The Great Controversy: The New Kingdom

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Introduction Many question the concept of the New World; whether we will be rewarded for our righteousness or punished for our wickedness in the life to come. This important question has created fear or joy in many people, especially as individual contemplate what this life is really all about. The problem is that many different view of the kingdom of heaven come from different views of God and different views of human nature. My goal with this paper is to examine the spiritual and physical reality of the new kingdom—when and where it comes into reality, specifically from a standpoint of what eschatology reveals in the New Testament about the nature of man and the nature of God. I am going to be researching the Biblical foundations for this …show more content…
My bibliography shows what sources I have narrowed it down to for the purposes of this report. In addition, I am referencing Ellen White’s writings The Great Controversy and The Desire of Ages as they discuss this topic in detail. I am limiting this paper to a discussion of the purpose and location/time of the kingdom of God and when it begins. The presupposition going into this paper—a presupposition that is founded on my own experience and Biblical research—is that the kingdom of God is real and will …show more content…
Because why the kingdom of God exists is crucially linked to when it exists. As evidenced above, the main objective of the kingdom of God is to link man back with God and bring an end to send, this is partially realized on planet earth and fully realized in heaven. Therefore, it is necessary to conclude, as we will see that the kingdom of God is partially realized on planet earth and fully (as well as materially) realized in heaven. A misunderstanding of this concept will develop bizarre and strange beliefs—such as the belief of one woman my friend met during the recent recession that the Lord was clearing out the homes of the rich for the poor to finally be able to receive their