If you had to ask a random person on the street what they thought the kingdom of heaven meant, they would likely say it has to do with this place that exists after death. We've been so engrained to understand this phrase in this way. But here's the thing: this is absolutely NOT how Jesus or the gospels mean this phrase. Today is part 1 of a new series in which we'll deconstruct the kingdom of heaven and discover this central idea of the historical Jesus movement.