When Daniel is taken to the temple by Simon to see Jesus of Nazareth in Elizabeth George Speare's The Bronze Bow, he is initially uninterested. Jesus arrives dressed plainly, and as he begins to speak Daniel becomes excited. He initially takes Jesus to be a man of action, a fighter, but as Jesus continues the sermon Daniel begins to grow disillusioned. As it dawns on him that Jesus is there only to preach and not to fight, he becomes greatly disappointed. Furthermore, Daniel finds the sermon that Jesus delivers to be very confusing. Jesus insists that his Kingdom is at hand, but Daniel is unable to understand what Kingdom it is that Jesus is speaking of, nor how it is to arrive since Jesus does nothing but talk.
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