{"product_id":"2940150405509","title":"The Jesus of History","description":"Excerpt-But is this kingdom of the Messiah to be an earthly or a heavenly kingdom? Will it be in Jerusalem or in heaven? Are you quite sure that there is any distinction in the other world between good and bad, between Jew and Gentile? Some people thought the kingdom would be in Jerusalem; others said it would be in heaven, and added that the Jews will look down and see the Gentiles in hell--something worth seeing at last. But, after all, it was still guesswork-- \"perhaps\" was the last word.\u003cbr\u003eWhen the question is asked, \"Was Jesus the Messiah?\" the obvious reply is, \"Which Messiah?\" For there seems to have been no standard idea of the Messiah. The Messiah was, on the whole, as vague a term as, in modern politics, Socialism or Tariff Reform. Neither of them has come; perhaps they never will come, and nobody knows what they will be till they do come. Jesus is not what they expected. A Jewish girl, at an American Student Conference a year or two ago, said about Jesus: \"I do not think he is the Messiah, but I do love him.\" Of course he was not in her Jewish sense. The term was a vague one.","brand":"Kartindo Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075789111536,"sku":"2940150405509","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150405509_p0.jpg?v=1763744938","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150405509","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}