For all of you bibliophiles out there: Dr. Scott Hahn (pictured), celebrated author, speaker and theologian, has a great article posted at salvationhistory.com, the website of the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology, which he directs (among many other things). The article deals with a gap in Gospel scholarship on Luke (and Luke's companion volume, the Acts of the Apostles). It is often noted by scholars that Jesus is a Davidic Messiah - but if Jesus is truly the Davidic King, what of the everlasting kingdom God covenanted to David in 2 Samuel 7? After all, what's a king without a kingdom?
Hahn shows that Luke's description of Jesus as the Davidic King in his gospel sets the stage for the establishment of a renewed and transformed Davidic kingdom in Acts - and that kingdom is the Church. All of which sheds new light on what Jesus meant by "The Kingdom of God". It makes for fascinating reading. Check it out at:
I've had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Hahn a couple of times. He's as genuine as they come - a truly humble guy. May God bless him, his family, and the ministry of the St. Paul Center.
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