In this episode we will review the gospel according to Matthew and see that the Kingdom of God was the central focus of Jesus’s message. As Jesus explained it, the Kingdom of God is a new kind of human society; it is organized on different principles, and its members behave differently. It is good news because it is the world of peace and justice we say we want. However, the inescapable conclusion is that this is a big change – the new humanity will be as different from Homo sapiens as Homo sapiens were from the hominins who preceded them (e.g. Neanderthals, Homo erectus).

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Originally published on October 2, 2022

Transcript: https://medium.com/@brianpracticingforpeace/meek1-the-good-news-the-kingdom-of-god-is-near-e87bbb55b8b

The quotes from Tim Mackie can be found in the following links: (Two of the quotes are right in the show notes. The last one, ‘a better name for the Sermon on the Mount’ is at 29:00 of E82.)

E19 https://www.stitcher.com/show/exploring-my-strange-bible/episode/gods-kingdom-has-arrived-new-testament-themes-part-1-51358652

E82 https://www.stitcher.com/show/exploring-my-strange-bible/episode/jesus-and-the-kingdom-of-god-gospel-of-matthew-part-4-54566395

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