#BruceChilton: "Part of the beauty of the concept of God's Kingdom was that it opened one's mind to see the divine hand in the natural world...Jesus came out of the Jewish tradition of seeing God's immanence everywhere, in forces as simple & powerful as a mustard seed & yeast." bit.ly/453ossb

#BruceChilton: "The #KingdomofGod was the principal theme of Jesus' message...& the pivotal hope of Galilean Judaism. Rule by a king was both...the source of their oppression...& their hope for the future under God. The world of Jesus made no distinction btw politics & religion." bit.ly/453ossb