establish his reign in the earth. It is also clear in the Gospels that the Kingdom of God belongs to the age to come and is an eschatological blessing (Mark 10:23–30). It is the purpose of this book to expound how and in what sense the eschatological Kingdom has become a present reality in Jesus’ mission. The first edition of the book was entitled Jesus and the Kingdom. This raised critical questions which the author had not intended, particularly the degree to which the Gospels accurately embody