The Following Study Article Is Composed From Preliminary Study Notes As I Progressively Step Through A Biblical Word Study On “The Cornerstone”. All References Are To The KJV.
The kingdom of God is the kingdom of heaven ( see Matt 7:21); it is the kingdom of our Father in heaven ( see Matt 6:10; Luke 11: 2; Matt 13:39 ); it is governed upon the shoulder of He who is called the everlasting Father ( see Is 9:6) ; it is governed upon the shoulder of He who is called the mighty God ( see Is 9:6) ; it has no king except God himself ( see 1 Sa 10: 19 ) ; it is the kingdom of the most High ( see Dan 7: 27) ; it is the kingdom of the Ancient of Days ( see Dan 7:13); it is given to the Son of Man by the Ancient of Days ( see Dan 7:13 ); it is the kingdom of the Son of Man ( see Matt 13:41); it is given to the Son of Man so that all people nations and languages should serve Him ( see Dan 7:14) ; it has been given to the little flock of the Father in heaven ( see Luke 12:32) ; it is the kingdom of Christ , His dear Son ( see Eph, 5:5; Col 1:13); it is governed upon the shoulder of God’s Son ( see Is 9:6) ; it is governed upon the shoulder of He who is called Wonderful ( see Is 9:6) ; it is governed upon the shoulder of He who is called Counsellor ( see Is 9:6) ; and it is governed upon the shoulder of He who is called The Prince of Peace ( see Is 9:6).
The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power ( see 1 Co 4:20 ); it aspires to do on earth the will of our Father in heaven, just as is done in heaven ( see Luke 11:2 ) ; and it shall be delivered up to God the Father at the end , when Christ shall have put down all rule all authority and all power , for Christ must reign until he hath put all things under his feet, including death, that God may be all in all ( see 1 Cor 15: 24-28; 2 Ti 4:1 ).
The kingdom of God does not come with observation ( see Luke 17:20) ; it is a spiritual kingdom that is not of this world ( see John 18:36) ; it is the spiritual kingdom of the spiritual Jews ( see John 18:33,36,37,39; 19:2,3,14,15,19,21,22 ) ; it is a kingdom that cannot be moved ( see Heb 12:28 ); it shall never be destroyed ( see Dan 2:44; 6:26 ; 7:14 ) ; it is everlasting ( see 2 Peter 1:11); it is Jerusalem ( see Mic 4:2) ; it is the heavenly Jerusalem ( see Heb 12:22,28) ; it is the city of the living God ( see Heb 12:22,28) ; it is an innumerable company of angels ( see Heb 12:22,28) ; and it is the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven ( see Heb 12:22,23, 28) .
The kingdom of God is set up by the God of heaven ( see Dan 2:44); it is established and ordered with eternal judgment and with justice ( see Isa 9:7) ; it is made, set up and established by the Lord forever before David ( see 2 Sa 7:11-17; 1 Ch. 17: 10-15, 23-27 ) ; it is established in the top of the mountains ( see Mic 4:1); it is exalted above the hills ( see Mic 4:1) ; it is the mountain of the LORD ( see Mic 4:2) ; it is Zion ( see Mic 4 : 2, 11 ) ; it is mount Sion ( see Heb 12 :22, 28) ; it shall be reigned over by the Lord in Mount Zion forever ( see Mic 4:7); and it shall be the Lord’s when saviors come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau ( see Oba 1:21 ).
The kingdom of God has an eternal throne ( See Ps 45 : 6; 103:19) ; it is the eternal throne of God the Son ( see Heb 1:8) ; it is the eternal throne of the seed of David ( see 2 sa 7:11-17; 1 Ch. 17: 10-15, 23-27; Isa. 9:7 ); it has a right scepter ( See Ps 45:6) ; and it has a scepter of righteousness ( see Heb 1:8).
The kingdom of God is from where the law and the word of the LORD goes forth ( see Mic 4:2); it is God the Judge of all ( see Heb 12:22,23 28); and it is where the LORD God teaches us his way so that we walk in his paths ( see Mic 4:2).
The kingdom of God rules over all ( see Ps 103:19); it is ruled by the truth ( see John 18:37) ; it has a dominion that endures through all generations ( see Ps 145:10) ; it has a dominion that is from generation to generation ( see Dan 4:3) ; it has a dominion that shall be even to the end ( see Dan 6:26) ; it has a dominion that is everlasting and shall not pass away ( see Dan 7:14) ; it shall have servant minister chiefs who exercise dominion and authority among its members ( see Matt 20:25,26 ) ; it shall be the first dominion ( see Mic 4:8) ; it shall break in pieces and consume all other kingdoms ( see Dan 2:44) ; and it shall be served and obeyed by all dominions ( see Dan 7:27) .
The kingdom of God is the house of the Lord ( see 1 Ch 22:14, 19; 28:12,13,20, 21; 2 Ch 2:1,12; 2 Ch 7:11 ; 2 Ch 23:18, 20; 2 Ch 33:15 ) ; it is a house for the name of the LORD ( see 2 Ch 2:1); it is the mount of the house of the Lord ( see 2 Ch 33:15) ; it is the mountain of the house of the LORD ( see Mic 4:1); it is a house for the sanctuary of the LORD God ( see 1 Ch 22:19; 28:10; 2 Ch 29:21 ) ; it is a house for the holy vessels of God ( see 1 Ch 22:19) ; it is a house chosen and sanctified by the LORD; that His name, eyes and heart may be there forever ( see 2 Ch 7:16) ; it is a house for the altar of the LORD ( see 2 Ch 33:15) ; it is a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord ( see 1 Ch 22:19; 28:2) ; it is a house for the footstool of our God ( see 1 Ch 28 :2 ) ; it is the house of the God of Jacob ( see Mic 4:2) ; it is the house of Judah through the mercy of the LORD their God ( see 1 Ch 28:4; 2 Ch 29:21 ; Hos 1:7, Amos 9:7 ) ; it is the eternal house of the seed of David ( see 2 Sa 7:11-17; 1 Ch. 17: 10-15, 23-27 ); and it is the house of the LORD’S people ( see 2 Ch 23:16).
The kingdom of God has Jesus Christ as its head cornerstone, by the Lord’s doing ( see Matt 28:42 ); it is Jesus the mediator of the new covenant ( see Heb 12:22-24, 28) ; and it is the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel ( see Heb 12:22-25,28) .
The kingdom of God is a people of peculiar treasure unto the Lord God above all people ( see Ex 19:5) ; it is the people of Israel ( see Amos 9: 14) ; it is a place ordained by the Lord of hosts for His people Israel ( see 1 Ch 17:7); it is a permanent dwelling place planted by the Lord of hosts for His people Israel ( see 1 Ch 17:9 ) ; it shall not be left to other people ( see Dan 2:43,44 ) ; it will be brought again out of captivity and planted upon their land , so that the people of Israel shall no more be pulled up out of their land which the Lord God gave them ( see Amos 9:14, 15) ; and it is to be given to the people of the saints of the most High and all dominions shall serve and obey Him ( see Dan 7:27).
The kingdom of God is the of seed of Jacob ( see Ps 22:24, 28 ) ; it is of the seed of Israel ( see Ps 22:24,28 ) ; it is eternal kingdom of the seed of David ( see 2 Sa 7:11-17; 1 Ch. 17: 10-15, 23-27 ); it is the eternal throne of the seed of David ( see 2 sa 7:11-17; 1 Ch. 17: 10-15, 23-27; Isa. 9:7 ) ; it is comprised of the remnant of the seed , the man child of a woman clothed with the sun , and the moon under her feet , and upon her head a crown of twelve stars , the remnant which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ ( see Rev 12:1-2,5,17) ; it is of a seed that serves the Lord and that is accounted to the Lord for a generation ( see Ps 22:28,29) ; it is like a grain of mustard seed , which a man took , and cast into his garden ; and it grew , and waxed a great tree ; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it ( see Luke 13: 18, 19); it is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth, but when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it ( see Mark 4:31-32 ); and it shall break in pieces all kingdoms that mingle themselves with the seed of men, but do not cling to one another ( see Dan 2:43,44) .
The kingdom of God is the sons of the living God ( see Hos 1:10) ; it is the tower of the flock; the strong hold of the daughter of Zion ( see Mic 4:8) ; it is the daughter of Jerusalem ( see Mic 4:8) ; it is the daughter of Zion ( see 4:11) ; and it is a place that can not be wasted by the children of wickedness ( see 1 Ch 17:9) .
The kingdom of God is the brethren that fear the LORD ( see Ps 22:21, 23, 25 , 28) ; it is comprised of brethren who are to love their neighbor as themselves, having no partiality concerning the respect of persons among themselves ( see Jas 2 : 1-9; 2 Peter 1:10 ,11, Rev. 1:9 ) ; it is to be comprised of brotherly companions in the patience and tribulation of Jesus Christ ( see Rev 1:9); it is to be comprised of brethren authorities who are humble servants among the members , with no master or Rabbi other than Christ, and with no father other than the Father in heaven ( see Matt 23:8-12 ) ; it has servant chiefs who exercise an administrative and judicial authority among its members ( see Luke 22: 25 , 26, 30); it does not have benefactors exercising lordly authority over its members ( see Luke 22: 25,26); and it is comprised of brethren who, through the blood of the Lamb , the word of their testimony about Jesus Christ , and by loving not their lives unto the death, have the godly strength and power of Christ to overcome their accuser, the Devil, Satan, who deceives the whole world ( see Rev 12:10-11,17 ).
The kingdom of God is a kingdom of priests unto the Lord God ( see Ex 19:5) ; it has been taken from the chief priests and Pharisees of the Jews, and given to Christians who will bring forth its fruits ( see Matt 21: 41-46 ) .
The kingdom of God is the kingdom of one tribe of Israel, so that David, the servant of the Lord God Of Israel , may have a light eternally before Him in Jerusalem , the city within which the Lord God of Israel has chosen to put His name ( see 1 Ki 11:35-36); it is kingdom of Jerusalem , the city that the Lord God Of Israel has chosen out of all the tribes of Israel ( see 1 Ki 11:13, 31-32; 2 Ch 33:13, 15 ) ; it is a kingdom over Israel given to David and his sons forever by a covenant of salt ( see 2 Ch 13:5 ) ; it includes Abraham, Isaac , and Jacob, and all the prophets ( see Luke 13 :28); it is the spiritual kingdom of spiritual Israel ( see John 18:36, Acts 1:6) ; it is an everlasting kingdom ( see Ps 145:13, Dan 4 :3; 7:14, 27 ) ; and it is a gathering together of both the children of Judah and the children of Israel who come up out of the land and appoint themselves one head ( see Hos 1:11).
The kingdom of God is a holy nation unto the Lord God ( see Ex 19:5) ; it is the kingdom of the LORD , the governor among all the nations, who reigns over all and is exalted as head above all ( see 1 Ch 29: 11,12; Ps 22:28) ; it is given to the Son of Man so that all people nations and languages should serve him ( see Dan 7:14) ; it is of all the kindreds of the nations who remember, turn to, and worship before the LORD ( see Ps 22:27,28) ; it is to become a strong nation and a remnant ( see Mic 4:7); and it is to rule all nations with a rod of iron by Jesus Christ (see Rev 1:5:10).
The kingdom of God is like leaven , which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal , till the whole was leavened ( see Luke 13 :20); it shall perpetually increase in the spread of its government ( see Isa 9:6) ; it shall perpetually increase in the spread of its peace ( see Isa 9:6) ; it is the arising and rebuilding of the tabernacle of David that was fallen to ruin , and the closing of the breaches thereof , so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the heathen that are called by the name of the LORD ( see Amos 9 :11,12 ) ; it shall rebuild the waste cities and inhabit them ; and plant vineyards and drink the wine thereof ; it shall also make gardens , and eat the fruit of them ( see Amos 9 :14) ; and it will be fully restored at a time and a season that is not for man to know and that God the Father has put in his own power ( see Acts 1:6,7) .
The kingdom of God is taken and possessed forever by the saints of the most High ( see Dan 7:18); it shall be delivered and redeemed from the hand of its enemies while in Babylon ( see Micah 4:10 ) ; and it is taken and possessed by the saints of the most High when the Ancient of Days comes and judgment is given to them ( see Dan 7:22,26 ) .
The kingdom of God comes to us by Jesus ( see Matt 12:28) ; it is comprised of those who have obtained precious faith in Jesus Christ through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ ( see 2 Peter 1:1); it is comprised of those who have grace and peace through the knowledge of God and our Lord Jesus Christ ( see 2 Peter 1:1-2) ; it is comprised of those who have been given all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue ( see 2 Peter 1:1-3) ; it is comprised of those believers who receive the word of God as truth ( see 1 Th 2:13 ) ; it is comprised of all those who understand that none can keep alive his own soul ( see Ps 22: 28, 29) ; it is comprised of the meek that seek him; whose hearts shall live forever ( see Ps 22:26,27,28); it is the great congregation that fears the Lord ( see Ps 22 : 22, 23 , 25, 28 ); and it is comprised of those who have received the power of the Holy Ghost that has come upon them ( see Acts 1 :6).
The kingdom of God is inherited by those that are Christ’s possession and thus have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts ( see Gal. 5 :24) ; it is inherited by those who have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son, in whom they have redemption and the forgiveness of their sins through His blood ( see Col 1:12-14) ; it is inherited by those who are washed , sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus , and by the Spirit of our God ( see 1 Co 6:10,11); it is inherited by those who live in the Spirit, walk in the Spirit, and are led by the Spirit , producing the fruits of the Spirit in love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness , faith, meekness and temperance ( see Gal 5: 16-25); it is inherited by the poor of this world who are rich in faith and love God ( see James 2:5) ; it is inherited by the saints in light ( see Eph 5:3-5; Col. 1:12 ); and it is comprised of those who have inherited eternal life ( see Luke 18:18 -24).
The kingdom of God is comprised of those who have been called and elected ( see 2 Peter1:10,11) ; it is comprised of those who have been called by God into his kingdom and glory ( see 1 Th 2:12) ; it is comprised of those who have been given exceeding great and precious promises, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue, that by these they might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust ( see 2 Peter 1:1-4) ; it is comprised of those who are to give diligence to make their calling and election sure by adding virtue to their faith , knowledge to their virtue , temperance to their knowledge , patience to their temperance , godliness to their patience, brotherly kindness to their godliness , and charity to their brotherly kindness ( see 2 Peter 1:5 -11); and it shall include those who come from the east , and from the west and from the north and from the south ( see Luke 13:29).
The kingdom of God is comprised of those who have left all to follow Jesus ( see Luke 18 :28-30 ) ; it is comprised of those who have left house, or parents, or brethren or wife or children , for the kingdom of God’s sake ( see Luke 18:28-30) ; and it is comprised of those that have sold all that they have , distributed it to the poor, and followed Jesus ( see Luke 18:22) .
The kingdom of God is comprised of believers who are repentant sinners ( see Matt 21:28-32 ); it is comprised of many poor, halt, maim and blind ( see Luke 14: 21-24); it is an assembly and gathering by the Lord of those that were halted, were driven out and afflicted by him ( see Mic 4:3); it will have many first who were last in this world ( see Mar 10: 23-31; Luke 13 :30); it is comprised of those who are to walk worthy of God ( see 1 Th 2:12); it is comprised of those who keep the commandments of God ( see Rev 12:17) ; it is comprised of faithful servants who are reigned over by God ( see Luke 19: 11, 14 , 27 ) ; and it is comprised of faithful servants in authority positions because they have been faithful stewards of God’s gifts while on earth ( see Luke 19:11, 12, 13, 15 -19).
The kingdom of God does not include workers of iniquity who do not actually know the Lord ( see Luke 13:23-27) ; it is not inherited by the unrighteous ( see 1 Co 6:9); and it is not inherited by fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, abusers of themselves with mankind, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, or extortioners ( see 1 Co 6:9; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph 5:5 ).
The kingdom of God shall judge the quick and the dead at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ (see 2 Ti 4:1) ; it shall have its angels sever its just ones from the wicked ones at the end of the world ( see Matt 13:49); it shall be cleansed by his angels of all them that offend and do iniquity at the end of this world ( see Matt 13: 40-42); and it shall be comprised only of the righteous shining forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father at the end of this world ( see Matt 13:40-43).
The kingdom of God has been at hand since the coming of Jesus (see Mar 1:14-15) ; it has been preached since the time of John the Baptist, and every man presses into it ( see Luke 16:16); it is within you ( see Luke 17:21); it is the spirits of just men made perfect ( see Heb 12:22-24, 28); it is life everlasting ( see Luke 18:29-30); and it is not meat and drink , but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (see Rom. 14:17 ).
The kingdom of God is entered into by he that does the will of our Father in heaven ( see Matt 7:21) ; it may not be entered into by anyone or thing that is unclean , it is demanding of a man’s perfect obedience to God’s commandments for entrance : a demand that is impossible to meet for man, but possible to meet with God ( see 2 Ch 23:19; Matt 19:21-26); it is very hard to enter into by men who trust in their riches, but all things are possible with God ( see Mark 10 :23-27 , Luke 18 : 18-27 ); it is entered through much tribulation ( see Acts 14:22); it is entered in at the strait gate, by those whom the Lord knows ( see Luke 13: 24-27); it cannot be seen by a man unless he is born again ( see John 3:3) ; it cannot be entered into by a man unless he is born of the Spirit ( see John 3:3-8) ; it can not be entered into by a man unless he is born of water and of the Spirit ( see John 3:5 ) ; it cannot be entered by a man unless he believes in the only begotten Son of God ( see John 3:16) ; and it cannot be entered by a man unless he believes in the Son of Man which is in heaven, the only man who came down from heaven and ascended up to heaven ( see John 3:13-15).
The kingdom of God is to be received as a little child if it is to be entered into ( see Mar 10:14-15) ; and it must be received as a little child would receive it in order to enter therein. ( see Luke 18:16-17) .
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From Strong’s Concordance
“Kingdom”
The Old Testament Hebrew
mamlâkâh, ; dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king’s, reign, royal.
malkûwth, or malkuth; or (in plural) malkuyâh; a rule; concretely, a dominion:—empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
The New Testament Greek
” Kingdom”
basileía,; properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively):—kingdom, + reign.
“God”
theós, ; a deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:—X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).