The Kingdom of God in the New Testament

“Nothing is so necessary for the understanding of our religion as to grasp something of the meaning of [the kingdom of God],” begins Ernest F. Scott in his preface to his volume on the subject. Scott argues that a grasp of the kingdom of God is the key to New Testament exegesis, and makes it his chief aim “to determine how Jesus conceived of the Kingdom of God.” Scott also discusses the Jewish understanding of the kingdom of God before Christ, and how later New Testament writers address the subject.