Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 4:17
World English Bible (WEB)

17 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

  • Matthew is the book primarily written for Jews
  • “the Kingdom of Heaven” Only mentioned in Matthew
  • Repentance in its context means : believe Him as your Messiah

Jesus sat down

  • In the sermon on the Mount, Jesus sat down
  • Implies the sermon of a King
  • After sermon on the Mount, Jesus came down and cleansed the Leper
  • Picture of King raising Jairus daughter from Dead, opening eyes of the blind, cleansing Leper,…

Repentance towards God 

  • Repentance not towards man

Acts 20:21
World English Bible (WEB)

21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Kingdom of God 


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