What confession did the gospel of the kingdom produce?
The gospel of the kingdom produced the confession that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. This acknowledged Him as Messiah, the King Redeemer, the prophet and priest, coming to fulfill the third part of the covenant.
Les explains that the gospel of the kingdom precipitated this kind of confession: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” That meant He is the Messiah coming to fulfill the third part of the covenant—the King Redeemer, the prophet and priest. In John 11, Martha gives the same confession of faith: “Yea, Lord, I believe thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, who should come into the world.” The account does not have her add “and die for me, and be raised from the dead.”
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.