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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: Greg or e who wrote (17166)	4/20/2004 11:02:01 AM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) of 28931

18. The phrase "the Kingdom of God" holds more than political overtones. Ankerberg: Kingdom of God. The Jesus Seminar says the Kingdom of God is a political term. Tell me the truth and falsity of saying that. Evans: Well, it’s a political term in the sense that "Kingdom of God" has a major impact on politics, on life, on social circumstances. So that’s not entirely wrong. But it’s more than that. It’s a spiritual concept. It’s an eschatological concept. It means big change is coming. It means the power and reign of God that will impact all of human life and experience. Ankerberg: Was this a phrase that the Jewish people would have been familiar with or was it introduced by Jesus? Evans: It’s a phrase that the Jewish people would have been familiar with. We know that now because we have constant references to God as King and His Kingdom in some of the scrolls as Qumran; also in the Aramaic paraphrase of the Bible in Jesus’ day there is reference to the Kingdom of God. And so this would have been known in Jesus’ day. So Jesus is using a phrase that people understand but He’s telling them, "It’s fulfilled now" and He’s demonstrating it in His own ministry through miracles, exorcisms and so forth. Ankerberg: Okay, make it unique for Jesus. In other words, segment the usual understanding. How did Jesus make that unique? Evans: Well, I think Jesus gave His own spin to "Kingdom of God" because He personalized it: It’s right here; it’s in your midst. And when He casts out a demon or heals someone, it’s evidence that the Kingdom of God has come powerfully right within the human sphere. And that was new. People had not heard of that before.

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