I’ve been putting out podcast episodes on Restitutio since 2015. I’ve interviewed many authors in that time. However, I’ve never been interviewed as an author. That changed a couple of days ago when Sam Tideman of Transfigured had me on his show to talk about my new book, Kingdom Journey.
We discussed the biblical idea of God’s kingdom coming to earth for well over an hour. It was an awesome chance to share about the central theme of scripture and the clear emphasis of Jesus’s ministry. Although it breaks my heart that so much of Christianity still clings to heaven as their home and destiny, I’m optimistic that the word will get out about the biblical vision of a renewed world with everything wrong with it made right.
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Sean, What is your take on recent interest in the Galilean Wedding parallels with Jesus’ return?
Interesting interview. Have to admit it went into way different tangents than I imagined it would go and then all of a sudden the interview was over. It might be good to do an overview of your book if you get a chance with more general subjects… cause I couldn’t tell from the interview if you deal with time texts of preterism tied to the Kingdom of God or all the spiritual references. I still lean towards preterism because it provides a possible historical context for why Paul and other disciples were so vehemently hated by fellow Jews. I think they were possibly teaching that the Kingdom of God was NOT literal, on Earth like all the Jews of their time expected. Hence why they were told by Jesus to leave Jerusalem when the city was surrounded, not fight for it. Jews were expecting a Messiah to rule them on earth from Jerusalem—and that definitely did not happen. The temple was destroyed and still has stayed that way for almost 2000 years now.
Which… this leads to my wondering about the difference between “covenant” and “law” because in your response last time you sort of interchanged these two things. I don’t see them necessarily that way because even in the New covenant from Jeremiah I think Jews would have read “law on your heart” as “Torah on your heart.” I can’t see how they would not. But agreed that Hebrews changed things–it’s just not crystal clear all that has changed besides temple/sacrificial regulations in the context. Hence, why are people keeping the Sabbath and new moons in the Kingdom of God if you think it’s not applicable? (Isaiah 66:22-24) I appreciate the candid response and I think I’ve heard your teaching on covenants, but it’s been a while. Probably need to check it out when I get a chance. Sorry if I ramble–I just don’t see these things as clearly as others do any more.
I rather enjoyed this, but I must admit that I was completely distracted the entire time by how much Mr. Tideman sounds like Dax Shepherd. I tried to replace the image in my mind with UCA—without success. Now that I’ve spoken this out loud, you’ll never “unsee” it.