Kingdom of Heaven

God's eternal domain

Kingdom of Heaven is a Christian theological concept referring to the realm where God reigns—sometimes understood as an afterlife destination for the righteous, sometimes as a present spiritual reality among believers.

The phrase appears frequently in the Gospel of Matthew, where other gospels use "Kingdom of God." The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

The term also titles a 2005 Ridley Scott film about the Crusades.

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Opposites
spiritual realm

Kingdom of HeavenHell

Underworld of torment

Gehenna · Hades · perdition · Sheol · Tartarus

temporal/spatial existence

Kingdom of Heaventhis world

Babylon

moral/spiritual state

Kingdom of Heavenspiritual death

Eternal separation from God

corruption · depravity

Family

kingdom, heaven, king, kings, kingly, kingship, kinghood, kingless, kinglike

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