I’m trying to wrap my mind around the differences between the two kingdoms but I find this discussion very confusing and hard to follow. Vine’s Expository Bible boils it down to this: “The kingdom of God is the opposite of man and the Kingdom of Heaven is the opposite of earth”, and “The Kingdom of Heaven is always the Kingdom of God but the Kingdom of God is never limited to the Kingdom of heaven, at least for now.”
I heard someone on this podcast say that “born of water” in John 3:5 refers to physical birth. I have been taught that this refers to God’s work of regeneration (Ezekiel 36:25-27). Whether that interpretation is correct or not why would it be necessary for Jesus to say that one must be born physically (in addition to being born of the Spirit) in order to see the kingdom of God? There is no other way a man can come into existence unless he is born physically.
3 years ago
I’m trying to wrap my mind around the differences between the two kingdoms but I find this discussion very confusing and hard to follow. Vine’s Expository Bible boils it down to this: “The kingdom of God is the opposite of man and the Kingdom of Heaven is the opposite of earth”, and “The Kingdom of Heaven is always the Kingdom of God but the Kingdom of God is never limited to the Kingdom of heaven, at least for now.”
3 years ago
I heard someone on this podcast say that “born of water” in John 3:5 refers to physical birth. I have been taught that this refers to God’s work of regeneration (Ezekiel 36:25-27). Whether that interpretation is correct or not why would it be necessary for Jesus to say that one must be born physically (in addition to being born of the Spirit) in order to see the kingdom of God? There is no other way a man can come into existence unless he is born physically.