It's a Hebrew belief that the kingdom was a perfected one on earth and the word which became known as Heaven is from the term
Kingdom to come & world to come.
The concept of the Hebrew Teachings on Resurrection shows that the only way to be eternal is through RETURNING to this one grace of Life.
By teaching another place in death they then worship the curse and contradict the teachings of Resurrection.
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More verses about kingdom on earth:
using your NT :
Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city
of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable
company of ‘angels’ (messengers/prophets).
Thomas Verse 112 His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" Jesus said, "It will not come be looking for it. Nor will it do"to say, 'Behold over here!' or 'Behold, over there!'. Rather, the kingdom of the Father is spread out on the earth, but people do not see it."
similar: (Luke 17:20-21)
The kingdom of God
does not come with your careful observation,
nor will people say,
“Here it is,” or “There it is,”
because the kingdom of God is within you.
In the Talmud, Michael’s relationship to the other angels is compared with that on earth of the high priest to Israel;
The throne of G-d is compared to the throne and temple of G-d in Jerusalem...because they are but in a future time the same.
scrolls:
4Q418 Frag. 81 ***all those who inherit the earth shall walk, forth in heaven [ . . . ] ***
Jeremiah 16 or 17? Where the feet will worship and lick the dust of the earth when they know the Lord.
Deuteronomy\Devarim: 30:19
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day,That I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse;Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your children.
"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy...the earth will give birth to her dead."
One Generation passeth away, and another generation
cometh: but the EARTH abideth FOREVER.
(Ecclesiastes 1:4)
The Righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked
shall not inhabit the earth. (Proverbs 10:30)
For such as be blessed of Him shall inherit the Earth;
and they that be cursed of Him shall be cut off.
(Psalm 37:22)
Wait on the Lord, and keep His way and he shall
exalt thee to inherit the Land, when the wicked are
cut off, thou shalt see it. (Psalm 37:34)
Psalms 37:29 The righteous themselves will possess the earth,
And they will reside forever upon it.****
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain
in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the
transgressors shall be rooted out of it."
"So will it be on the earth and among all the nations...gleanings are left (i.e., a few people will remain)...They raise their voices, they shout for joy...singing: 'Glory to the Righteous One'..." (Isaiah 24:13-16).
"In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below...the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion in Jerusalem..." (Isaiah 24:21-23). "He will swallow up death forever...." (Isaiah 25:8).
