Theology III

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Originally Posted by Count Comfect

Lief:

First, let me point out that your millenial period seems to get more and more diffuse as you start arguing that anything within a century of its end doesn't count as being part of it.

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Originally Posted by Count Comfect

Rather, he wished every Christian to keep a private virtue, albeit one publicly expressed. Christ does not insist that the laws of the kingdoms of earth punish sin, but rather that the individual Christian work towards the kingdom of heaven by rejection of sin and acceptance of Christ. I read his disclaiming of earthly kingship, and claim for heavenly kingship, as an explicit insistence that the earthly kingdom does not make or break one's connection to heaven.

I'm not even sure about how 'publicly expressed.' We all know Paul was a shameless extrovert, but Matthew 6 covers the public expression of private virtue, pretty thoroughly.