[AJPS 6:2 (2003), pp. 173-197] SPIRIT AND KINGDOM IN LUKE-ACTS: PROCLAMATION AS THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE SPIRIT IN RELATION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN LUKE-ACTS
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It is often argued that both Luke and Paul regard the presence of the Spirit as essentially the same as the presence of the kingdom of God. This is true for Paul, who understands the Spirit as the means by which all may participate in the blessings of the kingdom (that is, the Spirit is the totality of the blessings of the kingdom). However, does such an assessment accurately reflect the Lukan perspective? If not, how does the Spirit function in relation to the kingdom of God in Luke-Acts? While few would deny that Luke makes a relationship between the Spirit and the kingdom of God, this relationship has not been fully developed among scholars. Nevertheless, an attempt to correlate the two in Luke’s writings has been explored by both Dunn and Smalley. They have argued that Luke views the Spirit as the manifestation of the kingdom. Jesus experiences the kingdom of God through the presence of the Spirit in his earthly ministry. Likewise, the disciples do not taste the kingdom during Jesus’ ministry but experience it at Pentecost through the gift of the Spirit. This leads both of them to conclude that there is “some form of equation between Spirit and kingdom,” and “Luke’s theological understanding, moreover, is such that he also views the activity of the Spirit among men and the arrival of the kingdom of God as aligned if not
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