Jesus was a social revolutionary in the same way that Mozart was brilliant at counterpoint.
That is, it was a key element in a much larger package, but to imagine that it was the main or the only thing is to ignore all the other things that were going on.
Of course, it needs saying because for years the church has screened out that element of 'kingdom of God' teaching, but once the message has been heard -- which I would have thought it has been in many quarters though not all -- it needs to be re-integrated into the larger agenda which Jesus embraced.
About that, of course, I like many others have written quite a lot elsewhere!
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