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<blockquote data-quote="Phronema" data-source="post: 1532117" data-attributes="member: 20083"><p>I listened to a podcast about this book and the way he depicts Christ as an emperor who defeats his enemy and is now marching into the city to declare himself as the new perpetual king has been some of the most useful metaphors I&#039;ve heard for portaying Christ and the good news of the Gospel. It&#039;s not about &#039;believing&#039; in Jesus in a past tense but following and submitting to Him in the present and future tense. It&#039;s about communaly celebrating Christ as the emperor who defeated Death. It&#039;s about following Him by participating in the body of the historical church, and thereby having &#039;skin in the game&#039; and real stake in the Kingdom of Heaven. Not just &#039;beta orbiting&#039; around a &quot;belief&quot; in a supernatural hypothesis about a historical figure, or signing a life insurance policy as if it was a business proposal between two parties. The King has declared his victory, and you can either submit and become a part of the polity or not. Signing papers doesn&#039;t change the fact of the matter at hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Phronema, post: 1532117, member: 20083"] I listened to a podcast about this book and the way he depicts Christ as an emperor who defeats his enemy and is now marching into the city to declare himself as the new perpetual king has been some of the most useful metaphors I've heard for portaying Christ and the good news of the Gospel. It's not about 'believing' in Jesus in a past tense but following and submitting to Him in the present and future tense. It's about communaly celebrating Christ as the emperor who defeated Death. It's about following Him by participating in the body of the historical church, and thereby having 'skin in the game' and real stake in the Kingdom of Heaven. Not just 'beta orbiting' around a "belief" in a supernatural hypothesis about a historical figure, or signing a life insurance policy as if it was a business proposal between two parties. The King has declared his victory, and you can either submit and become a part of the polity or not. Signing papers doesn't change the fact of the matter at hand. [/QUOTE]

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