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Appeal

Jan 23, 2026

Jesus’ cousin John is arrested and will be killed. So, Jesus takes up John’s sermon, “Repent, the kingdom has come near.” This coming and near kingdom does not immediately replace the kingdoms we build. God’s kingdom draws near as an appeal to individuals; a seductive and subversive soul-force often from the sidelines of society where the poor and the weak languish. Kingdom is a particular way God chooses to be to a peculiar world. And God, being extraordinarily patient with us, is committed to increasing and intensifying contractions until darkness has given birth to light.

Matthew 4:12-23


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El primo de Jesús, Juan, es arrestado y será asesinado. Así que Jesús retoma el sermón de Juan: “Arrepiéntete, el reino se ha acercado.” Este reino que se avecina no reemplazará inmediatamente los reinos que construimos. El reino de Dios se acerca como un llamado a los individuos; una fuerza del alma seductora y subversiva, a menudo desde los márgenes de la sociedad donde languidecen los pobres y los débiles. El Reino es una forma particular en que Dios elige ser para un mundo peculiar. Y Dios, siendo extraordinariamente paciente con nosotros, está comprometido a aumentar e intensificar las contracciones hasta que la oscuridad haya dado lugar a la luz.

Mateo 4:12-23