Comments on: The Gospel Makes More Sense if You Think as a “We” https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-makes-more-sense-if-you-think-as-a-we/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nancy Brousseau, OP https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-makes-more-sense-if-you-think-as-a-we/#comment-698361 Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:07:39 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=8150#comment-698361 Lois, your work is so blessed and I might add — the closest meaning of Kingdom- Basileia(Greek) is the Aramaic: “companionship of empowerment of God” and Christ-Love holds us together. Each one different yet not separate

]]> By: Derek Redman https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-makes-more-sense-if-you-think-as-a-we/#comment-674129 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:16:01 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=8150#comment-674129 Dear Lois, Tanks you for reminding us that we are the we of the Kingdom. You are so right to remind us, but isn’t there MORE to us being Kingdom people. Early on used rightly used the expression the ‘Kingdom’ is nowadays esoteric. 2000 years ago a King had total authority and power and his subjects had to OBEY. In John’s Gospel, Jesus makes this very clear. We have to give up our desires and wishes and Obey and love our loving KINK.
(Derek Redman New MIlton England.)

]]> By: Mark https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-makes-more-sense-if-you-think-as-a-we/#comment-674064 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:32:50 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=8150#comment-674064 In reply to Carole Hintz.

Thank you for this message! It is the truth!

]]> By: Carole Hintz https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-makes-more-sense-if-you-think-as-a-we/#comment-671540 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 03:49:12 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=8150#comment-671540 Thank you, Lois, for sharing this from your book. The idea of Kingdom meaning community has been rolling about in my head lately, and reading this excerpt really thrilled me. Lately, I have been studying a small book entitled, THE JEWISH BACKGROUND TO THE LORD’S PRAYER, by Brad H. Young.
The chapter “Thy Kingdom Come” emphasizes to me the sense of community/belonging/ and one, as you emphasized, cannot separate from the community without separating from the King. Now I understand so much more and I am Thankful.

]]> By: Ardie https://ourrabbijesus.com/the-gospel-makes-more-sense-if-you-think-as-a-we/#comment-659160 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:26:56 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=8150#comment-659160 I love the thought that Jesus’s kingdom is community, a forever community! It makes so much sense too when you realize that you in most places in Paul’s letters were plural, not singular.

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