earthly ministry inaugurates the kingdom of God by announcing that he is at work to reverse this entire curse! By declaring his own sinless kingship, he is proclaiming that he will personally redeem what Adam (and we) personally cursed. By casting out demons, he is demonstrating that the spiritual forces of wickedness that reign over the cursed earth are being overthrown and conquered. By performing miracles, he is providing signposts to the kingdom’s consummation, offering glimpses of the day in the age to come when there will be no sickness, no death, no deformity, and no lack. By teaching
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