God has a dream for this world. As we saw in chapter 2, the kingdom of God is central to the biblical perspective of what God is doing in this world. Mark 1 tells us Jesus proclaimed that the kingdom of God was present with his coming: “The time has come.… The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:15). The kingdom of God was opened up with the coming of Jesus the Messiah, and God’s dream for the world was revealed
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