“The time has been fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the Good Announcement!” – Emperor Jesus (Mark 1:15, translation mine)

1. In Christ, the kingdom of God has already arrived and been inaugurated (Matthew 3:1-2).

2. The inaugurated kingdom of God in Christ brings (a) inaugurated salvation to those who repent and believe in Jesus (3:3-6); and (b) inaugurated judgment to the unrepentant (3:7-12).

“The kingdom of God, therefore, is to be understood as the reign of God dynamically active in human history through Jesus Christ, the purpose of which is the redemption of his people from sin and from demonic powers, and the final establishment of the new heavens and the new earth. It means that the great drama of the history of salvation has been inaugurated, and that the new age has been ushered in.” – Anthony Hoekema, The Bible and the Future