[AndrewC]

Hardly mine, but I do understand why a Chritsian would be in dneial. From

Well, despite your finally posting a source, your source still does not support your contention that "Kingdom of God" is synonymous with Israel. You stopped short of "Accordingly, says the Midrash (Cant. R. ii. 12), "when the Kingdom of Rome has ripened enough to be destroyed, the Kingdom of God will appear."

Israel had been around for a few centuries before the "Kingdom of Rome"(king of Rome?).

[kosta50]

Kingdom of God - Israel. 1) The land that G-d promised to Abraham and his descendants. 2) The northern kingdom that was home to the "ten lost tribes." 3) Alternate name for Jacob. 4) A country in the Middle East located in the ancient homeland that has a predominantly Jewish population and government.

Are you sitll in denial?