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One extra OT clip and NT clip this week: from 2 Chronicles we preface the kings of the divided kingdom with Solomon; and in John 18, Jesus faces down Pilate with the counter-cultural gospel of peace



kingly benchmark

I have no idea what was going on with this Solomon bit, or how I thought I was going to tie it up with the Asa narrative! Still, it's a useful bit of context for reading the Chronicler's assessments of the reigns of the Judahite kings.



true kingdom

Last week in John we considered how the gospel message is framed in contemporary terms, as the revelation of ultimate truth. I ran out of time talking about how Jesus describes the kingdom of God in exactly that way - not as just another system of governance, but as a completely new and truer Way.


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