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Defining
the Kingdom of God To set the world right means to make the world a better place. It may surprise us to know that when Jesus tells us, his disciples, to pray for the coming of the kingdom, he means the outer conditions of the world as much, if not more, than in human hearts. Jesus was a social activist; he died to set the world right. It seems
to me that he would be urging us today to act for justice, to speak
up for better schools, to get to the core of the causes of poverty
and addiction. Jesus would tell us to talk more about peace and less
about war. To build weapons of massive peace initiatives while we take
action to protect innocent people from mass destruction. It is not always
comfortable to raise these issues, but as Barbara --from "Your
Kingdom Come"
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