Chapter One
Since That Time
The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time,
the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached. (Luke 16:16)
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The year was A.D. 28, give or take a few. For a chosen people who hadn't
heard a word from God in four centuries, life was pretty good. The Jews
had covered their insecurities with a blanket of sameness. The absence of a
fresh encounter with God had them clutching to what they had left the
Law. Interesting, isn't it? The Hebrew people climbed to the summit of
their legalism during the silent years between Malachi and Matthew. That's
what really religious people do when they don't have much of a relationship
with God.
In those days sons followed in their father's footsteps. G ...
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