Comments on: The Kingdom Of Heaven Is The Kingdom Of Christ http://tomakeamends.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/15/ (Searching for something to sing about.) Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kirsten Ferreri http://tomakeamends.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/15/#comment-22 Kirsten Ferreri Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:02:35 +0000 http://tomakeamends.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/15/#comment-22 You use the ESV! I'm so glad - I thought I was the only one. Hm, seems like a lot of the surrounding material is related to recognizing things of value. For example - the passage is framed by the arrest and execution of John the Baptist, who in this context is a mini-Christ of sorts - he prefigures Jesus' arrest and death, and Jesus uses a great deal of Messianic language to describe John's mission and persecution. I'd be interested to look at this in light of the immediately preceding "chunk" of Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount, which is all about how to behave like a member of the kingdom. Why does that come before recognizing the king? They seem to be sort of related - lots of morally-tinged language in these parables - but they're not exactly the same thing. Hm. At this point I'm just thinking out loud, really. *scuttles off to read Matthew again* You use the ESV! I’m so glad – I thought I was the only one.

Hm, seems like a lot of the surrounding material is related to recognizing things of value. For example – the passage is framed by the arrest and execution of John the Baptist, who in this context is a mini-Christ of sorts – he prefigures Jesus’ arrest and death, and Jesus uses a great deal of Messianic language to describe John’s mission and persecution.

I’d be interested to look at this in light of the immediately preceding “chunk” of Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount, which is all about how to behave like a member of the kingdom. Why does that come before recognizing the king? They seem to be sort of related – lots of morally-tinged language in these parables – but they’re not exactly the same thing. Hm. At this point I’m just thinking out loud, really.

*scuttles off to read Matthew again*

]]> By: Nathaniel Winn http://tomakeamends.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/15/#comment-20 Nathaniel Winn Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:26:39 +0000 http://tomakeamends.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/15/#comment-20 I always read the Parables of the Kingdom (Capon's division is: Kingdom, Grace, Judgment) as having a pointed message to the religious leaders. (Maybe I'm actually thinking of parables of Judgment? Yes.) Anyway, good read! I always read the Parables of the Kingdom (Capon’s division is: Kingdom, Grace, Judgment) as having a pointed message to the religious leaders. (Maybe I’m actually thinking of parables of Judgment? Yes.)

Anyway, good read!

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