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Luke's Kingdom -- The Other Half of the Gospel

Luke's Kingdom takes a closer look at that message, the kingdom vision that energized the Early Church as it set out to proclaim the "good news" of a new world order, the literal government of God on earth -- and the forceful intervention of God in human affairs, not only to save Israel from her enemies, but, as we now increasingly see necessary, to the rescue this sick and dying world from the self-destructive madness of an increasingly arrogant and over-confident mankind.

Unfortunately, that shining vision sometimes now seems faded -- by sheer neglect and the scriptural ignorance of too many Christians, by the unbelief of so many of their supposed leaders, and by the relentless attacks of erudite but spiritually blind scholars determined to undermine the authority of the Bible as the inspired Word of God.

This brief commentary revisits that vision, focusing on the key kingdom teachings of Jesus as recorded by Luke -- the neglected message that might well be called the "Other Half of the Gospel".

In reading the gospel of Luke, bear in mind, to begin with, that it was not written as a contribution to world literature or to provide interesting semantic material for scholars to dissect and discuss. It was and is, in fact, an individualized distant-learning package for the disciples of Jesus Christ, the motley human crew called out over the centuries, not only to proclaim the gospel of a new world order, but to take part in God's Executive Training Programme -- a master plan designed to confound the wise and the mighty, a creative reversal by which generally weak, foolish and failed individuals (1 Corinthians 1:27, James 2:5) have been and are being groomed for leadership positions in the Kingdom to come, at which time, led by Jesus Christ, they will depose and replace the angelic illuminati, the invisible rulers of this present evil age (Hebrews 2:5, Ephesians 6:12, Galations 1:4).

1.   Luke's Mission
2.   Zachariah the Priest
3.   The Spirit of Elijah
4.   Gabriel Visits Mary
5.   The Never-ending Kingdom
6.   The Song of Mary
7.   Zachariah's Prophecy
8.   The Work of John
9.   The Birth of Jesus
10. The Glory of Israel
11. John's Message to the Wicked
12. The Genealogy of Jesus
13. Jesus's First Temptation
14. The Second Temptation