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Well, remember what God's will is for the earth. You learned about it in Chapter 3.  In Eden, God showed that  his will is for this earth to be a paradise filled with an undying, righteous human race.  Satan cause Adam and Eve to sin, (They did not have to listen to Satan, they are responsible as well) and that affected the fulfillment of God's will for the earth but did not change it.  Jehovah still purposes that "the righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside  forever upon it."  (Psalm 37:29) And God's Kingdom will accomplish that. In what way? 

Consider the prophecy found at Daniel 2:44. There we read:  "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin.  And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people.  It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite."  What does this tell us about God's Kingdom? 

First, it tells us that God's Kingdom was to be established "in the days of those kings," or while other kingdoms still existed. Second, it tells us that the Kingdom will last forever.  It will not be conquered and be replaced by some other government.  Third, we see that there will be war between God's Kingdom and the kingdoms of this word. God's Kingdom will be victorious.  In the end, i twill be the only government over mankind.  Then humans will enjoy the best rulership they have ever known. ( The sooner the better) 

The Bible has much to say about that final war between God's Kingdom and the governments of this world.  ( I will warn you all now;  God will win, he is much more powerful) For example, it teaches that as the end approaches, wicked spirits will spread lies to deceive  "the kings of the entire inhabited earth."  For what purpose?  To gather  them [the kings] together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty."  The kings of the earth will be gathered together to "the place that is called in Hebrews Har-Magedon." (Revelation 16:14, 16)  Because of what is said in those two verses, the final conflict between human governments and God's Kingdom is called the battle of Har-Magedon. 

Next time: Conclusion of WHAT WILL GOD'S KINGDOM DO? 

From the Book: What Does the Bible Really Teach? 2005 and 2006