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The Christian belief in heaven originated after the death of Jesus with the idea that he had been taken up into heaven or exalted to the right hand of God.

— Albert Nolan Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

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The values of the kingdom [of God] are different from, and opposed to, the values of this world.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

The kingdom of God, like any other kingdom, cannot be within a man; it is something within which a man can live.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

The leaders and scholars of Jesus’ time had first enslaved themselves to the law.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

Jesus wanted to liberate everyone from the law — from all laws.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

Man must therefore take responsibility for his servant, the law, and use it to serve the needs of mankind.

Jesus Before Christianity: The Gospel of Liberation (1976)

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