The kingdom of heaven is not a Fictional Story But It Is real Which Can Be Seen Through Jesus.
God is the greatest person. He is eternal (Psalm 146:10). He is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent (Genesis 17:1). His glory is unsearchable(Psalm 145:3).
He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1,Psalm 146:6). He has created heaven. We believe in one God who is the Creator and Lord of the heavens and the earth (Acts of the Apostles and Matthew 11:23). Heaven is a place above the vast infinite world (John 20:17).
Heaven is above all and an unknown place which no one knows, no one can see in any way (Timothy 6:16) or discover! Christ lives in heaven. He descended from heaven to earth, and ascended to heaven again.
In heaven, the Spirit of the Lord dwells in his glorious throne. Jesus Christ is seated on the right side of that throne (Matthew 28:18).
He is the High Judge and the High Priest. He will come again from heaven (2 Thessalonians 1: 8).
God’s holy will is constantly observed in heaven. There are messengers and saints. Jesus Christ will come again from heaven to judge the world.
God is omnipresent in His divine power and His majesty and glory are omnipresent.
Heaven is the capital of God in the world (Psalm 103: 11) God’s everlasting glorious and blissful abode, city, holy city, abode of God with mankind (Rev. 1-3).
This is the third heaven of Saint Paul (2 Corinthians 2:3). The Israelites believed in three heavens.
(1) The first heaven is where the birds fly in the sky and where the clouds are transmitted. And from where the fog falls. There is violence here, fighting among the birds. The first heaven will be destroyed.
(2) The second heaven is located in the sky as far as the astrological system exists. Here the planets collide. It will also be extinct.
(3) The third heaven is eternal. God’s holy will is celebrated here. There is no violence.
There is no need for the sun and moon to shine here — Jesus Christ Himself is the light of heaven. There is no grief here (Revelation 7: 13-17).
When Jesus Christ came down to earth, the idea and principle of the kingdom of heaven came down to earth (Luke 2:14).
John the Baptist said to Jesus, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew 3: 2).
Jesus said, I have come down from heaven. ‘He who has seen me has seen the Father’ (John 14: 9).
He fully manifested the moral and spiritual realm of God through his own teaching and conduct.
Jesus placed the kingdom of heaven in the hearts of men, He said, ‘The kingdom of heaven is in you (Luke 17:21).
The kingdom of heaven here is a state of heart, a reflection of God’s eternal kingdom in heaven.
Heaven is not only for the Jews and the kingdom of heaven is not only their birthright but also universal-for all nations. Everyone from all around can enter this kingdom (Luke 13:29).
The kingdom of heaven is not just of this world. In the world after its consequences. It is eternal. So heaven is a place that is very true and scriptural, but it is also a state.
The body of Christ on earth can be called the kingdom of heaven! It’s a battlefield. This church will later be called the victorious church in heaven. The head of this church is Jesus Christ. The indication of the kingdom of heaven in the church is found in the teachings of Jesus and the parable of the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 13).
We often say that a Christian brother or sister has died and gone to heaven. But according to the Scriptures, he did not go to heaven.
Jesus is with the Savior in the Father’s house, the place that Jesus Christ has prepared, the land of bliss.
After the first resurrection he will reign with Jesus for a thousand years. After the judgment, they will go to heaven, and they will be with him forever, and they will reign.
What is the way to enter the Kingdom of Heaven?
In order to enter a state, one must obey the laws of the king of that state and take an oath.
You must take a vow to love God with all your heart, soul, and soul, and to love your neighbor as yourself (Luke 10:27); But in order to take such an oath, a complete change of attitude is required.
Jesus said, “No man can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again (John 3:2). No one born of water and spirit can enter the kingdom of God (John 3:5). The kingdom of heaven is a completely new kingdom in human life.
To enter this kingdom, one needs to die for sin and a new life for righteousness.
As the John Baptist says, it is necessary to overcome the traditional hardness of mind and attain a state of complete conversion, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
Broken and broken hearts are acceptable in God’s eyes (Psalm 51:17).
God dwells in heaven and dwells with the depraved (Psalm 34:17). When the prodigal son returns to the Father, completely repenting of his disobedience and sin, he is received into the Father’s house (Luke 15).
The repentant sinner, Mary Magdalene, was crucified as a result of repentance and faith in Jesus (Luke 7:36, 23:4).
The apostles proclaimed, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you into the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, that ye may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38).
To be a subject of the kingdom of heaven, you need to believe in Jesus with your heart and confess with your mouth (Acts 2:38). We are saved by faith in grace.
It is not from us, it is a gift from God (Galatians 2: 15-16). It is not the result of works that no one should praise (Ephesians 2:8).
To enter the kingdom of heaven, one must enter through the narrow gate, Jesus is the gate (Luke 13:24).
He says that no one comes to the Father except through me, the truth and the life (John 14: 6-7).
The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1: 9). There is no other name under heaven for us to be saved (Acts 4:12).
Wisdom can understand the beauty of the kingdom of heaven, but knowledge does not give the right to enter the kingdom of heaven (1 Cor. 1:21).
Jesus is the only way to gain everlasting life (John 3:16). Jesus is not given a royal status just by being called a great man under death or a teacher or a social reformer.
Eternal fellowship with Jesus is the way to be in the kingdom of heaven (John 14:4).
Those who think that man can help himself to become a subject of the kingdom of heaven by the pursuit of knowledge and various good deeds will not be successful. The only way to change us is to be with Jesus.
The kingdom of heaven is not the imagination of the poet. Not the thought of a thinker. It’s real. It is real life and inner life. To achieve this, Jesus must be accepted as the God of the heart, in holiness and in obedience.
The believer in Jesus Christ must be diligent in prayer, devoted to the Scriptures and deep in meditation, and engaged in self-examination. Of course, these are the habits for being in the kingdom of heaven, but it is not possible to enter the kingdom of heaven by all these, even by one’s own personality.
Only by repenting of sin, redeeming sin, believing in Jesus Christ, and accepting Him in the heart, can one become a subject of the kingdom of heaven. No one will get a place in the kingdom of heaven by seeking knowledge, by seeking wealth, by meditation or by any virtue. Only faith in Jesus can save you (Romans 10-13).
