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b'In his Advent 2 sermon Glynn Cardy compares and contrasts John the Baptist\'s vision as a first century revolutionary fomenting rebellion versus Jesus\' view that God\'s domain was here, Romans or no Romans.\\n\\n"John the Baptist believed that an avenging warrior messiah would come from the clouds with blade and fire to smite the Romans and establish the kingdom of God. Jesus didn\\u2019t share that belief. He didn\\u2019t believe in swords and fire and descending saviours. Rather he believed God\\u2019s domain was among us already, if only we had eyes to see. In the first century after Jesus\\u2019 death however the Church rekindled the message of John the Baptist and developed an end-time theology whereby Jesus would \\u2018come again\\u2019, descending in glory and power to rule the world."\\n\\nFull text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=447&id=899'