The Characteristics of the Kingdom of God

1. God is King.
2. Christ is King.
3. Christ is God, who is King of kings.
4. The kingdom of God is the kingdom of Christ, the Messiah.
5. There is one kingdom of God.
6. The kingdom of God is where the rule and reign of Christ is present. Jesus Christ is King of the universe.
7. Christ, personally, introduced the kingdom of God on earth at His first advent.
8. The kingdom of God is the church of Jesus Christ.
9. Christ is King of the church, a sovereign, holy nation.
10. The kingdom of God is spiritual, that is, in the Spirit.
11. The kingdom of Christ is the anti-type of Old Testament Israel, especially in the era of the kings.
12. The kingdom of God is eternal.
13. The “keys to the kingdom” is the preaching of Christ and Him crucified.
14. The kingdom of God is ever expanding, gathering in the elect people of God from every nation, tribe and tongue in every generation.
15. Christians are those who receive the kingdom of Christ, by receiving the Spirit of Christ, thereby, becoming citizens of an alien nation in this world.
16. God’s elect people are born as children of wrath, before the Holy Spirit transfers them from the kingdom of the world of darkness, and into the kingdom of God’s beloved Son.
17. God decrees to give His elect, His own kingdom, as an inheritance bequeathed at the death of King Jesus, and bestowed at the indwelling of His life-giving Spirit.
18. To see and enter the kingdom of God, one must be born again of the Spirit (Jn 3; 1 Pet 1:3).
19. The kingdom of God will be perfected on the day of King Jesus’ second advent.
20. The kingdom of God originates in heaven, thus it is also called, “the kingdom of heaven.”
21. Christ is the Messiah, the son of David, therefore, the kingdom of God, which is the kingdom of Christ, is the Messianic kingdom.
22. The main benefit of the kingdom is the forgiveness of sins, but it also comes with righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom 14:17). God’s elect, redeemed, and regenerated people have right standing before God the Father, being in God the Son.
23. Because the kingdom is spiritual, the warfare engaged in by God’s Spirit is not carnal terror nor force. King Jesus emphasized this fact before Pontius Pilate.
24. Because the kingdom of God is spiritual, the blessings of the kingdom are not money, power, nor material gains.
25. The Gospel of the kingdom is to be preached to all nations, and then the end will come.

David Norczyk

Spokane Valley, Washington

March 17, 2022