What did E. Schweitzer believe?
Jesus was teaching that there would be an immediate coming of the kingdom
What does C.H. Dodd, in the parables of the kingdom, believe? and what is this called?
That Jesus was teaching that the kingdom was already present in hum and displayed in his miracles
- its called realised eschatology (the end is happening now)
By which verses is realised eschatology backed up with?
Verses like Jesus saying ‘But if i drive out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God HAS come to you’ (Luke)
- ‘…the kingdom of God IS within you’
What did G.B. Caird argue?
- the kingdom of God was established to stand against the kingdom of Satan
- Jesus would drive Satan out of the world through his exorcism and healing miracles
- Jesus was fighting for the Kingdom of God
Did G.B Caird argue that the Kingdom of God was present and how did he believe people must respond to it?
Yes
- Believed that people should respond to it positively
How did G.B Caird believe people should respond to the kingdom of God positively? and how would they risk losing it?
- by proclaiming it
- living in accordance with it
+ or risk losing it through judgement
What did Leon Morris suggest?
that the miracles of Jesus proved that the kingdom of God was in the present, established by Christ, through the power of God
