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The Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of God. Three Windows: A Growing Vision. The Exodus Event. The Davidic Monarchy. The Prophetic Promise. The New Testament Coming of the Kingdom. Three key words. 1. Immediately or ‘at once’. 2. Authority. Teaching. Summons. Over demons. Over sin. Over death. Over nature.

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The Kingdom of God

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  1. The Kingdom of God

  2. Three Windows: A Growing Vision The Exodus Event The Davidic Monarchy The Prophetic Promise

  3. The New Testament Coming of the Kingdom

  4. Three key words 1. Immediately or ‘at once’ 2. Authority Teaching Summons Over demons Over sin Over death Over nature 3. Mystery

  5. The Mystery of the Kingdom The Kingdom Will come in the future Has come – is now present Is ‘near’ or ‘at hand’ Has been delayed

  6. Age to Come The Christian Life P The End History

  7. Explaining the mystery: Biblical language ‘those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age’ (Heb.6:4-5)

  8. These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come (1 Cor.10:11) ‘He is Elijah, who was to come’ (Lk.16:16; Mt.11:11-12,14) "What do you want with us, Son of God?" they shouted. "Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” (Mt.8:29).

  9. The Presence of the Future in: • The Cross • The Resurrection • Pentecost

  10. Some Implications of the Kingdom • The last days began with Jesus and at Pentecost. • Every intervention of God since then is a breakthrough of the future age. • The age to come and this age are now separated by a torn veil.

  11. Some Implications of the Kingdom • The ministry of healing is to be understood in this context. • This is the framework for discerning utopianism versus pietistic withdrawal. • Christians are ‘already’ ‘not yet’ people.

  12. The Kingdom & competing theologies Dispensationalism Cessationism Restorationism Reductionism

  13. The Reduced ‘Jesus’ of traditional Protestantism True in what it affirms Wrong it what it excludes

  14. The Reduced ‘Jesus’ Reduced Jesus came to die To forgive my sins To secure my eternal future Atonement & justification Passion and epistles

  15. Creedal Window Eschatology!

  16. Age to Come P The End History

  17. The Eschatological Jesus Jesus rediscovered For the first time In 2 millennia! The kingdom is all about Jesus!

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