Not really. Not yet. The knowledge of GOD does, in a sense, fill the earth, but not really. And the kingdom that now exists, and is emerging, is far greater than the Roman, and any of the other empires that existed. That kingdom has yet to be destroyed.
i believe Daniel 2.
Jesus was born king.
Herod and the Caesars fought Him, but He and His church outlasted them, and will last forever.
people are still being SAVED...while enemies are being subdued and ultimately they will be destroyed.
Daniel 2
Daniel Interprets the Dream
43"And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. 44"
In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. 45"Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy."
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Matthew 1:23
"The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us").
Luke 2:11
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
1 Corinthians 15:25
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
But as I understand your belief, you don't believe in an eternal kingdom of GOD on earth; just in heaven.
i don't believe Jesus returns to Jerusalem in the ME and sets up there if thats what you mean.
the kingdom is eternal....there are many places where we are told
this earth is destined for destruction.
the kingdom is eternal and we are told that it continues (for the redeemed) from NOW, in our time in the kingdom here on earth -
to the new heaven; new earth; new jerusalem - however you understand that.
The throne of the Lamb (but no longer mediatorial) as well as of God, shall be in the heavenly city (Re 22:3; compare Re 3:21). - JFBBC
Hebrews 2:8
and put everything under their feet." In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present
we do not
see everything subject to them.
Psalm 110:1
The LORD says to my lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
1 Corinthians 15:24
Then the end will come,
when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
The word "end" (τέλος telos) denotes properly a limit, termination, completion of anything. The proper and obvious meaning of the word here is, that then shall be the end or completion of the work of redemption. That shall have been done which was intended to be done by the incarnation and the work of the atonement; the race shall be redeemed; the friends of God shall be completely recovered; and the administration of the affairs of the universe shall be conducted as they were before the incarnation of the Redeemer.
The kingdom - This word means properly dominion, reign, the exercise of kingly power. In the New Testament it means commonly the reign of the Messiah, or the dominion which God would exercise through the Messiah; the reign of God over people by the laws and institutions of the Messiah; see the note on Matthew 3:2. - Barnes'
1 Corinthians 15
25For He must
reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy that will be abolished is death
He must reign...He is reigning now.
over heaven and earth.
All Authority.
he makes two parts of this reign and dominion of the Son in which the Father's glory consists: that is first, the overcoming of his enemies, in which some must be deprived of all power, as Satan and all the wicked, be they ever so proud and mighty, and others must be utterly abolished, as death. And second, a plain and full delivery of the godly from all enemies, that by this means God may fully set forth the body of the Church cleaving fast to their head Christ, his kingdom and glory, as a King among his subjects...
(h) The conclusion and finishing of all things.
(i) All his enemies who will be robbed of all the power that they have. - Geneva