Is the Gospel of the Kingdom the same thing as the Gospel of the Grace of God?

Here is my reply to someone who told me that the Gospel of the Kingdom and the Gospel of the Grace of God were the same thing. --Eli Caldwell

 

The Bible says that Paul received his gospel by revelation and that Christ sent him by revelation to communicate that gospel to the other apostles 14 years later. Read it, I posted it (Gal 1:11-12, 2:1-9). Paul called it "my gospel" and preaching Christ according to the revelation of the mystery (Rom. 2:16​, 16:25, 2 Tim. 2:8). This is called the "Gospel of the Grace of God" (Acts 20:24) because it offers salvation by grace without works as part of the Dispensation of Grace (Rom. 6:14, Eph. 1:6, 2:8-9, 3:2). By dispensation I mean a dispensing, simple right?

Yes, Christ said that the Gospel of the Kingdom was to be preached in all the world (Matt. 24:13-14, 28:19-20). That is obvious. Christ said that when that Gospel of the Kingdom was preached in all the world THEN the end would come. Well guess what? Paul's said that his gospel WAS PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE UNDER HEAVEN AND TO ALL THE WORLD, YET THE END DID NOT COME.....

Matthew 24:13-14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Colossians 1:5-6 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Which can only mean one thing, the Gospel of the Grace of God that went to every creature in all the world under Paul's ministry is NOT the Gospel of the Kingdom. That is simple.

I will prove this once again....

Paul's Gospel of the Grace of God defined....."Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" (1 Cor. 15:1-4)

Is that what the 12 apostles preached as the Gospel of the Kingdom?

"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom...." (Matt. 4:23)

"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom..." (Matt. 9:35)

"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world..." (Matt. 24:14)

"....Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God..." (Mark 1:14)

Matthew 16:21-22 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.

Luke 9:44-45 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

Luke 18:

[31] Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
[32] For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
[33] And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
[34] And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

Therefore, on the basis of scripture alone, (not hyper dispensationalism) the Gospel of the Kingdom is not the Gospel of the Grace of God. The 12 apostles were not preaching Paul's gospel. Paul had to communicate it to them by revelation (Gal. 1:11-12, 2:1-9). The Gospel of the Kingdom given to the 12 is about the Kingdom being RESTORED TO ISRAEL and Jesus coming to reign over the world from Jerusalem, Peter said so himself (Acts 1:6-8, 3:19-21). That is why it is called the "gospel of the circumcision" (Gal. 2:7-8). Peter's message was according to prophecy and all the prophets spoke of the events in Acts 1-8 (Acts 2:16-21, Acts 3:19-26). The present MYSTERY age of the blindness of Israel was not revealed until Acts 9 (Rom. 11:25-27).

Note what I did not say, I did not say that Paul did not preach the kingdom of God. Of course he did, he said he did, and he would be wrong if he didn't. However, that does not mean that Paul preached the Gospel of the Kingdom or that he offered the physical Kingdom to be restored to Israel. Paul said that this offer had been postponed until the fullness of the Gentiles is come in (Rom. 11:25-27).

Paul preached the spiritual Kingdom of God and entering into God's Kingdom in Heaven, he did not offer the earthly kingdom of God to be restored to Israel as Peter did. Paul taught that we are spiritually in the kingdom of God right now in heaven (Eph. 1:3, 2:6, 1 Cor. 6:15-17, Col. 1:13).

Look at the difference in how Paul taught the Kingdom of God spiritually in heaven while Jesus spoke of and offered the Kingdom of God to come to the earth.

Matthew 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Luke14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Compared to being in the kingdom of God spiritually and NOT eating in the kingdom of God:

Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Now, that is sound doctrine. I did not try and twist the scriptures, I did not even interpret them, I just repeated what they SAY. I am dealing with facts here.

Try and find the term "great commission" in the Bible. The apostles were commission to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom, remit and retain peoples sins, they were sent to water baptize, and they were sent to begin their ministry in Jerusalem (Matt. 24:14, 28:19, John 20:22-23, Luke 24:47). Those of undisputable facts, not my opinions.

Now look at Paul's commission sense he is our "pattern", our apostle, and the "wise master builder" of God's building (1 Tim. 1:16, Rom. 11:13, 1 Cor. 3:9-13). Paul was sent NOT to baptize (1 Cor. 1:14-17), he preached that there was only ONE mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, and he did not begin in Jerusalem (1 Tim. 2:3-6, Acts 13:38-39, Gal. 1:17). So much for the "great commission"!

Many things Christ taught were postponed when Israel was temporarily blinded and castaway. Christ said that the generation of His day would not pass until the Tribulation and Second Coming occurred (Matt. 16:28, 24:34, Mark 9:1, 13:30, Luke 9:27, 21:32). Christ told the 12 apostles that they would see the Great Tribulation and would see His Second Coming before they died, but it never happened! Either Jesus lied OR something CHANGED. Obviously something changed!

What changed? God's dealings with Israel! Look at, please just read the verses.....Peter is offering OT prophecy concerning Israel's Kingdom to the Jews. This is not about the mystery age of Jew and Gentiles being in one spiritual Body and being equal.

Acts 1:6-7 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Acts 2:

[16] But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
[17] And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
[18] And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
[19] And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
[20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Acts 3:

[19] Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
[20] And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
[21] Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
[22] For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
[23] And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
[24] Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
[25] Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Is that what Paul preached? Be honest, Paul explicitly stated that those offers of the Kingdom and Second Coming had been temporarily postponed with the blinding and casting away of Israel. Please just read the verses.

Romans 11:

[25] For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
[26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
[27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

The reason I am "not allowing" that Paul preached the Gospel of the Kingdom is because he did not preach it, the Bible nowhere says that he did. Show me the verse where Paul OFFERED the Kingdom of God to come to earth as Jesus and Peter did?

I believe in Matthew 5:5, I believe everything Jesus said. The difference between you and I is that I do not believe that everything in the Bible is about me, I believe the Bible to who it was written to. Jesus was a minister of the circumcision and referred to the Gentiles as "dogs" (Rom. 15:8, Mark 7, Matt. 15). It was not until Acts 9 that the Lord revealed the mystery to Paul and declared Jew and Gentile to be one. Jesus made Paul the minister of God to the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13, 15:15-16). Have you ever read Philippians 3:20-21 and Ephesians 1:3 with 2:6? They say that our conversation is in HEAVEN, that we are blessed with spiritual (not earthtly) blessings in HEAVENLY places and that we are seated in HEAVEN.

The Gospel of the Grace of God was dispensed in Acts 9 with Paul's conversion (Gal. 1:11-12, 1 Tim. 1:11-16), not Acts 28. You are confusing the mainstream dispensational believers with that of a man named Charles Welch (some people incorrectly say that Bullinger came up with the idea).