Understanding the Real Jesus Author:Russell Martin Jesus proclaimed the nearness of the kingdom of God. It would be an era in which God's will would become effective throughout the earth. The people of all nations on earth would acknowledge God so that justice and rightness would become the norm in all human interactions. Paradise would be restored and all humans would enjoy God s unlimited bles... more »sings. Jewish Christians were initially faithful to Jesus message, but Gentile Christians received Paul s mistaken view of the kingdom. The original truth of Jesus message can be recovered only by excising Pauline influence from the New Testament to reveal the real Jesus.« less