{"id":5428,"date":"2025-07-07T02:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2025-07-19T01:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:23:34","slug":"the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-at-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5428","title":{"rendered":"The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The kingdom of heaven is at hand.  What should we do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.  <\/strong><\/em><strong>Matt 3:1&amp;2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,&nbsp;Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.  <\/strong><\/em><strong>Matthew 4:17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.  And Jesus answering said unto them,&nbsp;Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.<\/strong><\/em>  <strong>Luke 13:1-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man&#8217;s device.<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by&nbsp;that&nbsp;man whom he hath ordained;&nbsp;whereof&nbsp;he hath given assurance unto all&nbsp;men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. <\/strong><\/em> <strong>Acts 17:29-31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The kingdom of heaven is at hand.  What should we do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Repent<\/strong>: <strong>Change your mind.  Turn from sin and turn unto God.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kingdom of heaven is at hand. What should we do? In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matt 3:1&amp;2 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,&nbsp;Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5446,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions\/5446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}