From this understanding of the transcendence of the kingdom we can properly understand the immanence as the presence of the kingdom. The kingdom of God is nothing other than the penetration of God into the reality of the world and of history.2.18
The content of the New Testament proclamation is the coming of the kingdom through the person and work of Christ and we have seen in chapter one that this is to be understood par excellence as a work of God to save this world from sin. We have also seen that to acknowledge the benefits of the work of Christ (salvation) is to be included in the body of Christ. Thus the kingdom is present as salvation in Christ.2.19 The kingdom of God is completely actual in the present as the kingdom of Christ, as the concealed victory over all resistance.2.20 The immanence of the kingdom is the real salvation given in Christ - this is the soteriological component of the kingdom. The eschatological component is the unveiling of this salvation. However one could not say it is `only' the revelation of redemption that was until then concealed. Redemption is an unspeakably great thing, but then the revelation of redemption (that is, the final consummation) is also something totally unheard of.2.21