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God has a literal, physical, visible earthly kingdom called the kingdom of heaven. It will be located in Jerusalem, Israel. His agency for His earthly kingdom, whereby He will administer His worldwide kingdom, is the nation Israel consisting of the people of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But the purpose of this kingdom is for Israel to be God's people spiritually and to take Him to the rest of the world...i.e., to the Gentiles. Therefore, they, Israel, were "first" to believe on the Lord,...become His kingdom of priests (Exod 19:5,6 KJ) and then take the message of salvation found only in their Messiah to the world. Therefore, (John 3:16 KJ) is 'ultimately' the offer of God to the world, while (Matt 10:5 KJ) is the vehicle to get the message of salvation to the world.

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