
Biblical Reading and Reflections: December 16th (Isaiah 59 & Luke 17:20-37)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Coming of the Kingdom
Luke, chapter 17 ends with a discussion of the coming of the kingdom and the two big questions, when and where? Jesus is asked by the pharisees about when the kingdom of god is coming. They presume that it is arriving at some point in the future. Yet the kingdom is already dawning and present in jesus. The Kingdom doesn't come as something whose arrival we can closely monitor and pinpoint. It's hidden like the leaven. When the son of man is truly revealed, they will know it references to the son ofMan's day should also remind us of daniel, chapter seven,. verses 13, 14: "The son of man comes on the clouds
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