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Originally Posted by UntoHim
No one preached and warned about the Kingdom of God more than the apostle Paul. No one exhorted and encouraged others more concerning the Kingdom of God than the apostle Paul. But his focus did not seem to be set on the future Kingdom of God...
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Oh yes he did! Paul countless times made references focusing on the future Kingdom, expressed in different ways and aspects, but all related to the same thing:
IN 1 CORINTHIANS
He will sustain you
to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8
No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God,
which He destined for our glory before time began. 2:7
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 2:9
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, 13his workmanship will be evident,
because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames. 3:12-15
Therefore judge nothing before
the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. 4:5
hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord. 5:5
Do you not know that
the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 6:9-10
By His power God raised the Lord from the dead,
and He will raise us also. 6:14
What I am saying, brothers, is that
the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; 30those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing; 31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them.
For this world in its present form is passing away. 7:29-31
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,
but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable,
but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. 9:24-25
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. 25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 15:24-26
Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings
for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 10:11
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies,
they will cease; where there are tongues,
they will be restrained; where there is knowledge,
it will be dismissed. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10
but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. 13:8-10
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror;
then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part;
then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13:12
If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men. 15:19
For as in Adam all die,
so in Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits;
then at His coming, those who belong to Him. 15:22-23
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. 25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 15:24-26
And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all. 15:28
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable;
it is raised imperishable. 43It is sown in dishonor;
it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness;
it is raised in power. 44It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body,
there is also a spiritual body. 15:42-44
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man,
so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. 15:49
Now I declare to you, brothers, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 15:50
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep,
but we will all be changed— 52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” 15:51-55