# What Is the Kingdom of Heaven?

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Podcast: [Exploring My Strange Bible](https://stenobird.com/podcast/exploring-my-strange-bible-58832)
Published: 2025-12-02T00:10:00+00:00
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After his baptism and testing in the wilderness, Jesus leaves Nazareth for Capernaum. There, he begins his public ministry, inviting fishermen to follow him and calling on people to “repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven has come near.” So what is the “Kingdom of Heaven,” and what does it mean that it has come near? In this message, Tim teaches from Matthew 4:12-25 on Jesus’ beginning proclamation, the call of the first disciples, and his pattern of Kingdom teaching and healing, which still challenges how we order our lives and values today.

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