It would be easy to imagine that what Jesus (and Luke) meant at this point was something like this: ‘No, no, you’re dreaming of an earthly kingdom, but I’m telling you about a heavenly one. You think what matters is reorganizing this world, but I’m preparing you for the next one. What counts is not what happens in this world of space and time, but where you’re going to spend eternity. I’m going off to heaven, and you must tell people how they can follow me there.’ From that point of view, the answer