WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE
The Bible speaks of 3 worlds:
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Gal 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Luk 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
There are 4 Greek words translated "world" in KJV:
G165 αἰών [aiōn] -- A historical age
G2889 κόσμος [kosmos] -- The social order on earth
G3625 οἰκουμένη [oikoumenē] -- The inhabited earth
G1093 γῆ [gē] -- The physical planet (Rev 13:3)
*** Corresponds to Hebrew [#ra-H776, eretz]
Ecc 1:4 A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth [#ra] remains forever.
Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? [αἰών]
THUS....this is speaking of the end of one historical age and the beginning of another--"the World to Come" which Yeshua came proclaiming!
Mar 1:14 Now1161 after3326 that John2491 was put in prison,3860 Jesus2424 came2064 into1519 Galilee,1056 preaching2784 the3588 gospel2098 of the3588 kingdom932 of God,2316
Mar 1:15 And2532 saying,3004 The3588 time2540 is fulfilled,4137 and2532 the3588 kingdom932 of God2316 is at hand:1448 repent3340 ye, and2532 believe4100 the3588 gospel.2098
*** "Gospel" = [euangelion] = "evangel", good news, good/glad tidings =
H1319 בּשׂר [ba^śar] baw-sar' A primitive root; properly to be fresh, that is, full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news): - messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.
Isa 40:9 O Zion,6726 that bringest good tidings,1319 get thee up5927 into5921 the high1364 mountain;2022 O Jerusalem,3389 that bringest good tidings,1319 [בּשׂר] lift up7311 thy voice6963 with strength;3581 lift it up,7311 be not afraid;3372, 408 say559 unto the cities5892 of Judah,3063 Behold2009 your God!430
What did Paul [Rabbi Shaul] preach?
Act 19:8 He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the Kingdom of God.
Why did Paul?
1Co 11:1 Be imitators3402 of me, just2531a as I also2532 am of Christ5547. [NASB]
Act 17:2 And according2596 to Paul's3972 custom1486, he went1525 to them, and for three5140 Sabbaths4521 reasoned1256 with them from the Scriptures1124,
What was Yeshua's "custom"?
Luk 4:16 And He came2064 to Nazareth3478, where3757 He had been1510 brought5142 up; and as was His custom1486, He entered1525 the synagogue4864 on the Sabbath4521, and stood450 up to read314. [NASB]
*** So....the matter of the Kingdom of God was uppermost almost also in Paul's mind.
3 COMPONENTS OF ANY KINGDOM
I. A king, accompanied by a royal family.
II. Territory over which to rule.
III. Subjects, who are citizens of the kingdom.
Who will the King be?
Zec 14:9 And the LORD3068 shall be1961 king4428 over5921 all3605 the earth:776 in that1931 day3117 shall there be1961 one259 LORD,3068 and his name8034 one.259
***"One" = H259 אחד 'echa^d
Rev 19:16 And2532 he hath2192 on1909 his vesture2440 and2532 on1909 his848 thigh3382 a name3686 written,1125 KING935 OF KINGS,935 AND2532 LORD2962 OF LORDS.2962
Isa 9:6 For3588 unto us a child3206 is born,3205 unto us a son1121 is given:5414 and the government4951 shall be upon5921 his shoulder:7926 and his name8034 shall be1961 called7121 Wonderful,6382 Counselor,3289 The mighty1368 God,410 The everlasting5703 Father,1 The Prince8269 of Peace.7965
Isa 9:7 Of the increase4766 of his government4951 and peace7965 there shall be no369 end,7093 upon5921 the throne3678 of David,1732 and upon5921 his kingdom,4467 to order3559 it, and to establish5582 it with judgment4941 and with justice6666 from henceforth4480, 6258 even forever.5704, 5769 The zeal7068 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635 will perform6213 this.2063
***H4467 ממלכה mamla^ka^h From H4427; dominion, that is, (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm): - kingdom, king’s, reign, royal.
***H4766 מרבה marbeh ; properly increasing; as noun, greatness, or (adverbially) greatly: - great, increase.
[But in the Masoretic scroll it is spelled hbr~: the mem at the head of the word is the final type!]
Luk 2:5 To be taxed583 with4862 Mary3137 his846 espoused3423 wife,1135 being5607 great with child.1471
***G1471 ἔγκυος egkuos eng'-koo-os; swelling inside, that is, pregnant: - great with child.
The Hebrew letter mem = WATERS, CHAOS; liquid.
"Waters" in the Bible symbolizes peoples. All human beings begin in waters--the amniotic fluid of the womb.
REGULAR: m FINAL: ~
Pregnant & swelling Virginal & flat-tummied
Mat 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
What is the territory? ---- [Zec 14:9, above]
***"earth" = H776 ארץ erets
Isa 2:2 Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations [kol goyim] will stream to it.
Isa 2:3 And many peoples [amim] will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isa 2:4 And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war. [NASB]
***So, there will be peoples and nations throughout this Kingdom which encompasses the whole earth.