The Kingdom of God (As Quakers See It)
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Quakers have often talked about the “Kingdom of God” but what do we mean by it? We asked 7 Friends about their perspectives.
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Kody Hersh: One of the cool paradoxes of Quaker spirituality that is really important to me is this idea that Christ (in my language and understanding) is here and is coming, that the Kingdom of God—this transformation to a world of justice and peace—is here, and it’s coming.
Quakers and the Kingdom of God
Mark Wutka: So the Kingdom of God, or the Kingdom of Heaven—in fact, I’ve seen other people call it the kingdom of love, the covenant of love, sometimes getting away from the “kingdom” idea—is not talking about where you go after you die, it was the idea of God setting the world right. That God created the world good, things went bad, God would make everything good again. Jesus was proclaiming, “That starts now.” That’s what the messiah’s job was, to say, “Hey, the time has started. God’s putting the world back together.” The sermon on the mount was sort of the blueprint for how the Kingdom of God works.
What is the Kingdom of God?
Micah Bales: The word “kingdom” in the greek is not a place. It’s not a place where a castle is and there’s land around it. A kingdom is a domain or a realm or the place where a monarch rules. So, the Kingdom of God is the reality in which we live in the ways in which God is calling us to live, and we live in the peace, beauty, and justice that God created the world to reflect.
Vanessa Julye: Well, for me, it’s a community where everyone has value and that we are actually able to see that of God in each person, and to be able to live in community sharing the gifts that God has given us with each other.
Walter Hjelt Sullivan: The Kingdom of God is… it is already and it is constantly becoming. So, it’s not that there’s some nirvana in the future that we’re going to move into, it’s that we have the moment and the opportunity to remember, to bring back into our body—this body, the community body, the larger body which we call mother earth. So, Friends believe that that is constantly breaking again fresh and anew into the world.
Su Penn: The idea that something could exist that was entirely in good order and that encompassed us all and that was just and loving and of course peaceful, and the idea that somehow this could be brought into being—and even more radically, the idea that it already exists and we just can’t see it—I think, is a powerful one. Sometimes there’s this rational part of my head that says, “Well that’s just a metaphor, right?” and then there’s this mystical, very God-connected part of me that says, “This is the Kingdom of God. I am in the Kingdom of God right now” and I believe it, all the way through me down to my very bones.
More: http://fdsj.nl/quakers-kingdom
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The views expressed in this video are of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends Journal or its collaborators.
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Learn more about the life and ministry of New England Quakers
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Find out how Quakers are assisting military personnel across the US
http://fdsj.nl/qs-quaker-house
Learn about the rich diversity of Quakers worldwide
http://fdsj.nl/qs-fwcc
Work with Quakers for peace with justice
http://fdsj.nl/qs-afsc
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Listen to the QuakerSpeak Podcast
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Like us on Facebook
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Filmed and Edited by Jon Watts
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Music by Jon Watts
http://www.jonwattsmusic.com
⇒⇒Transcript:
Kody Hersh: One of the cool paradoxes of Quaker spirituality that is really important to me is this idea that Christ (in my language and understanding) is here and is coming, that the Kingdom of God—this transformation to a world of justice and peace—is here, and it’s coming.
Quakers and the Kingdom of God
Mark Wutka: So the Kingdom of God, or the Kingdom of Heaven—in fact, I’ve seen other people call it the kingdom of love, the covenant of love, sometimes getting away from the “kingdom” idea—is not talking about where you go after you die, it was the idea of God setting the world right. That God created the world good, things went bad, God would make everything good again. Jesus was proclaiming, “That starts now.” That’s what the messiah’s job was, to say, “Hey, the time has started. God’s putting the world back together.” The sermon on the mount was sort of the blueprint for how the Kingdom of God works.
What is the Kingdom of God?
Micah Bales: The word “kingdom” in the greek is not a place. It’s not a place where a castle is and there’s land around it. A kingdom is a domain or a realm or the place where a monarch rules. So, the Kingdom of God is the reality in which we live in the ways in which God is calling us to live, and we live in the peace, beauty, and justice that God created the world to reflect.
Vanessa Julye: Well, for me, it’s a community where everyone has value and that we are actually able to see that of God in each person, and to be able to live in community sharing the gifts that God has given us with each other.
Walter Hjelt Sullivan: The Kingdom of God is… it is already and it is constantly becoming. So, it’s not that there’s some nirvana in the future that we’re going to move into, it’s that we have the moment and the opportunity to remember, to bring back into our body—this body, the community body, the larger body which we call mother earth. So, Friends believe that that is constantly breaking again fresh and anew into the world.
Su Penn: The idea that something could exist that was entirely in good order and that encompassed us all and that was just and loving and of course peaceful, and the idea that somehow this could be brought into being—and even more radically, the idea that it already exists and we just can’t see it—I think, is a powerful one. Sometimes there’s this rational part of my head that says, “Well that’s just a metaphor, right?” and then there’s this mystical, very God-connected part of me that says, “This is the Kingdom of God. I am in the Kingdom of God right now” and I believe it, all the way through me down to my very bones.
More: http://fdsj.nl/quakers-kingdom
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The views expressed in this video are of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends Journal or its collaborators.
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