Gentile. The signs that accompanied and illustrated Jesus’ preaching of the kingdom will also accompany the apostolic church, and the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost signifies the enthronement of Christ as King on David’s eternal throne (Acts 2:30). The apostles’ proclamation was of the inbreaking kingdom of God (Acts 8:12; 19:8; 20:25), and the early church story ends with Paul in Rome, the power center of the Roman Empire and the known world, where he proclaims God’s kingdom with a challenge (Acts