Not exact matches
Because it is intractable he simply dodges the
kingship of acclaim, awaiting instead the coronation that will be his in his supreme hour, a coronation which by its quality of contempt suggests,
even partially reveals, the many - leveled mystery of the Son of Man.
Yet it is more than a stamp; it is a burden laid upon him which makes him wholly acceptable, vulnerable, disponible, and yet withdraws him to the task of «giving his flesh for the life of the world»: almost in the moment when an outburst of popular devotion would bestow upon him the splendor of
kingship, a
kingship of popular acclaim which he refused without seeming
even to consider attempting to manage it.
funny is that, Jesus did not want anything to do with politics and
even rejected the idea of
kingship.
After nearly four hundred years of the
kingship the Judean people still refused to be regarded as pawns in the game of power politics; they had far - reaching rights —
even against their kings — which they would not surrender.
Even the legislation in the Book of Deuteronomy, which a moment ago we found guilty of marked favoritism toward the priests, accepts the
kingship as a valid institution.
The radicalism of such thinking, sufficiently evident in the western history of the
kingship, is
even more astonishing against the background of the cultic concepts of royalty prevalent in Israel.
That Jesus was aware with every breath he drew of the eternal
kingship of God everyone will agree; that he believed men could come
even now in some real sense and measure under the righteous and loving rule of God is almost equally clear; and only by the most tortuous methods of interpreting the Gospels can one escape the conclusion that Jesus expected the kingdom of God as a future supernatural order.
It is not a place or community ruled by God; it is not
even the abstract idea of reign or
kingship of God.
From a simple duel in Martial Arts Competition or Convoy Hijack, to bigger battles like Fort Battle, Clan Battle, Nation War and
even Kingship War, this game has them all!