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Where God Can Be Found: The Radical Message of Jesus’ Death

In Luke’s Gospel, the poor, those who weep, and those who are hated and excluded are called heirs to the Kingdom.

By Helmut Koester

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus’ death appears as a tragedy, the final victory of Satan over the messenger of the coming kingdom of God. One would think that the Gospel should have a different and more positive conclusion because its story began in such a promising way. Jesus’ birth was announced by an angel as the coming of “the Son of the Most High,” to whom “the Lord will give the throne of his ancestor David” (Luke 1:32), and at his birth the angel appeared once more to proclaim: “To you is born this day in the city […]

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