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*1. 170:1.2 A present [[reality]]; and as

*1. 170:1.2 A present [[reality]]; and as

*2. 170:1.3 A [[future]] [[hope]]—when the kingdom would be [[realized]] in fullness upon the [[appearance]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]. This is the kingdom [[concept]] which [[John the Baptist]] taught.

*2. 170:1.3 A [[future]] [[hope]]—when the kingdom would be [[realized]] in fullness upon the [[appearance]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]. This is the kingdom [[concept]] which [[John the Baptist]] taught.

170:1.4 From the very first [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]] taught both of these [[concepts]]. There were two other [[ideas]] of the kingdom which should be borne in [[mind]]:

170:1.4 From the very first [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]] taught both of these [[concepts]]. There were two other [[ideas]] of the kingdom which should be borne in [[mind]]:

*3. 170:1.5 The later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept] of a world-wide and [[transcendental]] kingdom of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] and [[miraculous]] [[inauguration]].

*3. 170:1.5 The later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept] of a world-wide and [[transcendental]] kingdom of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] and [[miraculous]] [[inauguration]].

*4. 170:1.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asha#In_eschatology_and_soteriology Persian teachings] portraying the [[establishment]] of a [[divine]] kingdom as the [[achievement]] of the [[triumph]] of [[good]] over [[evil]] at the end of the world.

*4. 170:1.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asha#In_eschatology_and_soteriology Persian teachings] portraying the [[establishment]] of a [[divine]] kingdom as the [[achievement]] of the [[triumph]] of [[good]] over [[evil]] at the end of the world.

170:1.7 Just before the [[advent]] of [[Jesus]] on [[earth]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] combined and [[confused]] all of these [[ideas]] of the kingdom into their [[apocalyptic]] [[concept]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]'s coming to establish the age of the Jewish [[triumph]], the [[eternal]] age of [[God]]'s [[supreme]] rule on [[earth]], the new world, the era in which all [[mankind]] would [[worship]] [[Yahweh]]. In choosing to utilize this [[concept]] of the ''kingdom of heaven'', [[Jesus]] elected to appropriate the most [[vital]] and culminating [[heritage]] of both the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewish] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_religion Persian religions].

170:1.7 Just before the [[advent]] of [[Jesus]] on [[earth]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] combined and [[confused]] all of these [[ideas]] of the kingdom into their [[apocalyptic]] [[concept]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah]'s coming to establish the age of the Jewish [[triumph]], the [[eternal]] age of [[God]]'s [[supreme]] rule on [[earth]], the new world, the era in which all [[mankind]] would [[worship]] [[Yahweh]]. In choosing to utilize this [[concept]] of the ''kingdom of heaven'', [[Jesus]] elected to appropriate the most [[vital]] and culminating [[heritage]] of both the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewish] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_religion Persian religions].

170:1.8 The ''kingdom of heaven'', as it has been [[understood]] and misunderstood down through the centuries of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_christianity Christian era], [[embraced]] four distinct [[groups]] of [[ideas]]:

170:1.8 The ''kingdom of heaven'', as it has been [[understood]] and misunderstood down through the centuries of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_christianity Christian era], [[embraced]] four distinct [[groups]] of [[ideas]]:

*1. The [[concept]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jews].

*1. The [[concept]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jews].

*2. The concept of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asha#In_eschatology_and_soteriology Persians].

*2. The concept of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asha#In_eschatology_and_soteriology Persians].

*3. The [[personal]]-[[experience]] [[concept]] of [[Jesus]]—" the ''kingdom of heaven'' within you. "

*3. The [[personal]]-[[experience]] [[concept]] of [[Jesus]]—" the ''kingdom of heaven'' within you. "

*4. The [[composite]] and [[confused]] [[concepts]] which the founders and promulgators of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatology Christianity] have sought to impress upon the world.

*4. The [[composite]] and [[confused]] [[concepts]] which the founders and promulgators of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatology Christianity] have sought to impress upon the world.

170:1.9 At [[different]] times and in varying [[circumstances]] it appears that [[Jesus]] may have presented numerous [[concepts]] of the " kingdom " in his [[public]] teachings, but to his [[apostles]] he always taught the kingdom as [[embracing]] man's [[personal]] [[experience]] in relation to his fellows on [[earth]] and to [[the Father]] in heaven. Concerning the kingdom, his last word always was, " The kingdom is within you. "

170:1.9 At [[different]] times and in varying [[circumstances]] it appears that [[Jesus]] may have presented numerous [[concepts]] of the " kingdom " in his [[public]] teachings, but to his [[apostles]] he always taught the kingdom as [[embracing]] man's [[personal]] [[experience]] in relation to his fellows on [[earth]] and to [[the Father]] in heaven. Concerning the kingdom, his last word always was, " The kingdom is within you. "

*1. The [[confusion]] occasioned by [[observing]] the [[idea]] of the " kingdom " as it passed through the various [[progressive]] [[phases]] of its recasting by [[Jesus]] and his [[apostles]].

*1. The [[confusion]] occasioned by [[observing]] the [[idea]] of the " kingdom " as it passed through the various [[progressive]] [[phases]] of its recasting by [[Jesus]] and his [[apostles]].

*2. The [[confusion]] which was [[inevitably]] associated with the transplantation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christianity] from a [[Jewish]] to a [[gentile]] [[soil]].

*2. The [[confusion]] which was [[inevitably]] associated with the transplantation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity early Christianity] from a [[Jewish]] to a [[gentile]] [[soil]].

*3. The [[confusion]] which was [[inherent]] in the [[fact]] that [[Christianity]] became a [[religion]] which was [[organized]] about the central [[idea]] of [[Jesus]]' [[Personality|person]]; the [[gospel]] of the kingdom became more and more a [[religion]] about him.

*3. The [[confusion]] which was [[inherent]] in the [[fact]] that [[Christianity]] became a [[religion]] which was [[organized]] about the central [[idea]] of [[Jesus]]' [[Personality|person]]; the [[gospel]] of the kingdom became more and more a [[religion]] about him.

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