Since Jesus said this (Luke 4:43) 43 But he said to them: “Also to other cities I must declare the good news of the kingdom of God, because for this I was sent forth.. . .
just what is this Good News?
2007-08-03 08:09:36 · 14 answers · asked by zorrro857 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Heaven. Children who love Jesus & come to Him are an example of the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Good News is that man (whose sins have separated them from God) can be restored to God (through faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of the LIving God, the cross & resurrection).
Our sins have separated us from God. Jesus made the way to be restored to God by atoning for our sins. Jesus said before He went to the cross, ."..This is my blood that is shed for the remission of sins for many. This is my body that is broken for you..."
Jesus is the promised Messiah & Savior of the World.
2007-08-03 08:21:05 · answer #1 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 0⤊ 6⤋
It is the good news of God's kingdom and what it will accomplish for mankind.
When God created Adam and Eve, He purposed that they "fill the earth and subdue it" (Genesis 1:28). Eventually the earth would have been a global paradise full of peace, without anyone dying. The good news of God's kingdom is that God is going to bring about his original purpose, or will, for the earth. Hence the Lord's prayer: "Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place on earth as it is in heaven".
Here are some features of what this kingdom will bring for obedient mankind.
Removal of the wicked (Proverbs 2:21, 22; Psalm 37:9-11)
Abundant food for everyone (Psalm 72:16)
No more war (Psalm 46:9; Micah 4:3; Psalm 37:11)
No more sickness or death (Isaiah 33:24; Revelation 21:3, 4)
There are several other things that the Bible says will happen during this time. When God through Jesus accomplishes these things, the earth will be like what He originally wanted before Satan, Adam, and Eve rebelled. This is what the good news of God's kingdom, and this is what Jehovah's Witnesses preach from house to house about. Hence, the Bible foretold:
"How comely upon the mountains are the feet of the one bringing good news, the one publishing peace, the one bringing good news of something better, the one publishing salvation, the one saying to Zion: “Your God has become king!" -Isaiah 52:7
This is what Jesus taught his disciples to do. Preach from house to house about the good news of God's kingdom (Matthew 11:1 and 24:14; Acts 5:42; Romans 10:13-15)
Some people think that the Kingdom of God is either heaven itself or a condition in the heart. However, these are both false. Notice what Daniel 2:44 states about God's kingdom:
"“And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite."
According to this verse, the kingdom was set up "in the days of those kings". Obviously, then, God's kingdom isn't heaven itself. Heaven was set up even before the earth was created, let alone before human kingdoms. Rather, God's kingdom was established in the last days which we have been in since the early 1900's. Furthermore, God's kingdom couldn't simply be a heart condition because according to this verse God's kingdom will destroy all of mankind's kingdoms. A mere feeling in our heart could not do that. Hence, the Kingdom of God is a real literal kingdom in heaven. It is called the "kingdom of the heavens" because that is where it is located.
2007-08-03 08:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by johnusmaximus1 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's witnesses have a hard time believing that Jesus is God. They don't understand that no one but God was perfect enough to pay for our sins. Believing that God would send someone else to die is removing the whole point of how much he loves us and saying that someone other then God was perfect, which is NOT true there is only One who is perfect. He loved us so much that He humbled Himself enough to become a man. Here are scriptures that reveal who Jesus is. He is God therefore praying to Him is okay. John 5:23 - that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him John 8:58 - Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” John 10:30-33 - Jesus answered them, “I and My Father are one.” Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” John 14:6-7 - Jesus said to him, “I AM the way, the truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 20:28 - And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Philippians 2:5-7 - Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bond-servant, and coming in the likeness of men. 2 John 1:7 - For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Revelation 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Romans 5:8 - “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Revelation 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
2016-05-17 09:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kingdom of God:
Dan. 2:44: God of heaven set up a Kingdom that will never be brought to ruin,
it will stand to times indefinite.
It'll be Paradise restored, here on earth,
as God's original purpose was and is.
The Good News:
Will be preached in all the nations,
then the end will come.
Choose to serve the One True God,
maybe in the day of His wrath YOU will be spared.
The Kingdom of God is coming!
We are offered the hope of everlasting life on a perfect earth,
we will be brought to perfection.
Which includes the resurrection hope.
2007-08-06 03:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Kingdom of God is Simply a Government by God that will reign for a thousand years over the earth to help bring the earth to a Paradise and Mankind 2 PERFECTION
This Government by God will consist primarily of Christ and 144,000 individuals who have been taken from earth
2007-08-03 09:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by . 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
dan 2:44
the kingdom of god is a government thats going to put an end to other kingdoms and take rulership over the earth.
The good news is the coming of this kingdom because its going to do away with human imperfection revelation 21:2,3
2007-08-03 08:16:05 · answer #6 · answered by blah 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Kingdom of God can also mean the "Reign" of God. The Good news is that God The Son (Jesus Christ) had now entered time and space as a human and would rule heaven and earth in a new way! BY his passion,death, and resurrection, Jesus reconciled the world to God and re-established the new and eternal Davidic Kingdom through teh Papacy!
2007-08-03 08:14:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
The Kingdom of God is Heaven itself, somewhere unreachable unseen, However, at the end of the world and after Satan is punished (the world will end then Satan will be punished for 1000 years) after that time, heaven will literally flow from where it is now to settle on earth and at that time the earth will be brand new, and will stay that new forever. This kingdom will be a one world government ruled by God however there will be no laws such as no stealing and Killing because that will not exist whatsoever and it will a a literal Kingdom..and truly speaking the people who will be in God's Kingdom are on earth right now working to save other people so they can be in it, some of them dead, but however in Gods Kingdom we will all be one nation and of one culture , even if we were different there would be no hating or discrimination of cultures and race, but we will be of one nation
2007-08-03 08:22:44 · answer #8 · answered by quester 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
In Luke 4, Jesus announces the beginning of his ministry at the local synagogue by reading from the first verses of Isaiah 61: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion-- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair." He then says: "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." So the basic message of the "Good News" is that God cares about the helpless and hopeless.
Therefore, building up the "Kingdom of God" means demonstarting that care through our own actions. Matthew 25:35-36 has some examples: "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."
But this is hard, so most people just go to church. (Isaiah 1:11-17 and Amos 5:21-24 describe what God thinks of that.)
2007-08-03 09:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am glad you asked, and I hope it is not merely for curiosity sake, but for a sincere quest for spiritual truth.
When John the Baptist was going around Judea shouting "Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand!" (Mathew 3:12), he was referring to the coming of Jesus Christ
to earth as a prelude to His setting up a Kingdom on earth. He will rule the earth together with His followers - the so-called saints or the believers like you and me. Jesus Christ is the King of Kings (see Revelation 19:16), and therefore where He rules becomes a kingdom. And because He is God (called "Lord" also in Revelation 19:16), His kingdom is the Kingdom of God. But that's not going to happen - i.e. the actual setting of the Kingdom - until the end times, the days of Revelation. In the meantime, we who are believers, have Jesus Christ in our hearts - in the form of the Holy Spirit, aka as the Spirit of God - as we accept Him as our Lord and Savior. In this context, the Kingdom of God is inside of us - where He reigns, in our hearts. That is why Jesus Himself said in Luke 17:21, "The Kingdom of God is within you."
The Good News is the modern term for the Old English term Gospel. It refers to the Good News that Jesus Christ came to save us all - the sinners. (Nobody is perfect, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God says in Romans 310; 23). But despite our sinfulness, as we come to Jesus and believe in HIm, we are saved (from hell or eternal separation from God). This is proclaimed in Acts 16:21 which says, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved, you and your household." That is the Good News of salvation, the Gospel. Amen.
2007-08-03 09:02:37 · answer #10 · answered by the lion and the bee 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋