|
he Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God are synonyms terms in the New Testament. The Jewish rabbis used
them interchangeably. The table below presents identical statements that Jesus made with the only change being
the replacement if heaven for God. They were used interchanged.
| |
| Passage |
Matt. |
Mark |
Luke |
Blessed are the poor in spirit for . . . |
5:3 |
- |
6:20 |
Recline with Abraham, Issac, and Jacob . . . |
5:3 |
- |
6:20 |
Who is greatest in the . . . |
11:11 |
- |
7:28 |
. . . is like a mustard seed |
13:31 |
4:30-31 |
13:8-9 |
. . . is like yeast |
13:33 |
- |
13:21 |
Hard for a rich man to enter . . . |
19:23-24 |
10:25 |
18:24-25 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
A through search of all relevant gospel references to the Kingdom of God (Mt 6:33; 21:31; 21:43; Mr 1:15;
9:47; 10:14; 15:43; Lu 8:1;8:10; 9:2; 9:1; 9:60; 9:62;10:9;12:3;13:18;13:20; 13:28; 13:29; 16:16; 17:21; 18:24;
19:11; 23:51; Joh 3:5) and the Kingdom of Heaven (Mt 5:19; 5:20; 8:11; 10:7; 11:12; 13:31; 13:33; 13:44; 13:52;
16:19; 18:1; 18:3; 19:12; 19:14; 23:13; 25:1; 25:14) will reveal that the Jews considered the phrases to refer
to the same concept.
|