"God's" Kingdom Can't Come if it is Already Here
Yeshua/Jesus' message of a different reality then what was being experienced was, as would be expected, a radical concept in his day. So radical, in fact, that many, including his own family, thought he was mad - full of demons (see John 8:48 and Mark 3:20-21). They had good evidence to support their claim. Here was a man telling the world that, contrary to popular belief, God's kingdom wasn't coming, it had arrived (Luke 17:20-21). According to Robert W. Funk, a highly respected religious... Sign in to see full entry.