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Little attention is usually given to the space or place of the kingdom. Yet Matthew employs the distinctive phrase “kingdom of heaven” and also portrays Jesus as Immanuel (God with us). In this volume Patrick Schreiner argues that by expanding one’s view of space one can see that Jesus’ purpose is to reorder the space of the earth in Matthew as the heavenly king. Jesus pierces the barrier...
The neglect of spatial considerations concerning the kingdom can be traced to at least four factors.4 First, because the kingdom has been defined as God’s dynamic rule. The dynamic sense has been the leading view since Gustaf Dalman’s study Die Worte Jesu in 1898.5 George Eldon Ladd popularized this view in his numerous works on the kingdom, arguing that the abstract idea is the primary meaning.6 Even dictionaries have followed suit.7 However, Ladd’s conception of
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