The Hidden Tradition of the Kingdom of God (Biblia.com)

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The Kingdom of God has been a major concern of New Testament scholars for many years. What did it mean to Jesus? What does it mean for Christian belief and practice today? “To understand what was meant by the Kingdom of God,” writes Margaret Barker, “it is necessary to recover what remains of that hidden tradition of the holy of holies and the high priesthood… Recovering the original Kingdom …...

when the angels had to worship him (Deut. 32:43). The early Christians found this verse fulfilled in Jesus, whom they described as the Firstborn. The Davidic king had become the ‘firstborn’, when he was begotten as Son, but he must also have become the LORD. ‘Son’ in temple tradition did not have the meaning it has for us, nor did Firstborn. Adam Luke traces the genealogy of Jesus back to the original Son of God, the firstborn, who was Adam. In a story known in the time of Jesus, the angels had been

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