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Lesson 29 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course 3

What Do You Mean -- “The Kingdom of
YEHOVAH God”?

LESSON 29 establish His GOVERNMENT on this earth, and
that we should BEGIN to acknowledge His rule
Yeshua BEGAN his ministry when he in our lives NOW. This is the true gospel! That
came into Galilee, “PREACHING THE IS the MESSAGE Yeshua was commissioned by
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, and YEHOVAH to teach!
saying, The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of
God is at hand: REPENT ye, and BELIEVE the Message Perverted Today
gospel" (Mark 1:14-15).
Yeshua proclaimed REPENTANCE in Most of YOU have been hearing a vague,
connection with the gospel of YEHOVAH’s sentimental gospel which DENIES the message
Kingdom, or government. He said you have to YEHOVAH gave Yeshua about the SOON-
be willing to CHANGE -- TO REPENT of COMING, WORLD-RULING KINGDOM OF
YOUR WRONG WAYS -- in order to ENTER YEHOVAH GOD.
that Kingdom. Instead, you hear a lot of vague, spiritual
Notice that Yeshua didn’t say, “Just SOUNDING ideas like the following: “By
believe in ME.” He said, “BELIEVE the Christians everywhere working together to bring
GOSPEL.” What was this gospel -- or GOOD peace, tolerance, and brotherly love, the
NEWS? Yeshua came preaching the good news Kingdom of God may at last be established in the
-- not only about himself as savior -- but about hearts of all mankind."
the KINGDOM of YEHOVAH God -- the Have YOU heard this kind of talk?
MESSAGE that YEHOVAH God is Supreme Probably you have, because this is the kind of
RULER of the universe, that He is soon going to philosophy set forth by thousands of ministers
throughout the world today. In spite of the
The heavens declare YEHOVAH’s great power gripping FACT of the prophesied end of this
and glory -- His Supreme Rulership of the present age, these men apparently SEE NO
Universe! NEED of YEHOVAH’s intervention in human
affairs. They TRY TO “SPIRITUALIZE A-
WAY” YEHOVAH’s prophesied intervention,
and to hide their eyes from the REALITY of
mounting WORLD CHAOS and the threat of
COSMOCIDE!
About the only time the expression
“Kingdom of God” is used is to define an
UNREAL state of idealism which “religiously
inclined" men hope to attain some day
THROUGH THEIR OWN EFFORTS. Of
course, the name of YEHOVAH God is
employed to give the idea a more “spiritual”
flavor, but everyone knows that the results
would depend entirely on MAN’S INGENU-
ITY.

What Do You Mean -- “The Kingdom of YEHOVAH God”?