In what sense is the Kingdom of God already here?

The Kingdom of God" is primarily a temporal designation. It's not so much about a people, a place, or a principle - It's a timeframe, an age, an epoch. In the Jewish hope, the coming of the Kingdom Age would mean the ending of the current one. The coming of the Kingdom Age would mean the fulfillment of all of the OT promises. But Jesus modified the OT scheme to teach instead that the New Age had come in him, and the promises were fulfilled in him. But, in a surprising twist that he referred to as "the mystery of the kingdom," the old age had not yet passed away. The New Age began, but the Old Age didn't end. Thus, the two ages overlap, instead of coming right after one another. And we currently live in the “overlap” between the ages. We have shared Craig Blomberg’s chart to illustrate this.

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swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook