Includes bibliographical references (p. 687-690).

According to God's plan, His representative enters the stage -- The message of God's representative about the reign of God -- God's representative teaches with authority and so manifests the reign of God -- Some features of the message of God's representative about God's reign -- Those who learn from God's representative and those who reject him -- The work of God in his hidden reign : gifts and responsibilities -- Behind himself God's representative has the power of God, which is to trust -- Received and not received : successors and predecessors in the mission of God's representative -- More about how God's representative does God's work but it is not understood -- God's representative also included non-Jews in His commission -- God's representative is merciful as God is -- The enigmatic way of God's representative and that of his followers -- To follow Jesus. God's representative : some basic conditions -- To accept events and humans -- In close social relationships : ideals beyond the usual -- Who was humiliated for others : giving oneself up -- God's representative establishes himself in the center of worship of God and claims new conditions for it -- Teaching by God's representative. Some essential features of humans' relationship to God -- The audience is close to God's reign -- The final phase of the enigmatic way of God's representative. Preparative and interpretive scenes -- He is handed over into the hands of His enemy -- He is executed -- God confirms that He was, and is, His representative -- The secondary endings -- The gospel as a whole.