General The coming of the kingdom by Jesus

[benadam1974]

By my count of all the sayings about the kingdom by Jesus in the Gospels, the kingdom did not come with his ministry.

According to my BibleWorks 10 the word "Kingdom" appears around 113 times throughout the Gospels:

• c. 50 times in Matthew;
• c. 40 times in Luke;
• c. 20 times in Mark;
• 3 times in John 3.3, 5; 18.36.

And the emphasis is overwhelmingly on a future Kingdom of God that will one day be established on earth.

There are only 2 possible, well-known exceptions:
1. Mat 12:28, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you." Cp. Luke 11.20;
2. Luke 17:21, "the Kingdom is in your midst," or "within you."

That's 3 out of 113 times or only 2% of the time!

So a good question to ask the Already...Not Yet believer is:
Did Jesus change the OT definition and description of the kingdom as a future event only?

Or did Paul when he said to the church at Corinth:
Already you have all you want!
Already you have become rich!
Already you have begun to reign!
Already….Not yet?!
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It is difficult to dump our confirmation bias when reading scripture. I think it is tough for Bible translators, too.

The Temple that Jesus built exists in the body of His followers as a group. It will never be torn down. My 2 cents.