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Article: The Kingdom of Heaven.
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- Catholic Insight
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- December 1, 2005
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THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE (John 8:23)
Two thousand years ago the long-expected Messiah brought the Kingdom of God to earth but immediately told His disciples that it would not "admit of observation" (Luke 17:20). "What kind of a kingdom is that?" wondered his disciples. Now, as then, we ask ourselves the same question.
Christ came when the world, saturated with pagan idols, cruelty and lack of love, lived aimlessly in spiritual darkness. Did he change this situation at once? Not at all. Even in the Roman Empire--not to mention Asia, Africa, Australia and America--it took almost 300 years before the Church He founded was even recognized as legal and ...