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God's Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom QUOTES

God's Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom QUOTES

1 " No one person or group of people could have brought
about the first church community. No heights of oratory,
no burning enthusiasm, could have awakened for Christ the
thousands who were moved at the time, or produced the
united life of the early church. The friends of Jesus knew this
very well. Had not the risen one himself commanded them
to wait in Jerusalem for the fulfillment of the great promise?
(Luke 24:49) John had baptized in water all those who
listened to him. But the first church was to be submerged in
and filled with the holy wind of Christ’s spirit. (Acts 2:1–2) "

― Eberhard Arnold , God's Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom

2 " There will be no need for do’s and don’ts, no need for tables
of commandments or tablets of law. In this kingdom everything
will be regulated by inner rebirth and inward inspiration,
under the rule of Christ’s spirit. "

― Eberhard Arnold , God's Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom

3 " The human race has made stupendous technological progress,
conquering time and space by means of cars and planes;
but how many thousands of people are being killed by these
very same means! There are amazing achievements in the big
cities, yet most urban families die out in the third or fourth
generation.
The most sinister powers of our civilization are the three
mighty organizations – the state, the military, and the capitalist
structure. These three organizations represent the
highest achievement of the earth spirit. The tremendous
edifice built up by a fallen creation is incredible. But it will
end in death. How mighty is this power, how unquestioned
its apparent worth! "

― Eberhard Arnold , God's Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom