We’ve been looking at the way the kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed was the development of perhaps the central theme of the Old Testament: There would come a time when God would act, fulfilling his promises to give the Jews the land of Israel, to defeat their enemies, and to dwell with them in the Temple — all so that they could keep the Torah and be the light to the nations they were always called to be. Israel was hoping for, and often fighting for, a regime change to improve social, political and economic conditions — things the prophets addressed in their messages.
Expecting the kingdom of God