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RECLAIMING THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND TRUE FREEDOM OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Nell Becker Sweeden

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This paper will focus on the nature of justice presented in Luke 4:18-19 and Isaiah 58:6- 7; 61:1-2. These texts provide a unity between the Old and New Testaments inviting us to see the under flowing current of justice that becomes the very heartbeat of the story of God, as well as the task of the church as the people of God. God in Jesus Christ ushered in the justice of the kingdom promising a new historical reality. Through these passages I will expound upon the nature of justice of the kingdom of God, and specifically on how they shape identity, transform purpose, and define the task for the people of God today. This justice restructures life in such a way that human relationships and interaction promote sustainable and holistic living, rather than lives drained by consumption and fragmentation. This identity, purpose, and task in Christ form both an everyday and cosmological mission, as well as a personal and social responsibility. This new historical reality is about the restorative justice of God that re-claims a true freedom that is missing in the often celebrated ‘freedoms’ of Western contemporary society. This holistic and restorative justice is what the people of God are to be about.

RECLAIMING THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND TRUE FREEDOM OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

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Nell Becker Sweeden