The Kingdom of Jesus Christ was set up and established in the 1st Century

It is in fact impossible to pinpoint an exact start to the Kingdom, unless you count the creation of Adam and Eve as the start point. In reality there has always been a kingdom. Initially it was heavenly, and only ruled over God"s faithful servants, and then He developed that Nation of Israel to be His special people. Any wishing to be in His kingdom had to become a part of that people. However a heavenly kingdom was not enough for them, as explained at: 1 Samuel 8:4-7 ASV(i) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah; 5 and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah. 7 And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them. That proved to be a disastrous move on the part of Israel, as their history shows. They had a string of kings, some good, some bad. Eventually, as history shows Israel was fragmented and became simply Judah, which was actually the tribes of Judah and Benjamin now combined, and Samaria, the remnant of the other ten tribes. Was the kingdom destroyed because they had no king that they would accept as such? No, it was only their acceptance of it that was the problem, the kingdom was still there, and they could have returned to it at any time. A large part of my argument is in fact that the Kingdom ash gone through may different stages and in fact will not truly be established, fully established until Revelation 20 has been fulfilled: Revelation 20 ASV(i) 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. Notice especially what is said in verse 4. Christ and his anointed followers would rule with him for 1,000 years. When did that thousand years start? Note the things that the kingdom bring with it. 1)Satan is bound, and Abyssed. (immediately before the 1,000 years starts). 2)Christ and his faithful co-rulers are set on thrones to commence their reign. 3)At some point the rest of the dead are resurrected and prepared for judgement. That is the second or general resurrection. 4)Death and Hades (hell) are cast into the lake of fire, and were joined by any who had failed that judgement. So, what follows on from the reign? Revelation 21 continues the story: Revelation 21 ASV(i) 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God: 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away. God is finally on His throne again, and look what His reign brings, verse 3 and 4. Everything on the earth is new, including humanity, returned to it"s original perfect state. Is any of that apparent now? Now, this world is still as wicked as it ever was, maybe even more so. This world is no closer to God than it ever was, much further away in fact. Therefore either the 1,000 is not yet over, or prophecy has failed, and never may that happen. So when did it start, and how close are we to the events the kingdom brings with it, starting with the initial removal of all wickedness from the earth? To me it is very clear that Daniel 4, and indeed Daniel 2, have a long range fulfilment, and that long range fulfilment points to 1914 as the approximate time when the kingdom starts to turn it"s attentions, under Christ Jesus, to the earth. The history of the last 150 years also seems, to me to confirm what is said at Revelation 12:10-13 ASV(i) 10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child. Yes, I believe that recent history does indeed confirm that Satan has been cast down to the vicinity of the earth, allowing him to concentrate all his attention on humanity and bringing the foretold woe with him. I do not believe the prophecy has failed in any respect. I shall go into more detail on Daniel, and my opponents points, in my next and final, round, as I am almost out of characters.