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3. The Doctrine on the Kingdom of God 1. The Kingdom of God is the Church, its physical
land, space and place, is where love and happiness is found on this
The testament on the Kingdom of God was taken from
earth.
the Hebrew or Jewish people, who followed Moses and migrated
into Palestinian territories. The Jewish people called themselves, 2. The Kingdom of God is in the Heavens above
Israel, following the name of the grandson of Abraham, the the earth.
ancestor of the Jewish people. ‘Israel’ means the person who had
3. The Kingdom of God can be found in the mind of
wrestled with God and surrendered to his Word. Jewish believes in
man in which the kingdom of love and peace exists.
Judaism which is related closely to Christianity. In Judaism, they
believed that God is the King of Heaven but His kingdom had not yet However, Christians have a belief that when doomsday
been revealed on earth. In Christianity, the Kingdom of God is one will come, the Lord Jesus will return again, this time in judgement
of the main doctrine of Jesus Christ. In the sermon that Jesus gave of all living people, and has dominion over the spirits of the dead.
about the Kingdom of God, he emphasizes that the good deeds a Therefore, true justice and peace are in fact in the Kingdom of God,
person practices himself is the merit that leads that person to the and not in this world. Christians call the final judgment by God on
Kingdom of God, whether in this or the next life. Jesus's teaching all humankind “The Last Judgment.”
about the Kingdom of God in the New Testament was understood
and interpreted by Bible scholars in 3 different ways;

A statue of Mother Mary, wearing a crown and carried the baby Jesus. The crown is a symbol of the victory or the descendants of the King.
Therefore, the crown of Mary, the Mother represents her Queenship of Heaven. Behind are the pictures of the 6 Thai martyrs. Wat Song Khon in
Mukdahan Province.

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