The kingdom of God is already partially here, not-yet completely here. It seems that the tension is “some” versus “all”—already some of the kingdom, not-yet all of the kingdom. To a certain degree this is a helpful way of seeing it. But “partial” versus “complete” misses the good news in Jesus’ “at hand.” The good news is that the “already, not-yet” is a matter of “veiled” versus “visible.” The “already, not-yet” is a matter of “hidden” versus “manifest.”9 The really good news is that in Jesus the new order is already among us, but in a veiled, hidden form. It is not-yet among us in a visible,
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