Monday, August 3, 2020

Beginnings

"He went around all Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom," Matthew 4:23.

Good news of the kingdom. The kingdom centered in the skies. The kingdom belonging to God. The realm where God reigns. In the skies. Now coming to earth. At hand. You can stretch out and just touch it. God's rule. Jesus travelled the whole of Galilee teaching in their gathering places. Proclaiming God's rule breaking out from the skies into this world. At any moment now. And what words did Jesus' hearers all around and in the synagogues hear? About this kingdom so near? From the skies? Ruled by God? Here's where their hearing began: Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

As we visit humbly with a brother or sister today, we experience through each other God's reign. And we give thanks to God for the good news in Jesus.
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