Talk:Kingdom of Heaven
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Hello? Is anyone going to actually explain what this is? Something like "The Kingdom of Heaven is..." and an explanation of what exactly we're talking about. It seems to be a random collection of Bible quotes. I'll wait a while to see whether anyone wants to discuss it, then list it for cleanup. Dr Zen 06:16, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Is the phrase "Kingdom of Heaven" or "Kingdom of God" actually used in Jewish eschatology as a term for the Messianic age, or is this merely a projection of Christian terminology onto a similar Jewish concept? Shimmin 04:07, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] M'lakoth HaShmyim
Never heard this phrase in my life - please sir it not rabbinical or biblical Mike33 23:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
You have actually written Many Kings of the Heavens. In Judaism no need to worry about whether king or not. He is always - L-rd of Heaven and Earth.
Please cut the hebrew words unless you can prove that you have heard them before. Regards Mike33 23:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
I cut the hebrew because it was never substantiated... Glenn4pr 04:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ambiguous sentences
In the section "The Kingdom in Islam", I see the sentences:
Islam holds a great estimation as the location of many events associated with the life of Jesus. From that day, Jerusalem has had a very important spiritual meaning for Muslims, not only being the first Qibla but also the mystical experience of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven (Isra).
I can't make out a clear meaning here. "estimation" seems to be being used in a form that could be replaced more readably with "esteem", but I thought Islam was a religion, not a location in the sense used here. "From that day" is also ambiguous: from what day? These should be clarified.
Also, regarding this sentence:
Muslims believe that by name Jerusalem suggests "a place of peace" […]
I replaced "by" with "the", which seems to me to keep the semantics the same while aiding readability: a place suggesting something by name I interpret to be the same as the name suggesting it. If this is wrong, revert it and tell me why.
--Drake Wilson 00:01, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Summary of the Kingdom in Christianity
[edit] Kingdom is a spiritual kingdom
- Luke 17:21 the kingdom of God is within [or among] you.
[edit] Kingdom is entered through understanding, acceptance with humility, spiritual rebirth, and doing the will of God
- Mark 12:34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him "You are not far from the kingdom of God."
- Mark 10:15 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.
- John 3:5 no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit
- Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
[edit] Kingdom is peopled by the righteous
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God?
[edit] Kingdom contrasts the kingdom of Satan
- Luke 11:18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand?
Note that this is not hell since hell is not the domain of Satan, but the dungeon for him.
- 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgement
[edit] Presenting Multiple Viewpoints
This article treads on belief issues, so it seems we need to try to present both viewpoints in a balanced way. My edit attempts that, however, I believe the intro still needs work to maintain NPOV. Glenn4pr
OK, I think I've improved the NPOV from my earlier edit. Now the only question is the order of the major sections. I'm not going to fret over that. I could be persuaded that the evangelical viewpoint has roots in restorationist and millenialist thought -- any experts aware of the historical roots of these concepts in fundamntal and evangelical movements? Glenn4pr
