kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God

Scripture and Theology: 1. A spiritual kingdom (Luke xvii. 21; John xviii. 36) which was "at hand" when John the Baptist announced the approaching advent of Jesus (Matt. iii. 2), and even after the ministry of the latter had commenced (Mark i. 15). The proper preparation for it was repentance ( ibid .). Jesus preached its 1. To furnish or supply with a king; to subject to coming (Luke iv. 43, viii. 1, xvi. 16). After His "For, my good liege, she is so idly king'd , Her scepter so fantastically borne." Shakesp.: Henry V., ii. 4. 2. To make a king; to raise to a throne. "Then crushing penury Persuades me, I was better when a king; Then I am king'd again." Shakesp.: Richard II ., v. 5. king'-ap-ple, s. [Eng. king , and apple .] Hort.: A cultivated kind of apple. "The king apple is preferred before the jenneting."Mortimer: Husbandry.