The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God

by George Eldon Ladd

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 1959

Overview

In The Gospel of the Kingdom George Eldon Ladd gives a clear and practical explanation of the central message of Jesus’ ministry for the general reader. Avoiding technical discussions and long arguments about issues of interpretation, Ladd has instead sought to explain the Kingdom of God and the urgency of its meaning and message for our own time. Ladd’s study of Jesus’ parables and the Sermon on the Mount is as devotional as it is instructive. Few will read this volume without becoming deeply convicted. In the words of Oswald J. Smith, Ladd’s explanation of the concept of the Kingdom of God will “make the Bible a new book.”

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Key Features

• Explains the central message of Jesus’ ministry
• Discusses the Kingdom of God and the urgency of its meaning and message

Contents

• What is the Kingdom of God?
• The Kingdom Is Tomorrow
• The Kingdom Is Today
• The Mystery of the Kingdom
• The Life of the Kingdom
• The Righteousness of the Kingdom
• The Demand of the Kingdom
• The Kingdom, Israel and the Church
• When Will the Kingdom Come?

Top Highlights

“Our Lord’s ministry and announcement of the Good News of the Kingdom were characterized by healing, and most notably by the casting out of demons. He proclaimed the Good News of the Kingdom of God, and He demonstrated the Good News of the Kingdom of God by delivering men from the bondage of Satan.” (Page 47)

“The primary meaning of both the Hebrew word malkuth in the Old Testament and of the Greek word basileia in the New Testament is the rank, authority and sovereignty exercised by a king. A basileia may indeed be a realm over which a sovereign exercises his authority; and it may be the people who belong to that realm and over whom authority is exercised; but these are secondary and derived meanings. First of all, a kingdom is the authority to rule, the sovereignty of the king.” (Page 19)

“The Biblical idea of the Kingdom of God is deeply rooted in the Old Testament and is grounded in the confidence that there is one eternal, living God who has revealed Himself to men and who has a purpose for the human race which He has chosen to accomplish through Israel. The Biblical hope is therefore a religious hope; it is an essential element in the revealed will and the redemptive work of the living God.” (Page 14)

“The Kingdom is a present reality (Matt. 12:28), and yet it is a future blessing (1 Cor. 15:50). It is an inner spiritual redemptive blessing (Rom. 14:17) which can be experienced only by way of the new birth (John 3:3), and yet it will have to do with the government of the nations of the world (Rev. 11:15). The Kingdom is a realm into which men enter now (Matt. 21:31), and yet it is a realm into which they will enter tomorrow (Matt. 8:11). It is at the same time a gift of God which will be bestowed by God in the future (Luke 12:32) and yet which must be received in the present (Mark 10:15). Obviously no simple explanation can do justice to such a rich but diverse variety of teaching.” (Page 18)

Praise for the Print Edition

This is a first-rate piece of work and deserves a very large circulation. Dr. Ladd has set himself here to make the subject plain to the nonspecialist Christian reader. In my judgment he has succeeded. I feel sure that the interested reader . . . will feel grateful to Dr. Ladd for guiding him step-by-step to a clearer understanding of the biblical teaching about the Kingdom of God.

—F. F. Bruce (1910–1990), Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, University of Manchester

Product Details

• Title: The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God
• Author: George Eldon Ladd
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 1990
• Pages: 143
• Christian Group: Evangelicals
• Resource Type: Systematic Theologies
• Topic: Jesus Studies

About George Eldon Ladd

Ladd, professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Fuller Theological Seminary since 1950, was educated at Gordon College and Gordon Divinity School (B.D.) and received the Ph.D. from Harvard University. He also did postdoctoral study at Heidelberg and Basel Universities. Ordained as an American Baptist minister, Ladd served several churches in the denomination. He was professor of Greek at Gordon College (1942-45) and head of the department of New Testament at Gordon Divinity School (1946-50). His writings include Crucial Questions about the Kingdom of God (1952), The Blessed Hope (1956), The Gospel of the Kingdom (1959), Jesus Christ and History (1963), The New Testament and Criticism (1965), The Pattern of the New Testament (1968), Commentary on The Revelation (1972) and The Theology of the New Testament (1974).