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a. A dramatic invasion of God’s power to once and for all end Satan’s control over humankind (1) God’s kingdom invasion would be immediate (it would happen suddenly). (2) God’s kingdom invasion would be cataclysmic (it would involve all the world). (3) God’s kingdom invasion would be decisive (it would bring an end to Satan’s rule).

b. A reversal of fortune for God’s people (i.e., when the Kingdom came, Israel would become the greatest of all peoples on the earth)

3. The Kingdom of God would come through the line of the Hebrew kings.

a. The kings of the Hebrews were rulers under the authority of God.

b. God’s Kingdom would come through the line of the Davidic kings (2 Sam. 7; Ps. 89).

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c. Messiah is spoken of often in Old Testament Scripture as a “ son of David ” (cf. Isa. 9.6-7; Jer. 23.5-6; Ps. 2).

d. Appearance of the Messiah would be the evidence that the Day of the Lord had come, and that the Kingdom had arrived.

4. The Kingdom of God , when it finally arrived, would bring about dramatic change.