Power and poverty : divine and human rule in a world of need / Hughes, Dewi

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245) and index.

Pt. 1. Old Testament -- 1. Finding the roots of poetry in Genesis 1 - 11 -- 2. God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption -- 3. Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament -- 4. The laws to prevent poverty -- 5. Welfare law and what it implies about being poor -- 6. The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant -- Pt. 2. Jesus and the Final Revelation of Divine Government -- 7. Jesus the supreme ruler -- 8. What Jesus did: the acts of the supreme ruler -- 9. What Jesus taught: the Beatitudes -- 10. What Jesus taught: strategies for kingdom living -- 11. What Jesus is doing: the work of the Holy Spirit -- 12. What Jesus is going to do: the final judgment -- Pt. 3. God's Governed Society the Church -- 13. The ordered society of the supreme ruler -- 14. The church is a joyful community -- 15. The church is a community who speak God's words -- Epilogue: which Story are we in? -- Index of Scripture references.