When Jesus announced the coming of the kingdom of God, he was announcing a revolution. Jesus saw himself as the messenger chosen by God to deliver the good news of Gods powerful new activity in the world. Gods kingdom was coming to replace the authority of all earthly kingdoms. And it was beginning immediately. To the people of first-century Palestine, the phrase kingdom of God created an image of the way the world would be if God, not Caesar, sat on the throne. The kingdom of God was Jesus way of talking about Gods powerful presence with humanity and Gods dream for our future. The kingdom is Gods work to restore the world to the way it was intended at creation. It refers to Gods active rule in the world—Gods new reign, Gods new government, Gods new social and economic order.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:45:45 +0000
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