Yeshua had a central message. It was the first thing he ever taught. It was always in the background of everything else he taught. It is the key to understanding Yeshua and it is not a secret. It is well-known though often misunderstood.

Yeshua’s message was about God’s kingdom, which was about to advance another step in the progress of God’s plan to heal the world.

We read in both Matthew and Mark that the kingdom was the first thing Yeshua spoke about publicly. When Yeshua started traveling and speaking to crowds, his first message is recorded in Matthew 4:17 this way: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Mark records a similar summary of Yeshua’s early message in Mark 1:14, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.”