The kingdom as prophesied in Dan 2:44 and heralded in Mark 1:15 and Matthew 4:17 has never appeared

To be clear, The Kingdom of God is an inward, spiritual(Romans 14:17), invisible kingdom inside you(Luke 17:20-21), that one gets from the New Birth(John 3:3), whereas the Kingdom of Heaven is a literal, visible, earthly kingdom of Christ reigning over the earth. The facts are that Christ told his disciples that they would see it(Matthew 16:28), that this kingdom would come with power(Daniel 7:22, Revelation 12:10), and millions see it(Isaiah 2:2-3, 11:9-12, Amos 9:11-15, Zechariah 14:9,16-21). Many expositors make the two the same because it APPEARS that they are, WHEN THEY'RE NOT. For example, my opponent lists verses that make the two terms APPEAR interchangable but they are different. She lists: Mark 1: 14, 15 "Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. " Matthew 4:17 "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. " There is a huge problem with her logic though. The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are BOTH THE KINGDOMS OF JESUS CHRIST. He is the king of BOTH. Thus, when he came the first time, BOTH WERE AT HAND, BECAUSE HE IS THE KING OF BOTH. My opponent states, "Did Jesus state that two different kingdoms were "at hand" (imminent, near, close-by) 2,000 years ago? I assume that my opponent will merely assert that He did! Not only that, but (even though both were "at hand") it seems that one came about right on schedule, yet the other has not shown up yet. If so, any significance underlying the heralds of the impending kingdom as "at hand" amount to three ciphers, two naughts, and a zero. " She assumes that I make the phrase "at hand" metaphorical. I do not. The Kingdom of Heaven was DEFINITELY AT HAND when Jesus came. It was imminent, IT WAS NOT 2,000 YEARS OFF. HOWEVER, IT NEEDS TO BE REMEMBERED THAT Jesus came ORIGINALLY ONLY FOR THE JEWS(Matthew 10:5-7). NONE OF THE GENTILES WERE TO BE SAVED. But when the JEWS rejected CHRIST(John 1:11) and crucified Him(Matthew 27) He went to the Gentiles. He EVEN gave the JEWS A SECOND CHANCE AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION(Luke 23:34) when he forgave them. But when they stoned Stephen in Acts 7 God was done with the Jews as a nation. In Acts 8, the Ethiopian Eunuch(Gentile) gets saved. In Acts 9 Paul gets saved and becomes an Apostle TO GENTILE CHRISTIANS. In Acts 10, Cornelius a gentile gets saved. Its at this point that the kingdom of Heaven IS NO LONGER "at hand. " When the Jews stoned Stephen, The Kingdom became postponed and God turned to the Gentiles. Is that clear, Con? IT WAS "AT HAND" BUT NOT ANY MORE. The Kingdom of God never got postponed BECAUSE ITS SPIRITUAL. The Kingdom of Colossians 1:13 is the Kingdom of God. Notice SPIRITUAL SALVATION in verse 14. Rebttal to Joel 2 and Acts 2 NOTHING IN ACTS 2:16-21 happened in Acts 2 at all. Did God show them "wonders in heaven above" or "signs in the earth beneath. " Did the sun turn to darkness or the moon into blood in Acts 2. Did God pour out his Spirit to ALL FLESH in Acts 2. No, just to the Jews. What is happening is Peter goes back to the Old Testament and finds a passage where somebody receives the Holy Ghost, but it has nothing to do with the events of Acts 2. He is saying, "This is what Joel says" and then launches into a sermon about Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit(vss 22-38). Anybody who has sat under Bible preaching for any length of time knows that many a pastor does exactly the same thing. Rebuttal to Daniel 2 The 4th kingdom of Daniel 2 in verse 44 is the Roman Empire. But when it says "the days of these kings" it's not to any kings of the 1st century. Its the 10 kings(fallen angels) that serve the Antichrist in the future(Rev 17:12). Its clear from Daniel 2:43 that these kings are not human. It says in verse 43 that they, "mingle themselves WITH THE SEED OF MEN. " This implies that they are not human if they are mingling with man's seed. Thus these kings are still future. I yield the floor to my opponent.