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Kingdom of God Lesson 4

Kingdom of God Lesson 4. 2016 Sunday 9:30am Adults ’ Bible Class Series:. ABOUT THE. Introduction. Overall Kingdom of God Timeline Rebellion of Lucifer The Fall of Man. “ God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

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Kingdom of God Lesson 4

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  1. Kingdom of GodLesson 4 2016 Sunday 9:30am Adults’ Bible Class Series: ABOUT THE

  2. Introduction • Overall Kingdom of God Timeline • Rebellion of Lucifer • The Fall of Man “God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth’” Genesis 6:12-13

  3. Lesson 4 Promise of the Kingdom “…In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” - Genesis 12:3 “I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” - Genesis 12:2-3

  4. 1. The Second Genesis "God ... did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly” - 2 Peter 2:4-5 1 Peter 3:20 “that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water” Noah's whole family of 8 were in the ark, but Ham later fell under the curse (Genesis 9:18-10:32).

  5. 2. Covenant with Abraham Name changed from Abram, meaning “exalted father,” to Abraham, meaning “father of a multitude” - Genesis 17:5 “The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers … Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments” - Deuteronomy 7:7-9 1. The Second Genesis

  6. 3. Sodom & Gomorrah Matthew 10:15 - Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. • Lot's whole family : Lot, his wife, his daughters - were delivered from destruction - Genesis 19:12 • Lot's wife later fell under the curse when she looked back - Genesis 19:17, 26 1. The Second Genesis 2. Covenant with Abraham

  7. 4. Jacob & his 12 Sons When God began to work directly with Jacob, He named him Israel, meaning “one who prevails with God” or “a prince with God” - Genesis 32:24-30 1. The Second Genesis 2. Covenant with Abraham 3. Sodom and Gomorrah • Israel’s descendants were known as “the seed of Abraham,”“the House of Isaac,”“the House of Jacob” or simply “Jacob”. • Jacob later adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, his grandsons through his son Joseph, as his own sons with regard to his inheritance.

  8. 5. What has this to do with Us? Acts 3:25-26 "You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. To you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities." Galatians 3:28-29 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you be Christ’s, then are you Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise." 1. The Second Genesis 2. Covenant with Abraham 3. Sodom and Gomorrah 4. Jacob and his 12 Sons

  9. Discussion Questions Promise of the Kingdom How did God prepare the patriarchs in setting up the Kingdom of Israel? What do you think God’s intentions were when He set up Israel? End at 10:30am with a prayer. 1 The Second Genesis 2 Covenant with Abraham 3 Sodom and Gomorrah 4 Jacob and his 12 Sons 5 What has This to do with Us?

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