John the Baptist and the judgement of Jesus in Matt 3

The lectionary gospel reading for Advent 2 in Year 1 is Matt 3.1–12, and it contains many foundational themes of eschatology, the coming of God, and judgement, which set us up nicely for thinking about Advent not as the build-up to Christmas, but (as it should be) thinking about the Last Things.

James and Ian explore the text, its meaning, and issues around preaching on it.

You can buy my Grove booklet on the kingdom, hope, and the end of the world here: https://grovebooks.co.uk/products/b-82-kingdom-hope-and-the-end-of-the-world-the-now-and-not-yet-of-eschatology

The Bible Project video on the gospel of the kingdom is here: https://youtu.be/xmFPS0f-kzs

There is a longer teaching video on the kingdom from Tim Mackie here: https://youtu.be/f7RJATbobik

Scot McKnight discusses the meaning of the kingdom of God here: https://youtu.be/fUvLkgoy-DI