was the kingdom Jesus was proclaiming as being near in Mark 1:15?
The kingdom that Jesus was proclaiming at that time was the kingdom of grace, which He established at His first advent. But the text also can be applied to our situation today. A preacher on Sabbath morning may tell the congregation, All the time prophecies have been fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand. And he may appeal to them that today we need to repent and believe the gospel. The kingdom that the modern preacher has in mind, however, is no longer the kingdom of grace but the kingdom of glory that Christ will inaugurate at His second coming. The first interpretation of Mark 1:15 is exegetical, the second homiletical. According to Mark 1:17, Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee one day when He saw Simon and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea (they were fishermen). Jesus said to them, Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men (NKJV), and immediately they left their nets and followed Him. A modern preacher, using the words of Mark 1:17, may call upon chu
