The Kingdom of God The kingdom of God is not some mystical place, or only for the elite. The kingdom of God is for anyone who wants it. This paper intends to answer the questions of what the kingdom of God is, where is the kingdom of God, who can enter into the kingdom of God, and who is not able to enter the kingdom of God. What is the Kingdom of God? The kingdom of God, a central focus on the proclamation of Jesus, is common in the synoptic gospels. Christ talks about the kingdom of God in three ways the current reality that is already present, the future reality that is imminent, and finally, the culmination of all of the human history (Powell & HarperCollins (Firm), 2011, p. 515). According to the gospel of Matthew, Jesus stated, “If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you” (Matthew 12:28, Christian Standard Bible, p. 882). Jesus’ statement offers proof that the kingdom of God is present in the current reality for those believers. It was the miracles of Christ that have brought the kingdom of God to the present (Tyndale House Publishers, 2017). “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news” (Mark 1:15, p. 901)! Christ is stating that the prophecies from the Hebrew Bible have been fulfilled and that the kingdom of God is near, to repent and believe. This gives us hope that there is still more to come, from the kingdom of God. “This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14, p.880). The final culmination of human history is being foretold in Matthew. Christ is telling what to expect during the tribulation, and that when everything has come to an end that the kingdom of God will reign. Where is the Kingdom of God? Dialectical thought is a thought that contains two opposites but both are true. The kingdom of God is one such dialectical thought, in the fact that the kingdom of God is both present and not yet present. How can the kingdom of God be both present and not, however, present at the same time? Some of the kingdom of God’s blessings and power is currently in the realm we reside in, but there is more to come. Christ has come; sin has been dealt with for us; God’s Spirit now dwells within us. We have been given the peace that comes through God, but God has more to provide us with when the time is right. No more pain, no more sorrow, no more death, these are things we have to look forward to. So as of right now, the kingdom of God is everywhere and resides in the hearts of the believers. In the future, the kingdom of God will be not only in a spiritual realm but also in a physical realm. Who can enter the kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is available to everyone. It only takes belief in Christ to be admitted into his kingdom. Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3, p.957). One of my favorite stories in the Bible that of Nicodemus, who is asking how he can enter into the kingdom of God, is told he must be born again. Born again is a bewildering phrase to Nicodemus. In his thought process, he thought it meant a literal birth from the womb. Christ corrects him and tells him that “unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5, p. 957). So the kingdom of God is available to anyone who chooses to believe. Who is excluded from the kingdom of God? “Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or males who have sex with males” (1 Corinthians 6:9, p. 1029). This scripture clearly outlines those who will be excluded from the kingdom of God. It could be condensed just to say the unrighteous, and those who do not believe will not inherit the kingdom of God. The sins listed do not exclude you from the kingdom just by committing them; they exclude you when you continue to commit them and do not turn away from them. If someone has had some sort of immoral sexual encounter without true repentance, he will be excluded, but if he goes to the Lord and asks for genuine repentance and turns away from the immoral acts, he will be included. Conclusion The kingdom of God is discussed in depth throughout the Bible and is the centralized theme of Christ’s message. We currently live in the kingdom of God, but there is still more to come. The kingdom is both spiritual and physical, with the physical to come soon. Everyone can enter into the kingdom of God or should say have the kingdom come into them if they believe. Belief in the risen King is the only true requirement for entering into the kingdom of God. For those who genuinely believe will turn their back on sin, and will follow Christ wholeheartedly.     References CSB Study Bible: Christian Standard Bible. (2017). Holman Bible Publishers. Powell, M. A., & HarperCollins (Firm) (Eds.). (2011). The HarperCollins Bible dictionary ([3rd ed.], rev.updated). HarperCollins. Tyndale House Publishers (Ed.). (2017). NLT study Bible: New Living Translation. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.