The teachings of Jesus about the kingdom of God, are resume in a few quotes : "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect", Matthew 5:48; "Be merciful just as your father is merciful", Luke 6:36, "Be holy, because I am holy" 1 Peter 1:16.
God is the perfection itself and his qualities, his spiritual gifts are perfections, to say that the spiritual gifts are perfections is to say that the spiritual gifts are goods: "only god is good", Mark 10:18. God is the source of the good by definition (is perfect), we cannot attribute imperfections to God like the error (heresy), the passions like the shame, the fear, or the sin.
The kingdom of God is the dominion of the divine perfections (Matthew 5:48), the dominion of the mercy (luke 6:36), the empire of the holiness (1 Peter 1:16).
The kingdom of God has a double meaning, the man is "son of God", that is the man seeks the perfections of God, the man seeks the mercy, the perseverance, the joy of God. This is the ethical dimension of the kingdom.
And in another sense God is "son of man", that is, Jesus personifies the perfections of God. This is theological dimension of the kingdom of God.
Jesus explaining that he is "son of man" gives seven affirmations:
- "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty", John 6:35, Jesus personifies the wisdom, the word of God, the knowledge of the correct means to live
- "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life", John 8:12. We walk when there is light, Jesus personifies the guide of God, the eternal life
- "I am the gate, whoever enters through me will be saved", John 10:9
4)"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep", John 10:11 - "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live", John 11:25, Jesus personifies the immortality of God and the second coming
- "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me", John 14:6, Jesus personifies the good of God. Way, truth and life are the characteristics of the good.
- "I am the true vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit", John 15:5, Jesus personifies the joy of God, the vine produces wine, and where there is wine there is joy.
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