Musings on the kingdom of God

"Repent, the kingdom of God is near/hear!"  These are the first words from the lips of Jesus found in Matthew 4:17 and Mark 1:15.  Why did Jesus begin with the exhortation to repent?  Luke 6:24 may give us a strong hint.  Jesus said, "Woe to the rich!"  Why woe to the rich?  Because the rich oppress the poor.  This is explained in more detail in Isaiah 10:1-2.  This verse would equally apply to the New Testament: "Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless." [NIV]

Isaiah 10:1-2 would equally apply to United States history.  We also need to repent and then do justice.  Why?  Indian genocide probably eliminated about 90 percent of the original Indian population and Indian land theft.  It put 90 percent of Indian land in white hands.  Millions of Africans were enslaved.  Mexican land theft--at the point of a gun we took 50 percent of Mexico's land.

Trump says we should make America great again.  McCain said America has always been great.
Both are wrong.  America has always been ethnocentric and oppressive beginning with the Puritans.
The founding fathers were a rich white male slave holding elite.  In 2018, the top 10 percent are predatory rich.

Again, I would like to quote Isaiah 10:1-2:  "Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims-laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity, exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children." [The Message]