If we have missed the kingdom of God, it is because we were too sure of where the kingdom of God is.
Where is the kingdom of God? See there! There (only there) God's anointing rests. That is the truth (only truth). That is true faith. Without any doubt, that is God. The announcement of the kingdom, however, was precisely about breaking this kind of rigid certainty. It broke down boundaries safe within exclusive walls - and it was necessary to break them in love. When we are too certain about the kingdom, truth, and God, they can turn idols without even our knowledge. Holiness can be easily a privilege of the hypocrites.
Perhaps what we really miss is the heart and mind of Christ to understand the presence of the kingdom, truth, faith, and God. If we don't have the heart and mind of Christ, these may be deformed by biases and power equations, ideological rigidity, and spiritual pride.
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