1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Last time we looked at the idea of the Kingdom of God as being a country or an institution to which people can belong.&amp;nbsp; In this episode we will consider the Kingdom of God as heaven or the afterlife.&amp;nbsp; When we die, only the good people get into the kingdom and will spend eternal life there.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The kingdom as being heaven in the afterlife is the opposite, even a rejection, of the kingdom as an earthly institution.&amp;nbsp; People who take this approach often point to the politics and corruption of earthly institutions, saying that any human organization eventually falls into these problems.&amp;nbsp; How could the true kingdom suffer such things?&amp;nbsp; So the kingdom must be found only in the afterlife, not in earthly life. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Each of these two approaches has a very different understadning of salvation, this earthly life and God's relation to this world.&amp;nbsp; We explore the differences between these two understandings of the kingdom.&amp;nbsp; Is there some middle position between these two views?&amp;nbsp; We will look at that in the next episode. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; To see more Craig's books and music, go to www.craigowen.net &amp;nbsp; Is it really Love? Spiritual Way of the Six Loves http://cowen50.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2708343/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/143054862