Jesus' Passion and Death Brings About the Kingdom

Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James and Joseph were there to see Jesus enter into his kingdom. The same woman who asks that her sons would sit and wanted his right and wanted his left when he comes into his kingdom was there to see him suffer. Thomas Aquinas basically says, the kingdom is that realm in which all things are subjected to the rule of God and Christ. In willingness to die, we enter into that kingdom because we are willing to put ourselves under Christ's rule fully.