"The much quoted text, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36) does not mean that the kingdom is not, or will not be, in this world or on this earth. ... When Jesus and his disciples are said to be in the world but not of the world, the meaning is clear enough. Although they live in the world they are not worldly, they do not subscribe to the present values and standards of the world. ... The values of the kingdom [of God] are different from, and opposed to, the values of this world. There is no reason for thinking that it means the kingdom will float in the air somewhere above the earth or that it will be an abstract entity without any tangible social and political structure."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Albert Nolan, Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976), p. 48
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Kingdom of God
61 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Kingdom of God →
Related Quotes
"If the body yields to the claims of the spirit as it should, it is instrumental in bringing down the kingdom of heave…"
"By finding the kingdom of God within himself, and by the study of the laws of his own being, the mystic becomes profi…"
"Oh, the air is sultry and pregnant with lightning. And therefore we call to our deluded brothers: Repent, repent, the…"
"If I did not believe that our work was done in the faith and hope that at some day, it may be a million years hence, …"
"The Kingdom of God comes by way of a listening heart."
"The religious truth of anarchism consists in this, that power over man is bound up with sin and evil, that a state of…"
"The Gospel is concerned with the kingdom of God and only with the kingdom of God. The kingdom cannot, therefore, be e…"
"Right now, especially in the Middle East, things are shaping up quite nicely to blow us all to kingdom come. Except t…"
"This is by the decree of watchers, and the request is by the word of the holy ones, so that people living may know th…"
"A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingd…"