The Kingdom of God was clearly prophesied in the book of Daniel to come in the days of the Roman Empire. In fact, it did come in those days, as prophesied. It was God,
“who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;”
Col 1:13.
The Kingdom of God already exists.
“24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.”
1Cor 15:24-25
Jesus must reign, present active infinitive in Greek, until all His enemies are put under His feet. The Jewish rejection of that spiritual kingdom of another world was anticipated by the prophets. David prophesied of the Messiah’s death and resurrection in Psalm 22 (which is studied from different points of view in both Prophecy Principles, and Revealing the Christian Age). Isaiah also foresaw this death, most famously in Isaiah 53. And Daniel foresaw this death.
“After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: …”
Dan 9:26
All of this is just a sprinkling of the evidence from the Old Testament. So Peter summed it up.
“27 For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.”
Acts 4:27-28
The kingdom is NOT of this world! Jesus said this as emphatically as any one when He was being questioned by Pilate.
“Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here.””
Jn 18:36
The Jews, “All the FAMILIES” of Israel,
will be Christians.
This is repeated over and over in Scripture. The prophet Jeremiah was pleading over and over with the Jews of his day to repent. They militantly refused. Still, Jeremiah foresaw a day in which the Jews would change. God Himself spoke of a special day, and said,
“At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
Jer 31:1
At a certain time it will happen. There will be tremendous world-wide persecution of the Jews in which two-thirds of them perish, Zech 13:8. When this happens all the families of Israel will mourn.
“12 The land will mourn, every family apart; … 14 all the families who REMAIN, every family apart, and their wives apart.”
Zech 12:12 (emphasis added)
The Jews will become a militant Christian Nation
“Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”
Jer 31:2
Scriptures are from the World English Bible WEB, a copyright free revision
of the original ASV American Standard Version 1901.
Also see the posts from 2019 on “The Kingdom of God Forecast,” “The Kingdom of God Comes,” and “The Kingdom of God in Eternity.” Use the search bar at the top right hand side.