Thriving On Purpose Podcast

Understanding the Kingdom of God | Part 5A | The Misunderstood Gospel of Jesus Christ As most entrepreneurs know, a mission statement is defined as “a formal summary of the aims and values of a company, organization, or individual.” So, what was the formal summary of the aims and values of Jesus? The first official words preached by Jesus in public, as recorded in Matthew 4:17 (NLT), are: “From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’” “From that time on.” Other versions say, “From then on.” This is to mean: from this moment and habitually after that. From there, Jesus’ message was mostly about the Kingdom of God. All throughout the gospels, the Kingdom was the main message of Jesus. He would say: “The Kingdom of God is like,” “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?” “The Kingdom of God is,” etc. The gospels are saturated with Kingdom talk from Yahushua. Check this out in the King James Version Bible: The Kingdom of God appears 15 times in Mark. The Ki