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The Subversive Gospel
The Gospel proclaimation that the Kingdom of God is here is subversive in the mere declaration that a true King is on the throne. God has claimed victory in Jesus' death and resurrection. If this reality enters the hearts and minds of followers of Jesus they will truly live differently for they will be living for a different King.
It is in this realization that the Gospel subverts all other rulers, ideologies and worldviews opposed to the knowledge of God without every addressing them directly. It is a quiet subversion. Quiet because it never needs to threaten or even encounter these worldviews directly for by living in the Kingdom of God, all those who oppose the Kingdom will see God's mighty hand and His powerful deeds as the Egyptians did from the first statement of Moses' to the drowning of the Egyptians in the Red Sea.
All Caesars who are currently assuming power that they believe to be their own to weild are mistaken. Take note false Caesars, Jesus, a rabbi living 2000 years ago who was killed at the hand of the Romans and arose from the dead is now seated on the throne.
All glory and honor is due to the true Lord of Everything, Jesus. All others are mere imitations. But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. (II Corinthians 2:14)
