-Christ did not invent the concept of "the kingdom of God/heaven" but entered into a contemporary conversation.
-Rome was the kingdom with a significant presence.
-The landscape was a people in exile, Jews expected that Yahweh would return to rule.
-This would fulfill messianic (pre NT meaning) expectations
-The kingdom is presented in little stories that turn logic on its head
-Its presence is demonstrated in the miraculous and in Christ's inclusion
-followed the prophetic grid but was deeper and more radical than his predecessors
-the kingdom no longer has human enemies but spiritual enemies (replaces rome with satan as enemy)
-the revolution against rome, as a political power, used love as its vehicle for change
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