and we are not in an “already” form of a future kingdom now. One day, the Israel of God, that is, the believing remnant of the last days,808 will repent and the kingdom will be established (Romans 11:25-28). In the meantime, the kingdom has been “taken away” from that evil and adulterous generation (Matthew 21:43). In a future era the kingdom will be given to a “nation” (the believing remnant of the last days) producing the “fruit of it.” The context requires that the believing Jewish nation of