THEO 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 80: New Revised Standard Version, Pharisees, Shema Yisrael
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God will not fully exert his rule over everything until after day of yhwh: thus, the kingdom/rule of god has an eschatological meaning, this is the prime meaning in the gospels. On day of yhwh all evil/chaos/disorder will be eliminated: the fully perfect kingdom of god will then ensue for all time. This is the meaning of the lord"s prayer: Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (mat 6:10 nrsv) Jesus (and his disciples) seem to have viewed his miracles as evidence that the kingdom is very, very, close. It is physically and temporally at hand : 9:27 but truly i tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of god. Jesus also seems to refer to the kingdom as meaning its subjects: these are the righteous that will partake in the perfect kingdom inaugurated on the day of.