or kingdom of heaven
In Christianity , the spiritual realm over which God reigns as king, or the eventual fulfillment of God's will on earth.
Although rare in pre-Christian Jewish literature, the idea of God as king was fundamental to Judaism , and Jewish ideas on the kingdom of God most likely shaped New Testament usage. The term is often used in the New Testament, and it was a central theme in the preaching of John the Baptist and Jesus . Theologians differ as to whether Jesus implied that the kingdom had arrived in his person or whether it was expected as a future event. Christian orthodoxy now holds that the kingdom has been partially realized by the presence of the church in the world and that it will be fully realized after the Last Judgment.