In the last hundred and fifty years the Kingdom of God has emerged as one of the most important topics in theology, New Testament studies, and the life of the church.
In between the times, however, the people of God are called to participate in the reign of God by living out the distinctly kingdom-ethic through hope, forgiveness, love, and prayer..
In his sweepingly comprehensive study, Perrin contends that the Kingdom is inaugurated in Jesus\' earthly ministry, but its final development awaits later events in history.
Wright, Perrin examines the "what, who, and how" questions of the kingdom.
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But what exactly is the Kingdom of God? What does it mean for the people of God and what does it mean for how they live in the world?In The Kingdom of God, part of the Biblical Theology for Life series, Nicholas Perrin explores this dominant biblical metaphor, one that is paradoxically the meta-center and the mystery in Jesus\' proclamation.
In the last hundred and fifty years the Kingdom of God has emerged as one of the most important topics in theology, New Testament studies, and the life of the church