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The Kingdom of God. Three Windows: A Growing Vision. The Exodus Event. The Davidic Monarchy. The Prophetic Promise. The Prophetic Promise of the Kingdom. Exodus. The Lord is King. Davidic Monarchy. Isaiah. The Lord will become King. Daniel. Prophetic Warnings – The Loss of the Kingdom.
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Three Windows: A Growing Vision The Exodus Event The Davidic Monarchy The Prophetic Promise
The Prophetic Promise of the Kingdom Exodus The Lord is King Davidic Monarchy Isaiah The Lord will become King Daniel
Prophetic Warnings – The Loss of the Kingdom • A repeated formula about the later kings (2 Chron.33:1-3) • The dark night of Israel’s captivity (Ps.137:1-9)
The New Promise: God Will Come Again Habakkuk The past repeated Isaiah &Daniel The past eclipsed Prophetic language The Day of the Lord The latter days The last days That day
Isaiah The Imax Movie!
Yahweh will come Salvation The Davidic Messiah Rivers of the Spirit Forgiveness Healing New People Liberation New Jerusalem Shalom New Heaven & Earth Resurrection Judgment of Evil Festivity
Daniel 2 & 7: Two Visions Son of Man Age to come This age
The Inter-Testamental Period • Waiting for 500 years with such expectations! • The expectation was • Trivialized • Politicized - reduced
The NT Coming of the Kingdom The dramatic arrival of John the Baptist, introducing Jesus
Three key words 1. Immediately or ‘at once’ 2. Authority Teaching Summons Over demons Over sin Over death Over nature 3. Mystery
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
Age to Come The Christian Life P The End History
Explaining the mystery: Theological language The presence of the future The ‘already’ and the ‘not yet’ Inaugurated eschatology Living ‘between the times’