kingdom as pictured in the Old Testament:
Numbers 24:7
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom (malkuwth) shall be exalted.
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the "kingdom"
... is to be exalted
Sample Commentary:
and his kingdom shall be exalted;
that is, the kingdom of the people of Israel, as it was more especially in the days of David and Solomon; and will be abundantly more in the days of the Messiah, when his kingdom shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth, and the kingdoms of this world shall become his, and he shall reign over all the earth; and so the Jerusalem Targum,
"and the kingdom of the King Messiah shall become very great;"
and so other Jewish writers refer this prophecy to the days of the Messiah.
-- John Gill
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Strong's Lexicon Definition
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Word: malkuwth (mal-kooth')
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or malkuth (mal-kooth')
or (in pl.) malkuyah (mal-koo-yah')
Hebrew noun
Strongs number 04438
Number of verses: 91
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Meaning:
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1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
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a) royal power, dominion
b) reign
c) kingdom, realm
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| kingdom as revealed in the New Testament:
Luke 11:2
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom (basileia) come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
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the "kingdom" is
... of God;
... is desired now.
Sample Commentary:
Thy kingdom come.
The word kingdom here means reign. The petition is the expression of a wish that God may reign everywhere; that his laws may be obeyed; and especially that the gospel of Christ may be advanced everywhere, till the world shall be filled with his glory.
-- Albert Barnes
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Word: basileia (bas-il-i'-ah)
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Greek noun
Strongs number 932
Number of verses: 162
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Meaning:
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1) royal power, kingship, dominion, rule
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a) not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom
b) of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah
c) of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom
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2) a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king
3) used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah
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