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Kingdom of Heaven
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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(Greek "the heavens") of God. The former is Matthew's phrase, the latter Mark's phrase and Luke's phrase. Derived from Daniel 2:44; Daniel 4:26; Daniel 7:13-14; Daniel 7:27. Messiah's kingdom, as a whole, both in its present spiritual invisible phase, the gospel dispensation of greet, and also in its future manifestation on earth in glory, when finally heaven and earth shall be joined (John 1:51; Revelation 21-22). Our Lord's parables designate several aspects and phases of it by the one common phrase, "the kingdom of the heavens," or "of God, is like," etc.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Kingdom of Heaven'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/k/kingdom-of-heaven.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Kingdom of Heaven'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/k/kingdom-of-heaven.html. 1949.
