双语故事|上帝之国 Kingdom of God

亦称天国（Kingdom of Heaven）
基督教用语，上帝以王者身分统治或最后达成上帝对世界之意志的神灵国度。上帝之国一词常用于《新约》，也是施洗者圣约翰与耶稣布道过程的中心主题。对于耶稣意指王国随祂而来或被预期为将来事件，神学家们持不认可见。现在，基督教正统派坚持：王国藉着世界上教会的出现而部分达成，而最后审判之后将会完全达成。

In Christianity, the spiritual realm over which God reigns^{2 as king, or the eventual3 fulfillment of God's will on earth. The term is often used in the New Testament4, and it was a central theme in the preaching of John the Baptist and Jesus. Theologians differ as to whether Jesus implied that the kingdom had arrived in his person or whether it was expected as a future event. Christian1 orthodoxy now holds that the kingdom has been partially5 realized by the presence of the church in the world, and that it will be fully6 realized after the Last Judgment7.}