God’s kingly power makes the earth a completed paradise (again). Isaiah already portrays this in the most beautiful images (see Isaiah 11:1–16) and God adds more magnificent images in the book of Revelation (see Revelation 21:1 – 22:21). The Old Testament already indicated that a human would earn this kingdom for mankind (see Daniel 7:13).
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”