(December 2, 2025 at 8:29 am)Vicki Q Wrote: Jesus as Israel does the job Israel was given to do, sets up the Kingdom of God. People can be part of it now, and in the full version in the the future.
Except he doesn't. It's nice propaganda, but that never actually happens. What happens is... Nothing. The Roman occupation continues, Israel remains oppressed, wine and honey don't flow in the streams, and Jesus gets his dumb ass tacked to an upright. Exit Stage Left. The Roman occupation will continue another 3 or 4 decades while any church in Jerusalem fades into obscurity, ending in the revolt, destruction of the temple, and diaspora. As salvation goes, that's a bit lacking.
Calling that the Kingdom of God isn't an act of faith. It's just blindly ignoring reality.
