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1 Thessalonians 4:15-18

   For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.     

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For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing
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The Coming Kingdom - Jesus gave Israel a taste of what the Kingdom would be like through miracles

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The Coming Kingdom 047

https://slbc.org/sermon/the-coming-kingdom-047/

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Dr. Andy Woods | May 23, 2018 | Matthew 12:28 | The Coming Kingdom

At the time Jesus is saying Matthew 12:28, the Pharisees have committed blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus stops offering the Kingdom to Israel. Jesus said:

Matthew 12:28 International Standard Version (ISV)
28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

and Luke 11:20

This is not teaching the breaking in of the Kingdom of God into our world.
What Jesus is doing with the miracles He did, is showing the Pharisees what life will be like in the kingdom, what life could be like for the whole nation of Israel (and what could be for the nations of the world) if they had responded to the miracles that Jesus did among them and accepted Jesus as their king. Because Israel never submitted to Jesus as their king, the kingdom has not arrived.
The Kingdom of God is not present now. It is postponed.
Jesus gave Israel, through the miracles He did, tokens or tastes of the coming kingdom:

Hebrews 6:5 International Standard Version (ISV)
5 who have tasted the goodness of God’s word and the powers of the coming age,

Deuteronomy 17:15 International Standard Version (ISV)
15 You will certainly set a king over you, whom the Lord your God will choose from among your relatives, but you must not place a foreign king over you who is not from your relatives.