Our King and His Kingdom

Jesus is God! Jesus is KING!

Another Counselor Promised

John 14:15-21 “If you love Me, you will keep My commands. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. ¹⁷ He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

¹⁹ “In a little while the world will see Me no longer, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live too. ²⁰ In that day you will know that I am in My Father, you are in Me, and I am in you. ²¹ The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

There’s no doubt that Jesus is God and that God is in Him…because of our belief in Him, he is also in us. Thus we’ve received the gift of the Holy Spirit!

Psalm 47:7-8 Sing a song of wisdom, for God is King of all the earth. ⁸ God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.

1 Chronicles 29:11-12 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to You. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. ¹² Riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler of everything. Power and might are in Your hand, and it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all.

Luke 17: 20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:²¹ Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

If you’re a Christian, you’re waiting with great anticipation for the Kingdom of God. You’re waiting for Jesus to come back to earth wearing His crown and taking up His place as King of His Kingdom. The Old Testament (66 books) and the New Testament (27 books) both proclaim the Kingdom of God! Every book, every chapter, every verse points us to Jesus as the Messiah – Yeshua Hamashiach (Hebrew translation). When Jesus walked on this earth, he preached and taught the Kingdom of God. The Gospel is the Good News that the Kingdom of God is coming soon and that He will be sitting on the throne. We are told by Jesus to preach to every nation about the Kingdom of God…with the technology that we have had for the last 20+ years, my best guess is that this has already been accomplished. When speaking about His Kingdom: John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

So now we’re in a holding pattern? So, if that’s the case, does it mean that we’re supposed to just sit back and wait? NO…we’re supposed to tell everyone we know and meet about the saving grace of Jesus and that His Kingdom is coming to earth with Him when he returns! Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19-20 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Jesus instructs us to tell them that they must repent of their sins (turn away from) and believe that Jesus is the Son of God and then obey God’s commandments. Luke 4:43 “But He said to them, I must proclaim the Good News about the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.” Revelation 12:17 So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and have the testimony about Jesus.and Revelation 14:12 This demands the perseverance of the saints, who keep God’s commands and their faith in Jesus.”

Matthew 3:1-3 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea ² and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!” ³ For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

Jesus was Baptized by John and the Holy Spirit was sent to Him from God and when He learned of John’s arrest:

Ministry in Galilee

Matthew 4:12-17 When He heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee. ¹³ He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. ¹⁴ This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁵ Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
along the sea road, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles!
¹⁶ The people who live in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those living in the shadowland of death,
light has dawned.

¹⁷ From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

The Pharisees had all the books in the Tanakh that foretold His coming by the prophets such as Isaiah and yet they were blind; it’s thought that they were too ingrained in the traditions of their position and authority among the people and that they saw Jesus as a threat to their authority.

What is it that Jesus is talking about in Luke 17:21? He’s telling the Pharisees that the Kingdom of God is already on Earth…it’s obvious that they don’t understand that HE is the Kingdom of God and He’s right there in their midst and either they don’t fathom it or they just refuse to recognize Him.

Jesus had performed so many miracles from the feeding of the multitudes, healing the lame and the blind, to driving out demons; the Pharisees were foolish enough to think that he was possessed by demons instead of seeing that these miracles came from His Father in Heaven. They had been privy to the miracles of God through their reading of the Tanakh and still they weren’t willing to give Him the credit.

Luke 11:20 If I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.

John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

To help you out with your studies, here are scriptures found in the Old and New Testament that you can refer to and read about the miracles.

Miracles Are There In The Old Testament:

1. Creation – Genesis 1:1–27
2. Enoch’s translation – Genesis 5:24
3. The Flood – Genesis 7:17–24
4. Confusion of tongues at Babel -Genesis 11:3–9
5. Sodomites blinded – Genesis 19:11
6. Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed -Genesis 19:24–25
7. Lot’s wife turned to a pillar of salt – Genesis 19:26
8. Ass speaking in human voice- Numbers 22:21–35
9. Burning bush – Exodus 3:3
10. Moses’ rod changed into a serpent – Exodus 4:3–4, 30
11. Moses’ hand made leprous – Exodus 4:6–7, 30
12. Aaron’s rod changed into a serpent – Exodus 7:8–10
13. River turned to blood – Exodus 7:20–25
14. Frogs – Exodus 8:1–15
15. Lies – Exodus 8:16–19
16. Flies – Exodus 8:20–24
17. Murrain – Exodus 9:1–7
18. Boils – Exodus 9:8–12
19. Hail – Exodus 9:18–24
20. Locusts – Exodus 10:1–20
21. Darkness – Exodus 10:21–23
22. First-born destroyed in Egypt – Exodus 12:29–30
23. Pillar of cloud and fire – Exodus 13:21–22; 14:19–20
24. Crossing the Red Sea – Exodus 14:21–23
25. Bitter waters sweetened – Exodus 15:25
26. Manna sent – Exodus 16:13–36
27. Water from the rock in Rephidim – Exodus 17:5–8
28. Amalek defeated – Exodus 17:9–13
29. Strange fire on Aaron’s sacrifice – Leviticus 9:24
30. Nadab and Abihu destroyed – Leviticus 10:1–2
31. Israel’s judgment by fire – Numbers 11:1–3
32. Miriam’s leprosy – Numbers 12:10–15
33. Korah and his gang destroyed by unnatural means – Numbers 16:31–35
34. Murmurers destroyed by a ravaging plague – Numbers 16:41–50
35. Aaron’s rod blossoms – Numbers 17:8
36. Water from the rock in Kadesh – Numbers 20:8–11
37. Brazen serpent healed many bitten by fiery serpents – Numbers 21:9
38. Jordan supernaturally divided – Joshua 3:14–17
39. Fall of Jericho – Joshua 6:6–20
40. Dew on Gideon’s fleece – Judges 6:37–40
41. Sun and Moon stood still – Joshua 10:12–14
42. Angel in flame – Judges 13:20
43. Lion slain by Samson – Judges 14:5–6
44. Thirty Philistines killed by Samson – Judges 14:19
45. Water from the hollow place Lehi – Judges 15:19
46. City gates carried away by Samson – Judges 16:3
47. Dagon’s house pulled down by Samson – Judges 16:29–30
48. Dagon’s fall before the Ark – 1 Samuel 5:1–12
49. Men of Beth-shemesh destroyed – 1 Samuel 6:19–20
50. Thunder and rain in harves-ttime – 1 Samuel 12:18
51. Uzzah’s mysterious death – 2 Samuel 6:6–7
52. Jeroboam’s hand withered and restored – 1 Kings 13:4–6
53. Rending of the altar in Bethel – 1 Kings 13:5
54. Drought ordered by Elijah – 1 Kings 17:1; James 5:17
55. Elijah fed by ravens – 1 Kings 17:4–6
56. Widow’s oil and meal supernaturally increased – 1 Kings 17:12–17
57. Widow’s son raised from dead – 1 Kings 17:17–23
58. Sacrifice consumed by fire – 1 Kings 18:38
59. Rain in answer to prayer – 1 Kings 18:41
60. Captains destroyed by Elijah’s command of fire – 2 Kings 1:9–12
61. Jordan divided by Elijah’s mantle – 2 Kings 2:8
62. Elijah translated to heavens in a chariot of fire – 2 Kings 2:11
63. Jordan divided by Elisha with Elijah’s mantle – 2 Kings 2:14
64. Waters of Jericho healed – 2 Kings 2:20–22
65. Young mockers of Elisha torn by bears – 2 Kings 2:24
66. Waters supernaturally supplied for Jehoshaphat – 2 Kings 3:16–20
67. Widow’s supernaturally multiplied – 2 Kings 4:1–7
68. Shunammite’s raised from dead – 2 Kings 4:19–37
69. Piosioned pottage made harmless – 2 Kings 4:38–41
70. Hundred fed with 20 loaves – 2 Kings 4:42–44
71. Naaman cured of leprosy – 2 Kings 5:10–14
72. Gehazi struck with leprosy – 2 Kings 5:27
73. Axehead caused to float – 2 Kings 6:5–7
74. Ben-Hadad’s plans revealed – 2 Kings 6:8–13
75. Syrian army defeated – 2 Kings 6:18–20
76. Resurrection by touch with Elisha’s bones – 2 Kings 13:21
77. Sennecherib’s army destroyed by an angel – 2 Kings 19:35
78. Hezekiah healed – 2 Kings 20:7
79. Shadow returned to sundial – 2 Kings 20:11
80. Uzziah afflicted with leprosy – 2 Chronicles 26:16–21
81. Three men delivered from fiery furnace – Daniel 3:19–27
82. Daniel delivered from y lion’s den – Daniel 6:16–23
83. Preservation of Jonah in the belly of fish for 3 days – Jonah 2:1–10

This list is the miracles performed by Jesus and written down in the 4 Gospel books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as well as the books of Acts and Corinthians.

Jesus’s Miracles in the New Testament:

1. Water made wine in Cana – John 2:1–11
2. Son of nobleman healed in Cana – John 4:46–54
3. Christ passed unseen through crowd in Nazareth – Luke 4:28–30
4. Demoniac in synagogue healed in Capernaum – Mark 1:23–26
5. Peter’s mother- inlaw healed in Capernaum – Matthew 8:14–17
6. Draught of fishes in lake of Galileo – Luke 5:1–11
7. Leper cleansed in Capernaum – Matthew 8:1–4
8. Paralytic healed in Capernaum – Matthew 9:1–8
9. Impotent man healed in Jerusalem – John 5:1–9
10. Withered hand restored in Galilee – Matthew 12:10–13
11. Centurion’s servant cured of palsy in Capernaum – Matthew 8:5–13
12. Widow’s son raised in Nain – Luke 7:11–17
13. Demoniac healed in Galilee – Matthew 12:22–23
14. Tempest stilled in lake Galilee – Matthew 8:23–27
15. Two demoniac cured in Gadara – Matthew 8:28–34
16. Jairus’ daughter raised from dead – Matthew 9:23
17. Woman with isse of blood healed – Matthew 9:20–22
18. Blind men cured – Matthew 9:27–31
19. Dumb spirit cast out in Capernaum – Matthew 9:32–33
20. Five thousand supernaturally fed – Matthew 14:15–21
21. Walking on the sea – Matthew 14:25–33
22. Syro-phonecian daughter healed – Matthew 15:21–28
23. Four thousand supernaturally fed – Matthew 15:32–39
24. Transfiguration of Christ – Matthew 17:1–6
25. Tribute money supernaturally provided -Matthew 17:24–27
26. Deaf and dumb man healed – Mark 7:31–37
27. Blind man healed – Mark 8:22–26
28. Devil cast out of boy -Mark 9:14–29
29. Miracles by the seventy – Luke 10:17
30. Ten lepers cleansed – Luke 17:11–19
31. Jesus passed unseen through crowd in the temple – John 8:59
32. Man born blind healed – John 9:1–7
33. Lazarus raised from dead – John 11:38–44
34. Woman with infirmity cured – Luke 13:11–17
35. Man with dropsy cured – Luke 14:1–6
36. Two blind men cured in Jericho – Luke 18:35–43
37. Fig tree cursed and withered -Mark 11:12–14
38. Malchus’ ears healed – Luke 22:50–51
39. Second draught of fishes – John 21:1–14
40. Resurrection of Christ – Luke 24:6
41. Christ’s appearance to Mary Magdalene – Mark 16:9
42. Christ’s appearance to other women -Matthew 28:9
43. Christ’s appearance to two disciples – Luke 24:15–31
44. Christ’s appearance to Peter -1 Corinthians 15:5
45. Christ’s appearance to ten apostles (Thomas absent) – John 20:19–24
46. Christ’s appearance to eleven apostles (Thomas present) – John 20:126–28
47. Christ’s appearance to seven disciples fishing – John 21:1–24
48. Christ’s appearance to eleven apostles in Galilee – Matthew 28:16–17
49. Christ’s appearance to five hundred brethren – 1 Corinthians 15:6
50. Christ’s appearance to James – 1 Corinthians 15:7
51. Christ’s appearance to eleven apostles on day of Ascension – Acts 1:2–9
52. Outpouring of the Holy Spirit – Acts 2:1–14
53. Christ’s appearance to Paul at his conversion – Acts 9:1–5; 1 Corinthians 15:18
54. Lame man cured by Peter – Acts 3:6
55. Death of Ananias and Sapphira – Acts 5:5, 10
56. Many sick people healed by Peter – Acts 5:15
57. Apostles freed from prison by angelic intervention – Acts 5:19; 12:7–11
58. Stephen’s great miracles – Acts 6:8
59. Dying Stephen’s vision of Christ – Acts 7:55–56
60. Philip cast out unclean spirit – Acts 8:6–13
61. Ananias’ vision – Acts 9:10
62. Paul’s sight restored – Acts 9:17–18
63. Aeneas healed of palsy – Acts 9:34
64. Dorcas restored to life – Acts 9:40
65. Cornelius’ vision – Acts 10:3–4, 30–32
66. Peter’s vision – Acts 10:9–20
67. Agabus’ prophecies – Acts 11:28; 21:11
68. Peter released from prison by angelic intervention – Acts 12:7–11
69. Elymas blinded – Acts 13:11
70. Lame man cured by Paul – Acts 14:10
71. Damsel delivered from evil spirit – Acts 14:10
72. Paul’s vision on the way to Damascus – Acts 16:9
73. Earthquake released Paul and Silas – Acts 16:25–26
74. Gift of tongues – Acts 19:6
75. Special miracles by Paul – Acts 19:11–12
76. Evil spirit overpowered Sceva’s seven sons – Acts 19:13–16
77. Eutychus restored to life – Acts 20:10
78. Paul unharmed by viper’s bite – Acts 28:5
79. Publius’ father healed – Acts 28:8
80. John’s vision on Patmos – Revelation 1:9; 22:21
81. Innumerable miracles of Christ not recorded but witnessed by the apostles – John 20:30; cf. Acts 10:38–39

***Thank you to this website for their extensive list of miracles…they saved me untold time in research:

https://www.spiritoflifeag.com/how-many-miracles-are-there-in-the-bible/