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In this book, the author explores Jesus' «-politics», and especially the social implications of his proclamation of the Kingdom of God and the biblical jubilee, revealing the continuing relevance of his ethic of revolutionary nonviolence.

André Trocmé strongly rejects as unacceptable for Christians any compromise with violence as a permissible means to an end. He exposes the mistakes of both the progressive and reactionary camps, which have «temporarily» chosen violence, shedding the blood of millions of victims in the name of a «better» future. In his view, Jesus offers His followers the only possible dilemma that every conscience faces: to do good or to do harm, that is, to save lives or to take them. After the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, no one can kill to save anymore. Only life itself - and not life that can be taken from others - can save a person and lay the foundations for a civilisation of peace, love and justice.

This book contains many suggestions for the Church and the state. It refutes the views of those Christian communities that preferred the «sword», which led to the Crusades, persecution of heretics and religious wars. The author rejects the ethic of duty to one's own position, according to which an ordinary Christian can only be expected to obey the natural order, civil duties imposed from the outside as the norms of "correct" social behaviour.

Trocmé demonstrated his loyalty to his ideas through his commitment to non-violent resistance in occupied France during the Second World War. In the 21st century, militarism, totalitarianism and oppression of the weakest are the order of the day around the world. That is why Trocmé's book is a powerful call to the Church and Christians to make spiritual and practical efforts to establish the peaceful values of the future world of God.