at this time. To give you an impression of the magnitude of the Kingdom of God, here is a statement of one of the chosen kings of Israel, of the Old Testament time.
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: And he said,LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
(1 Kings 8:22-27) Actually, the original indication of the tremendous depth and breadth of the realm of God flowed through Moses, in an earlier time than that of king Solomon. It, too, presented the insufficiency of
the heaven and the heaven of heavens as, collectively, a container for the expanse of God.
– Explore the Kingdom of God: Part One –
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