Truth Be Told: A Blog by Pastor Bill Alderson

In physics, the fourth dimension is commonly identified with time , which, together with the three dimensions of space (length, width, height), forms a four-dimensional continuum called spacetime . This concept, central to Einstein’s theory of relativity , shows that time is not separate from space but is deeply interconnected with it. To fully describe an event in the universe, you need four coordinates : three for spatial location and one for the moment in time when it occurs. Then God [ Elohiym – God the Creator] said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea ...

Before Jesus was baptized onto the scene, John the Baptist was preaching, " Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand " (Matthew 3:2). Jesus took up this same mantle in Matthew 4:17 as he began speaking to the masses and then extended it to His disciples’ charge in Matthew 10:7, “ And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand’.” But what did this all mean? Was the Messiah ready to demonstrate his physical authority, or was there some other, more profound meaning of the kingdom of heaven? To answer this question, we need to look at His entire public ministry, particularly his response to the Jewish accusations against Him when brought to Pilate. The Pharisees ask Jesus about the kingdom of God in Luke 17:20-21, and His response is enlightening. He tells them that the kingdom cannot be recognized by physical signs that are observable, but that the kingdom is “ in your midst .” The Greek word entos literally means inside, and the kingdom of God is a r...