The Kingdom of Heaven, or the Elections of Men?
This program is going to be titled The Kingdom of Heaven, or the Elections of Men? We are going to begin by presenting a short sermon by Bertrand Comparet, and making some remarks in reference to it. But then we shall discuss the currently ongoing election season in the United States, and how Christians should look at both it and at the possibilities. We shall have brother Ryan and, perhaps a little later, some of our other friends and brethren with us for that discussion.
The Kingdom Of Heaven or In Heaven? by Bertrand L. Comparet
Prepared for internet publication by Clifton A. Emahiser’s Teaching Ministries, with Critical Notes
Disputing the nature of the Kingdom of Heaven in this sermon, Comparet is really disputing with Judaized Christians who have some sort of fantasy vision of the kingdom of heaven as castles in the clouds.
There is some dispute, in ecclesiastical circles, whether the kingdom of Yahweh, so often mentioned by Yahshua, is to be on earth or only in heaven. This is based chiefly on the use, only by Matthew, of the phrase the kingdom of heaven. Because of this verse, some have argued that the kingdom must only be in heaven, being heaven itself as ruled by Almighty Yahweh. Neither Mark, Luke nor John refer to the kingdom of heaven, but only to the kingdom of God. Even Matthew uses as an equivalent phrase, the kingdom of God, four times at Matthew 6:33; 12:28; 21:31 & 21:43. In Matthew 13:43 & 26:29 Yahshua speaks of the kingdom of their Father [in reference to the righteous] and My Father’s kingdom. Both of these phrases obviously being equivalent to the kingdom of God. There is clearly no distinction between the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God. [So Comparet asks:] Then why were the two phrases used?








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