We should understand "kingdom" as meaning "rule" rather than "realm"; that is to say, the expression is dynamic: It points us to God as doing something, as actively ruling, rather than to an area or group of people over whom He is sovereign. The kingdom is something that happens rather than something that exists.

— Leon Morris (1914–2006), Neutestamentler

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Leon Morris

Leon Morris (1914–2006) war ein australischer anglikanischer Neutestamentler und langjähriger Leiter des Ridley College in Melbourne. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch fundierte Bibelkommentare sowie seine sprachwissenschaftliche Verteidigung der reformatorischen Lehre von der stellvertretenden Sühne gegen theologische Neuinterpretationen. Für Bibelleser verbinden seine Auslegungen bis heute eine genaue historisch-grammatische Textarbeit mit allgemeinverständlicher theologischer Orientierung.

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