Not exact matches
When God's
kingship is accepted by an individual, it has in a
sense come for him.
Jesus penetrates to the heart of the theological issue and discusses the nature of
kingship, affirming his true
kingship, denying that he is a king in Pilate's
sense.
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.
This kingly rule is not a kingdom in the
sense of a particular realm that is ruled over; it is the
kingship or sovereignty of God over all.