{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Eps 55 What is the Kingdom of God? pt 3","description":"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; ","author_name":"Is it really Love? Spiritual Way of the Six Loves","author_url":"http:\/\/cowen50.libsyn.com","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/143054862"}