“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.” -Hab. 3

The Bible assumes God’s sovereignty throughout. It neither grows nor diminishes. He rules over all. No need to wait for it. The Kingdom of God passages in the NT speak of something very different: the coming restoration of the kingdom of David in Jerusalem. - Bill Scofield